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Egypt Quarry: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Egypt, Lehigh County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3600051

Egypt Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1987–2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,496
proposed penalties
$1,345
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
25
inspections on record
243
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: 243 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Egypt Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-17.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
30.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2025-10-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-29 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.35 Backhoe Operator
2019-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2019-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-08-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.11 0.22 Truck Driver
2015-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.42 0.43 Truck Driver
2012-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Essroc Cement 1950 to 2011
  2. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 6
2024 6
2023 4
2022 5
2021 6
2020 6
2019 6
2018 7
2017 4
2016 3
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 5
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Egypt Quarry sits in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania · Population 375,408
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,493
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 2,320 1 0 431.0
2026 Q1 1,741 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,167 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,399 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,535 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,348 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,160 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,248 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,309 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,864 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,050 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,986 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,255 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,168 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,238 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,139 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,922 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,909 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,904 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,654 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,270 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,307 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,356 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,048 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,608 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,438 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,008 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,051 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,655 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,398 1 0 715.3
2018 Q1 1,336 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,804 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,813 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,629 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,020 1 0 980.4
2016 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,383 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,798 2 1 526.6
2015 Q2 3,697 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,192 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,950 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,433 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,105 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,821 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,226 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,004 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,149 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,469 1 0 405.0
2012 Q3 2,862 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,852 1 0 540.0
2012 Q1 1,505 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2026 · 1 incident

June 9, 2026 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Our coworker experienced a medical emergency while getting into EE's personal vehicle. EE later succumbed at the Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest Hospital.

2022 · 1 incident

May 3, 2022 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Fall from machine

EE was standing on the platform of a d8 dozer and lost footing. EE fell to the ground and landed on right side. Incident resulted in a fracture to the right ring finger.

1994 · 1 incident

August 5, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Essroc Cement · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CEMENT FLUSHED FROM OPEN CHUTE, CAME OVER SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO EE EYES.

1991 · 2 incidents

November 26, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Essroc Cement · Struck by falling object

PACKING VELVET #5 PACKING MACHINE. BAG DROPPED OFF #4 SPOUT ONTO RIGHT HEEEL, TWISTING LEG WHILE ON THE FOOT RAIL. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK. DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 12-3-91. AT THA T TIME COMPLAINED OF SWELLING BEHIND RIGHT KNEE. BECAME LOST TIME 1-14-92. EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK 1-13-92 COMPLAINING OF PAIN. OPERATED ON 1-28-92. HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED WORK RELATED DUE

January 16, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Essroc Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOST FOOTING, STRUCK SELF WITH HAMMER

1989 · 1 incident

November 9, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Essroc Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMERING CHOCKED REJECT PIPE #1 SEPARATOR.BACKLASH OF HAMMER HITTING ANGLE ON PIPE CAUSED HAMMER TO STRIKE FOREHEAD.

1988 · 1 incident

August 2, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Essroc Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMVOING STEEL BANDING FROM BAG PALLETS WHEN BAND SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND, STRICKING HIS LEFT THUMB. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT USING BAND CUTTERS.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 29, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Essroc Cement · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS MEASURING FLAPPER WHICH DIRECTS THE FLOW OF MATERIAL TO THE FINISH MILLS, HE LOCKED OUT THE FLAPPER PLATE ELECTRICALLY BUT DID NOT DISCONNECT AIR CYLINDER FROM FLAPPER, CAUSING FLA PPER TO FLIP AND PINCH HIS HAND BETWEEN FLAPPER AND CHUTE.

July 5, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Essroc Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLEANING OFF GRATES OF CLINKER GRIZZLEY HOPPER, AS HE WAS POKING LUMPS, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND HIS LEG SLIPPED BETWEEN GRATES AND TWISTED IT.