Mining Incidents

Miller Quarries-Div/Miller & Son Paving Inc operator

MSHA operator ID: L36292
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
24
significant & substantial
$36,533
proposed penalties
$27,328
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,205 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
587
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: 587 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$37K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
2
1996
1 (1f)
1991
1
1990
4
1988
5
1987
3

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
May 8, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Miller Quarries-Div/Miller & Son Paving Inc · Struck by flying object

WE BELIEVE THE VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING A DETASLIDE DETONATOR INTO THE CAVITY OF A HDP-1 BOOSTER, WHEN THE CAP OF THE DETASLIDE UNIT SAW OUTSIDE PRESSURES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CAP DETONATED & IN TURN DETONATED THE HDP-1 BOOSTER INSTANTLY KILLING THE VICTIM.

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