Mining Incidents

Wampum Metal/Non-Metal

West Pittsburgh, Lawrence County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609169

Wampum has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
42
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,917
proposed penalties
$5,086
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $831 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
33
inspections on record
409
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: 409 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wampum has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-07.
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
2025 Q4 2,712 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,663 2 0 546.0
2025 Q2 3,616 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,892 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,737 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,684 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,817 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,758 1 1 266.1
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,478 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,629 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,773 2 0 530.1
2023 Q1 4,296 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,817 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,081 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,256 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,044 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,586 2 0 436.1
2021 Q3 5,003 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,316 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,617 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,262 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,315 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,555 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,309 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,920 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,610 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,627 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,130 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,115 1 1 195.5
2018 Q3 5,251 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,236 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,855 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,468 1 0 288.4
2017 Q3 3,263 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,923 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,831 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 358 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,648 1 0 274.1
2012 Q3 3,102 2 0 644.7
2012 Q2 3,414 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,328 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,069 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,258 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,748 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 1,189 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,526 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,062 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,209 1 0 192.0
2008 Q1 2,903 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,216 3 0 415.7
2007 Q2 5,741 6 4 1045.1
2007 Q1 3,480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,731 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,002 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,702 4 1 850.7
2006 Q1 3,295 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,136 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,229 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,422 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,447 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,016 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,570 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,905 1 0 203.9
2004 Q1 2,793 3 1 1074.1
2003 Q4 3,756 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 7, 2025 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Three Rivers Aggregate Holding LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping a truck driver get a rock out of the tailgate of their dump truck. As employee and truck driver pulled the tailgate open, the rock fell out, truck driver let go of tailgate, the tailgate swung shut and struck the employee's right pointer finger. Employee's right pointer finger was fractured.

2007 · 1 incident

May 21, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Three Rivers Aggregates · Struck by falling object

Changing bearing on conv. belt. While taking old bearing off (515/16) bearing slipped & dropped onto EE's finger pinching it between bearing & frame work. Bearing as approx 15 lb.

2006 · 1 incident

April 4, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Struck against stationary object

AFTER EMPLOYEE REMOVED A PIECE OF WOOD FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT HE TURNED TO GO TO THE CATWALK TO RESET THE TRIP CABLE. AFTER WALKING A FEW STEPS HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CALF OF HIS LEFT LEG.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Struck by falling object

Ee was removing a frozen valve 3" to thaw it out once all bolts were removed the valve was stuck in place. He pulled on valve when it broke loose it. He did not have a good grip on it and it fell on his wrist the valve weighed approx. 40 lb.

October 27, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE A PIECE OF HEAVY STEEL WHEN THE PRYBAR SLIPPED PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PRYBAR AND A NEARBY I BEAM. ADEQUATE INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED TO DETERMINE REPORTABLE TO THE MAIN OFFICE UNTIL 1-12-06.

2004 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Flash burns (welding)

Employee was assisting co-worker to weld pipe together. He was not wearing safety glasses or safety shield to cover his eyes so he suffered welder's flash. He did not see a doctor but missed one day of work and then returned.

July 28, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Ee was assisting mechanic & dragline operator in changing dragline cable. Ee claims pain in lower back, reported to foreman on 7/28. Stated it will be ok in a few days, reported to work 7/29 & 7/30. About 11:00 a.m. on 7/30 ee advised he wanted to leave early to see doctor.

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