Mining Incidents

PIKES CREEK QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

H&K Group, Inc. · Surface
Hunlock Creek, Luzerne County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3607030
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2002–2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2023 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE changed punch screens and got left hand pinched in between the screens.

2021 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Cutting threads off a wedge bolt jaw crusher with a cut off wheel on a grinder; EE was wearing glasses and a shield but metal was in left eye. Employee did not request medical treatment until 10/22/21

2020 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Laceration/fracture to right hand middle finger; pinched when roller fell.

2018 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was drilling a hole when the drill kicked back striking EE in the nose. EE was not diagnosed w/a fracture until 11/1/18

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Lining up bolt on a come along and it slipped pinching finger

2017 · 1 incident

2014 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE hit his head on the ceiling of the truck

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was turning a screw drive and caught his index finger between the belt and the drive.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The come a long broke and the chain hit employee in the knee.

2002 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

GETTING OUT OF LOADER- WET STEPS- SLIPPED OFF 2ND STEP- FELL TO GROUND.