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Bear Gap Stone Division Metal/Non-Metal

Corson Quarries Inc · Surface

Controlled by William E Corson

Elysburg, Northumberland County, PA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3600797

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2006–2010
Latest incident: Jul 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

125

citations

significant & substantial

$28,218

proposed penalties

$27,260

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q3	1,661	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,937	3	0	1548.8
2025 Q1	2,070	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,989	1	1	502.8
2024 Q3	2,244	1	0	445.6
2017 Q4	960	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	960	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	1,440	4	1	2777.8

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

July 12, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Corson Quarries Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

Indiv. backed over a berm on a slightly elevated surge pile. Approx. 4 ft, the cat 769 c haul truck turned over on the passenger side.

2008 · 1 incident

January 24, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Corson Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Individual was working on #3 conveyor, failed to lock-out and the operator inadvertently turned the belt on pinning the employee between head pulley and stone-box. Result: damaged colon requiring surgery to repair.

2006 · 1 incident

October 6, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Corson Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Individual was tasked to remove one section of the link belt crane boom. Individual failed to use proper cribbing, failed to lower boom to ground level, failed to disconnect bridal cable and became injured while working under unsupported crane boom.