Elk Lake Metal/Non-Metal
Meshoppen Stone Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
William M Ruark
Dimock,
Susquehanna County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609422
Elk Lake has $4K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,204
proposed penalties
$4,204
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
27
inspections on record
333
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 333 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elk Lake has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q4 | 4,149 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,099 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,828 | 4 | 1 | 1044.9 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,983 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,512 | 6 | 3 | 1088.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,050 | 1 | 0 | 198.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 6,484 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 5,594 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,357 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 5,658 | 3 | 1 | 530.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 6,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 6,888 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 5,340 | 1 | 0 | 187.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,718 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 5,573 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,255 | 3 | 1 | 570.9 |
| 2020 Q4 | 6,146 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 5,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 7,769 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 7,300 | 2 | 0 | 274.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,782 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 5,718 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 4,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 4,522 | 2 | 0 | 442.3 |
| 2018 Q3 | 4,283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 4,260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,810 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,964 | 1 | 1 | 337.4 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,466 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,230 | 1 | 0 | 448.4 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,189 | 1 | 0 | 456.8 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,860 | 1 | 0 | 537.6 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 440 | 2 | 0 | 4545.5 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 801 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 252 | 1 | 0 | 3968.3 |
| 2009 Q2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Elk Lake
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.