Mining Incidents

F S Lopke-O'Dell Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Alford, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609962

F S Lopke-O'Dell Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at F S Lopke-O'Dell Quarry.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2013–2022
Latest incident
Dec 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
62
citations
20
significant & substantial
$18,020
proposed penalties
$18,020
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
34
inspections on record
530
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: 530 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

F S Lopke-O'Dell Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4 4,177 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,770 4 3 838.6
2025 Q2 5,290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,182 2 1 628.5
2024 Q4 2,054 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,252 5 1 3993.6
2024 Q2 1,259 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,163 1 0 462.3
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,355 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,522 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,537 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,184 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,296 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,342 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,516 2 0 1319.3
2022 Q1 868 1 0 1152.1
2021 Q4 1,781 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,186 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,145 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,891 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,709 1 0 175.2
2020 Q2 2,414 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,355 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,971 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,245 3 0 480.4
2019 Q1 4,445 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,451 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,923 4 2 812.5
2018 Q2 4,430 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,643 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,422 1 1 184.4
2017 Q3 6,319 6 2 949.5
2017 Q2 6,430 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,631 1 0 177.6
2016 Q4 5,946 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,016 1 0 166.2
2016 Q2 5,719 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,926 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,982 2 0 334.3
2015 Q3 6,076 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,726 2 1 349.3
2015 Q1 3,182 2 0 628.5
2014 Q4 4,958 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,630 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,389 1 1 156.5
2014 Q1 4,088 1 0 244.6
2013 Q4 5,709 2 1 350.3
2013 Q3 8,235 10 5 1214.3
2013 Q2 7,158 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,884 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,061 2 1 653.4
2012 Q3 1,125 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,182 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,816 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,651 5 0 751.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

2019 · 1 incident

October 9, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F. S. Lopke Contracting Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was rechaining crusher rotor during removal when the victim put weight on the rotor and it turned pinning left leg between rotor and frame.

2013 · 2 incidents

October 19, 2013 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F. S. Lopke Contracting Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

During plant repairs, injured person removed a metal guard and set it aside. The guard tip over and hit above the metal toe on his right foot. This caused a break in the foot. Tried to keep working but foot began to swell with discomfort. Went to walk in clinic.

September 3, 2013 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F. S. Lopke Contracting Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped from one loader platform to next to clean his windows and rolled his ankle.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on F S Lopke-O'Dell Quarry

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.