Mining Incidents

SOKOL QUARRIES INC Metal/Non-Metal

Sokol Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Paul W Sokol
Stillwater, Columbia County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608988

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2004–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
85
citations
18
significant & substantial
$10,158
proposed penalties
$10,158
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 Q4 4,106 2 2 487.1
2025 Q3 3,772 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,437 1 0 291.0
2025 Q1 3,762 2 1 531.6
2024 Q4 3,571 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,767 3 0 796.4
2024 Q2 4,027 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,223 0 0 0.0
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

2024 · 1 incident

March 22, 2024 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sokol Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

bulldozer drove over a bump and operator bumped head on inside of cab. Operator received stitches to forehead and returned to work.

2010 · 1 incident

May 20, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sokol Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was helping install a crusher wheel with an overhead trolley system. When the trolley got jammed the miner tried to free it, his left little finger got caught between the trolley wheel and the I beam causing it to be cut.

2004 · 1 incident

November 3, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sokol Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee hurt leg while stepping down off of a dump truck.