Mining Incidents

Warner Quarry #1: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel S Warner
Montrose, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609471

Warner Quarry #1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
42
citations
14
significant & substantial
$6,817
proposed penalties
$5,375
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,442 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
23
inspections on record
295
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: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Warner Quarry #1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.3%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
35.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.8% low, 81.0% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-01-26.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2012-120M Settlement Steele 2012 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2018-10-16, 7 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2018-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Daniel S. Warner 2006 to 2010
  2. Warner Quarry #1 LLC, 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 3
2017 2
2016 4
2015 4
2014 2
2013 4
2012 7
2011 6
2010 4
2007 2
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Warner Quarry #1 sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 31 1 0 32258.1
2025 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 55 1 0 18181.8
2021 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,210 2 0 1652.9
2018 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,730 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,845 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2015 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 960 1 1 1041.7
2014 Q3 1,385 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,145 2 1 932.4
2014 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,228 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,975 1 0 506.3
2013 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,360 1 0 297.6
2012 Q3 4,395 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,005 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,791 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,550 11 3 2417.6
2011 Q3 6,300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,345 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,516 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,263 1 0 306.5
2010 Q2 617 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 155 4 0 25806.5
2007 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident