Mining Incidents

WAI Plant #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Waterford, Erie County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604033

WAI Plant #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Mar 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,934
proposed penalties
$5,934
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
492
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 492 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WAI Plant #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 89 2 0 22471.9
2021 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,146 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,185 1 0 843.9
2020 Q3 502 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,695 1 0 371.1
2019 Q3 4,799 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,984 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,415 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,561 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,951 2 0 506.2
2018 Q1 1,457 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,540 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,346 3 0 690.3
2017 Q2 4,312 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,164 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,619 1 0 381.8
2016 Q3 4,339 10 1 2304.7
2016 Q2 4,117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,346 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,448 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,333 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,417 2 0 452.8
2015 Q1 1,284 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,818 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,115 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,862 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,903 4 2 1377.9
2013 Q3 4,521 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 995 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,617 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,496 5 2 1112.1
2012 Q2 5,816 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,157 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,887 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,002 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 791 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,996 2 0 667.6
2010 Q3 4,975 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,959 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 746 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,753 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,268 2 1 612.0
2009 Q2 2,897 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 692 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,150 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,140 1 0 318.5
2008 Q2 3,876 1 0 258.0
2008 Q1 2,095 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,150 1 0 465.1
2007 Q3 3,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,266 2 1 468.8
2007 Q1 1,062 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,354 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,354 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,327 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,594 3 1 834.7
2005 Q3 5,834 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,319 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,702 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,044 2 1 494.6
2004 Q3 5,315 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,374 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,843 1 0 351.7
2003 Q3 3,443 2 0 580.9
2003 Q2 3,963 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 699 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,734 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,497 1 1 222.4
2002 Q2 3,562 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,097 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,574 1 0 218.6
2001 Q1 489 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,813 1 0 551.6
2000 Q3 3,301 2 1 605.9
2000 Q2 1,860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 465 2 0 4301.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

March 27, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Troyer Sand & Gravel Ltd · Contact with hot objects or substances

Spark from welding fell on pant leg. Employee has no feeling in this leg due to a prior injury and did not feel it. When he discovered it, he did not feel it was a problem. Later he developed an infection.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY
Troyer Sand & Gravel Ltd · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

HAND SLIPPED WHILE, UNPLUGGING JAW CRUSHER TO A FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN BELTS AND CRUSHER DRIVE PULLEY.

September 12, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Troyer Sand & Gravel Ltd · Fall from machine

EE FELL ABOUT 5' WHILE STANDING OR BOTTOM OF CONVEYOR GREASING ANOTHER CONVEYOR.

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The full compliance file on WAI Plant #2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.