Mining Incidents

Wise Metal/Non-Metal

Waterford, Erie County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3608799

Wise has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,977
proposed penalties
$7,977
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
38
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.

Wise has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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 2,940 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,819 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,699 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,772 2 0 721.5
2024 Q3 4,292 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,248 1 0 235.4
2024 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,489 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,338 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 322 2 0 6211.2
2022 Q4 2,838 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,307 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,290 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 277 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,548 7 1 2747.3
2021 Q3 3,540 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,851 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,161 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 991 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,728 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,053 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,359 2 0 1471.7
2019 Q3 2,754 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,786 5 0 1794.7
2019 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,209 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,598 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,495 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,586 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,859 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,505 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 346 5 0 14450.9
2016 Q4 1,365 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,398 6 1 2502.1
2016 Q2 2,595 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 779 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,762 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,283 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,854 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,121 2 0 1784.1
2014 Q3 3,003 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,036 5 2 4826.3
2013 Q3 1,820 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,117 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,013 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,363 5 1 2116.0
2012 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 824 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,558 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,189 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,633 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 985 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,711 3 2 1753.4
2009 Q2 1,626 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,351 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,962 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,149 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,529 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,509 1 1 398.6
2007 Q1 329 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,752 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,485 2 2 804.8
2006 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 971 3 0 3089.6
2005 Q3 1,808 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,138 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,408 1 0 710.2
2004 Q3 2,618 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,578 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,476 3 0 2032.5
2003 Q3 2,399 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,515 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 476 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,376 1 0 726.7
2002 Q3 2,569 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,948 1 0 513.3
2002 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,981 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,378 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 477 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 977 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,212 1 1 452.1
2000 Q2 2,118 8 0 3777.1
2000 Q1 593 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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