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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

Bear Gap Stone Division has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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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
46
significant & substantial
$28,886
proposed penalties
$27,260
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,626 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
850
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: 850 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bear Gap Stone Division has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 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
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 960 1 1 1041.7
2016 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 960 4 1 4166.7
2016 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 840 3 1 3571.4
2015 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 960 14 5 14583.3
2015 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 840 1 0 1190.5
2014 Q4 1,558 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,073 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,430 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,017 1 0 495.8
2013 Q3 1,683 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,346 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,763 6 2 2171.6
2012 Q3 1,671 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,762 7 2 3972.8
2012 Q1 2,082 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,725 3 1 1739.1
2011 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,459 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 917 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,249 7 5 2154.5
2010 Q3 4,937 4 2 810.2
2010 Q2 5,021 7 4 1394.1
2010 Q1 5,231 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,372 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,021 3 2 597.5
2009 Q2 5,684 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,019 2 0 497.6
2008 Q4 3,460 5 2 1445.1
2008 Q3 5,222 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,782 10 5 1729.5
2007 Q4 5,414 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,298 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,842 2 0 342.3
2007 Q1 5,702 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,708 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,752 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,735 9 2 1569.3
2006 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,268 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,488 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,720 4 2 847.5
2005 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,424 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,881 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 998 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,458 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,670 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,090 4 1 978.0
2003 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,343 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,241 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,142 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 754 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,229 5 4 1548.5
2001 Q3 4,331 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,304 6 1 1394.1
2001 Q1 1,302 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,830 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,175 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,123 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
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.

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