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Easton Quarry: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

H&K Group, Inc. · Surface
Easton, Northampton County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608003

Easton Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Years on record
1993–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
17
significant & substantial
$19,894
proposed penalties
$14,272
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,622 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See H&K Group, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
959
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: 959 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Easton Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
94 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-29.
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.
18.1%
significant & substantial
12.8%
high negligence or reckless
18.1%
reasonably likely or greater
42.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.1% low, 69.1% moderate, 12.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 100%
43%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
76%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-07-31.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2009-668M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $7K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-05-09, 3 years ago
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz61 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz12
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-07 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 24.03 10 2.40 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-05-09 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-09 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-09 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-07-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.67 10 0.07 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-05-07 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.17 10 0.32 Bobcat Operator
2016-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.64 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.33 0.13 Cleanup Man
2016-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.86 0.50 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.97 0.32 Cleanup Man
2011-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.59 0.66 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 1.69 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.62 0.40 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.64 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.9 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.75 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.78 0.87 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2002-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.93 0.19 Truck Driver
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.

Easton Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.07 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 11.91 5.95 0.000
2019 * 12.53 4.18 0.000
2018 * 14.60 9.73 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. H&K Group, Inc. 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 14
2024 15
2023 17
2022 16
2021 17
2020 20
2019 22
2018 21
2017 19
2016 21
2015 21
2014 13
2013 11
2012 10
2011 10
2010 10
2009 11
2008 11
2007 12
2006 13
2005 12
2004 12
2003 13
2002 13
2001 14
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Easton Quarry sits in Northampton 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.
Northampton County, Pennsylvania · Population 315,927
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$86,687
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 6,677 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,108 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,676 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,761 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,033 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,053 1 0 165.2
2024 Q4 6,340 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,291 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,172 2 0 278.9
2024 Q1 6,625 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,344 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,004 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,160 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,143 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,870 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,028 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,515 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,848 2 0 254.8
2021 Q3 10,082 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,354 1 0 96.6
2021 Q1 7,048 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,209 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,689 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,124 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 11,569 2 0 172.9
2019 Q4 12,246 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 14,108 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 12,516 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 9,016 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,468 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 11,842 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,685 1 0 85.6
2018 Q1 7,107 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,543 1 0 104.8
2017 Q3 10,309 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,649 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,450 1 1 134.2
2016 Q4 8,858 2 0 225.8
2016 Q3 10,419 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 11,958 3 1 250.9
2016 Q1 8,693 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10,164 2 0 196.8
2015 Q3 12,670 2 0 157.9
2015 Q2 12,113 4 3 330.2
2015 Q1 6,412 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,268 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,950 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,080 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,432 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,726 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,657 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,789 1 0 172.7
2013 Q1 3,431 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,812 1 0 262.3
2012 Q3 4,688 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,782 2 0 418.2
2012 Q1 4,795 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,669 2 0 428.4
2011 Q3 5,269 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,356 2 1 373.4
2011 Q1 4,692 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,085 3 1 590.0
2010 Q3 6,390 1 0 156.5
2010 Q2 5,362 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,382 2 1 456.4
2009 Q4 5,532 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,608 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,174 13 3 2512.6
2009 Q1 4,904 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,870 1 0 170.4
2008 Q2 6,497 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,754 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,918 3 0 433.7
2007 Q3 7,469 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,505 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,955 2 0 287.6
2006 Q4 9,437 4 1 423.9
2006 Q3 9,027 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,116 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,598 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,482 1 0 133.7
2005 Q3 7,915 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,811 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,439 2 0 310.6
2004 Q4 7,228 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,908 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,333 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,491 2 0 308.1
2003 Q4 7,311 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,491 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,341 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,598 1 0 151.6
2002 Q4 6,605 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,938 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,802 4 0 689.4
2001 Q4 7,726 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,226 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,290 6 0 645.9
2001 Q1 7,024 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,181 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,288 8 2 965.3
2000 Q1 7,992 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

27 on file

2026 · 2 incidents

July 14, 2026 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Changing drill bit on hammer drill when drill sleeve fell striking employee on left forearm.

January 19, 2026 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE slipped and fell while greasing EE's truck and injured EE's right ankle.

2020 · 2 incidents

November 10, 2020 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS UNCLOGGING TUNNEL WHEN EE LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO LEFT HAND AND STRAINED SHOULDER

August 24, 2020 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was shoveling stone onto conveyor and felt pop in back.

2019 · 4 incidents

September 3, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was shoveling and strained low back.

July 3, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting coding away from wires and knife kicked out and sliced right forearm.

April 1, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was stepping down from rock truck and left leg was on the ground. When ee brought down right leg and left leg buckled.

January 22, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE was clearing frozen material and belt spun frozen material into EE hand

2018 · 3 incidents

August 16, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

tripped over door frame and sprained left wrist

July 6, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee slipped on last step of rock truck and fell onto back

May 3, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Removing rock from lift cylinder.

2016 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by falling object

dropped wear plate onto right foot

June 23, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loader backed into high reach cage-cage cut employee's leg

2015 · 2 incidents

November 20, 2015 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting hammers out of crusher and felt sharp pain in left elbow.

September 30, 2015 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H&K Group, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Tightening bolt with wrench and the wrench slipped pinching finger.

2013 · 1 incident

January 29, 2013 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
H&K Group, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was washing loader, EE strained right knee when jumping to turn valve.

2011 · 1 incident

November 29, 2011 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Fall down stairs

EE slipped on steps of generator.

2009 · 1 incident

July 28, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was performing maitenance and stepped off ladder onto uneven ground and fractured right ankle.

2008 · 1 incident

October 14, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee pinched finger between legs of conveyor while unloading lowbed.

2004 · 1 incident

December 16, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H&K Group, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT SYNTRON FEEDER. ROCK FELL FROM FEEDER, HIT PRYBAR, PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN PRYBAR & PIECE OF STEEL.

2003 · 1 incident

April 19, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by flying object

REPLACING CONVEYOR BELT. UNROLLING BELT, PIECE OF ANGLE IRON BROKE OFF, HIT EE UNDER EYE BELOW SAFETY GLASSES.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 3, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE WAS GREASING PLANT, STEPPED DOWN ON CATWALK SPRAINED R. FOOT.

July 3, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS SHOVLING TO GET JAM ON IMPACTOR FREE AT THE CRUSHER BIN. EE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING STEEL BEAM IN GROIN AREA.

2000 · 2 incidents

April 25, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
H&K Group, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING BLOCKAGE OUT OF CRUSHER, WHEN FINISHED CRAWLING OUT STRAINED MUSCLES IN BACK AND HIP.

March 18, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WENT INTO SURGE TUNNEL TO WELD ON CENTRON SHUTE. WENT INTO SHUTE, STARTED WELDING A ROCK ABOUT 4" FELL FROM TOP OF CHUTE, HIT EE ON TOP OF HEAD. NO HARD HAT. HAD WELDING MASK ON.

1999 · 1 incident

December 13, 1999 PA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H&K Group, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING WORK, STEPPED IN TRENCH APPROX 2" DEEP. FELL ONTO BOTH KNEES.

1993 · 1 incident

March 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARDS WORKSHOP AREA AND STEPPED ON A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL IN IT. NAIL PENETRATED LEFT FOOT. CLEANED WOUND IMMEDIATELY WITH PEROXIDE. NEXT DAY FOOT WAS SORE SO EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR. WOUND WAS INFECTED. NO LOST TIME.