HAZLETON AGGREGATE FACILITY PLANT #23 has $5K 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
11
Years on record
2008–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
41
citations
2
significant & substantial
$5,344
proposed penalties
$5,193
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
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: 692 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HAZLETON AGGREGATE FACILITY PLANT #23 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
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: 2026-06-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Tractor Operator
2023-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2023-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-14
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.75
10
0.08
Backhoe Operator
2021-04-14
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2019-10-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.42
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-17
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.26
Backhoe Operator
2019-10-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.57
10
0.06
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.4
0.53
Mechanic
2012-07-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-07-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.39
0.36
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.59
0.20
Utility Man
2008-05-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.15
0.14
Utility Man
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.
HAZLETON AGGREGATE FACILITY PLANT #23 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 *
14.73
7.37
0.000
2023 *
7.65
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
7.43
7.43
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
12
2025
10
2024
12
2023
11
2022
12
2021
12
2020
7
2019
5
2018
4
2017
6
2016
5
2015
5
2014
3
2013
4
2012
6
2011
7
2010
7
2009
11
2008
6
2007
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HAZLETON AGGREGATE FACILITY PLANT #23 sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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
While loading oversize rock into the haul truck a large rock jolted the truck causing the truck operator to sway side to side causing the operator to hit their head on the side door window. The loader operator saw the truck shake but didn`t know the truck operator hit their head.
EE was pushing a rollable chute closed and pulled a muscle in their back. The chute track was clear of any obstacles. The EE went to Medic Express for the pain. They gave EE a prescription for pain and placed EE on restricted duty until EE's next visit on 2/22/24.
2023 · 2 incidents
March 28, 2023PA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
Employee was cutting a 4" black iron steel pipe with a portable band saw. The saw grabbed the pipe and jumped up and the employee's hand went under the spinning blade cutting employee's fingertip off just behind the fingernail.
January 20, 2023PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
While stepping out of the tool van the employee stepped on a #4 size stone rolling EE's left ankle resulting in a sprained ankle.
2021 · 1 incident
January 12, 2021PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Glenn O Hawbaker Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Removing the rock breaker from above the primary crusher. while hooked to the breaker with the crane the employee cut off the last bolt holding the breaker in place. once cut the breaker shifted backwards pinning the employees legs against the hand rail around the platform the breaker was bolted to.
2018 · 1 incident
February 5, 2018PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Three employees were pushing a frozen piece of material off of a conveyor. One employee was using a bar the other two were supporting the frozen piece while baring it off the conveyor. Once the piece was off the conveyor one of the employees supporting the frozen pieced noticed his arm was hurting.
July 20, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee tried to turn the belt clamp attached to the conveyor belt to be able to get at the bolts holding clamp. When employee tried turning the clamp up, employee felt a pull in his back.
2010 · 1 incident
June 21, 2010PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was climbing into water truck cab, stepping up with left leg and right foot on ground, heard a pop & felt a pain in right knee. Upon moving water truck to fill station, when employee got out of truck, then realized could not put any weight on right knee.
2008 · 1 incident
March 13, 2008PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Installing rubber disc around spray bars on screen deck. Had to trim disc. Holding disc in place with right hand on the top scribbing line with knife in left hand resulting in a laceration to pointer finger on right hand. The laceration resulted in six stitches.