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Bloomsburg Quarry: 54 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3605953

Bloomsburg Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1990–2026
Latest incident
Aug 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
54
citations
7
significant & substantial
$7,496
proposed penalties
$7,194
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
788
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: 788 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-07-14.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Bloomsburg Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
13.5%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
13.5%
reasonably likely or greater
38.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.7% low, 65.4% moderate, 1.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-09-05
10%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
43
samples
30
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz273 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (55)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.36 1.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.53 1.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.49 1.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.65 0.40 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.69 0.54 Truck Driver
2021-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.47 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Truck Driver
2021-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.7 10 0.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.45 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-12-12 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Copper fumes 0.76 100 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Iron oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Vanadium fumes 0.02 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-12-12 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.45 0.51 Truck Driver
2017-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.35 0.37 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.27 0.67 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.35 0.63 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.57 0.40 Truck Driver
2012-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 0.77 0.70 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.56 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.68 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.49 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.35 0.40 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.5 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.61 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.58 0.91 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.8 0.51 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.55 0.84 Utility Man
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.47 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.43 0.86 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-11-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.22 0.77 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.22 0.77 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Bloomsburg Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.

Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.62 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Fishing Creek Construction Company 1950 to 1978
  2. Columbia Asphalt Corp 1978 to 1989
  3. Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 8
2023 9
2022 8
2021 9
2020 9
2019 9
2018 8
2017 10
2016 11
2015 10
2014 10
2013 10
2012 9
2011 8
2010 9
2009 8
2008 9
2007 8
2006 8
2005 8
2004 11
2003 8
2002 6
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bloomsburg Quarry sits in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Columbia County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,055
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,992
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 4,316 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,648 2 0 548.2
2025 Q3 5,199 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,173 1 0 239.6
2025 Q1 2,977 2 0 671.8
2024 Q4 2,618 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,190 2 0 477.3
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,940 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,840 2 0 704.2
2023 Q4 5,152 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,304 2 0 377.1
2023 Q2 4,746 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,380 2 0 840.3
2022 Q4 1,767 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,681 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,990 2 0 501.3
2022 Q1 2,503 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,099 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,184 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,057 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,948 2 0 678.4
2020 Q4 3,546 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,567 2 0 437.9
2020 Q2 3,587 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,805 1 0 356.5
2019 Q4 4,105 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,316 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,188 1 0 192.8
2019 Q1 2,303 1 0 434.2
2018 Q4 3,663 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,773 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,719 2 0 423.8
2018 Q1 2,598 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,947 1 0 253.4
2017 Q3 5,023 4 1 796.3
2017 Q2 5,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,895 1 0 345.4
2016 Q4 3,960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,487 2 1 364.5
2016 Q2 6,043 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,081 1 1 164.4
2015 Q4 4,028 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,311 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,256 1 0 190.3
2015 Q1 2,843 1 0 351.7
2014 Q4 3,646 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,408 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,945 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,802 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,908 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,422 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,029 1 0 330.1
2012 Q4 3,743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,508 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,825 3 0 621.8
2012 Q1 3,777 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,705 1 0 212.5
2011 Q3 4,850 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,768 1 0 209.7
2011 Q1 2,975 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,666 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,780 3 2 519.0
2010 Q2 4,645 1 0 215.3
2010 Q1 2,375 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,461 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,848 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,851 2 0 412.3
2009 Q1 2,542 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,875 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,503 1 0 181.7
2008 Q2 4,404 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,183 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,484 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,824 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,897 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,807 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,153 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,946 3 1 606.6
2006 Q1 3,121 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,438 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,032 1 1 165.8
2005 Q1 2,799 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,919 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,981 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,758 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,888 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,002 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,344 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,322 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,782 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,374 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,137 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,346 1 0 298.9
2002 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,253 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,195 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,943 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,734 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,182 1 0 314.3
2000 Q3 4,689 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,696 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,709 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2026 · 1 incident

August 18, 2026 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was replacing screens on the plant when EE felt pain in EE's lower back.

2024 · 1 incident

2019 · 1 incident

October 28, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall onto or against objects

While descending a ladder employee lost footing and fell sideways. Employee cut arm on an unknown piece of metal. Employee was taken to the hospital where employee received seven staples to close the wound. Employee released back to work with no restrictions.

2015 · 1 incident

November 10, 2015 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was turning flat rock stuck in cone crusher and lost his balance when the rock moved and banged his knee on the crusher feed inlet. He later felt pain in his knee and it started to swell. He went to the ER and was X-rayed and diagnosed with a sprain. He was given an immobilizer and crutches to use as instructed and to follow up in 3 to 7 days with a physician.

2002 · 1 incident

December 9, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CUTTING STEEL PLATE WITH OXY-ACT TORCH, TIP SLAGGED OVER & THE TORCH WENT OUT. EE BRUSHED TIP WITH GLOVED HAND TO KNOCK DIRT AWAY & THE TORCH REIGNITED BEFORE HE COULD PULL HIS HAND AWAY .

1993 · 1 incident

June 23, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW DIRT IN EYE WAS CHECKING OUT A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM DIRT CAME THRU SCRFEENINGS

1992 · 4 incidents

October 6, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH. BOLT BROKE FREE CAUSING HIM TO PINCH RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

September 30, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE A PIECE OF LODGED ROUND STOCK. WHEN ROUND STOCK CAME LOOSE, EMPLOYEE HIT NECK ON A PIECE OF OVERHEAD STEEL.

August 19, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by flying object

67591TING A SERVICE LOADER WHEN WIND BLEW DUST IN EYE.

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 4 incidents

October 29, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck against stationary object

CLEARING CHUTE BLOCKED BY LARGE STONE EMPLOYEE HIT THE BUTTON TO JOG THE BELT & RT INDEX FINGER WENT BETWEEN T HE BELT & SHIVE

July 25, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING FROM TOOL BOX TO CONVEYOR. LOST FEELING IN RIGHT LEG AND FELL. TRYING TO CATCH MYSELF- STRIKING WRIST ON A T BEAM.

May 21, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HELPING TO BUILD CONVEYOR FRAME. DURING CONSTRUCTION OF FRAME PIECE OF I BEAM THAT HAD LEG WELDED ON IT STRUCK EMPL ON FOOT.