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HAZLETON QUARRY: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

H&K Group, Inc. · Surface
Weatherly, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609074

HAZLETON QUARRY has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2003–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
68
citations
20
significant & substantial
$8,792
proposed penalties
$8,792
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See H&K Group, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
62
inspections on record
869
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: 869 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-05-15.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

HAZLETON QUARRY has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-13.
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.
29.9%
significant & substantial
7.5%
high negligence or reckless
29.9%
reasonably likely or greater
53.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.4% low, 82.1% moderate, 7.5% 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: 2025-06-25
58%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz127 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.24 1.13 Utility Man
2009-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.63 1.1 1.48 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-01-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.27 1.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.33 2.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.34 1.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.34 1.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.26 1.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.47 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.2 0.90 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.3 Truck Driver
2019-10-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.46 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-03-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.25 0.68 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.57 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 2.34 0.21 Front-end Loader 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.

HAZLETON QUARRY recorded 8.15 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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.
8.15
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.18 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
2015 * 8.15 0.00 0.000
2014 * 19.68 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hazleton Materials, LLC 2002 to 2021
  2. H&K Group, Inc. 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 9
2023 7
2022 6
2021 8
2020 8
2019 9
2018 9
2017 7
2016 9
2015 16
2014 13
2013 10
2012 7
2011 11
2010 9
2009 9
2008 7
2007 7
2006 7
2005 8
2004 8
2003 8
2002 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HAZLETON QUARRY 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 3,152 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,828 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,791 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,089 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,222 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,308 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,184 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,852 3 1 778.8
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,253 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,458 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,907 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,359 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,871 2 1 1068.9
2022 Q4 2,257 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,651 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,375 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,838 1 1 352.4
2021 Q4 3,565 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,273 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,226 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,315 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,490 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,847 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,581 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,398 1 0 294.3
2019 Q3 4,134 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,340 1 1 230.4
2019 Q1 2,252 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,331 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,668 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,649 2 1 430.2
2018 Q1 2,186 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,294 3 1 1307.8
2017 Q3 3,125 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,838 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,442 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,609 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,745 3 0 801.1
2016 Q2 4,090 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,716 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,038 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,140 2 2 280.1
2015 Q2 7,398 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,953 4 0 1011.9
2014 Q4 5,850 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,955 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,673 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,843 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,531 2 0 441.4
2013 Q3 4,767 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,458 2 1 448.6
2013 Q1 3,437 3 1 872.9
2012 Q4 3,233 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,050 2 1 655.7
2012 Q2 3,061 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,231 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,259 3 2 920.5
2011 Q3 4,737 3 1 633.3
2011 Q2 5,324 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,203 2 0 475.9
2010 Q4 4,480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,712 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,468 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,933 1 0 254.3
2009 Q4 4,864 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,387 1 0 227.9
2009 Q2 3,959 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,385 2 1 590.8
2008 Q4 4,274 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,839 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,232 1 0 236.3
2007 Q4 4,667 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,873 2 2 410.4
2007 Q2 4,559 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,599 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,769 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,013 2 0 399.0
2006 Q2 4,542 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,304 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,359 1 0 229.4
2005 Q3 3,901 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,968 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,985 1 0 250.9
2004 Q4 3,713 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,936 1 1 202.6
2004 Q2 4,047 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,535 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,898 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,020 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,011 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,933 5 0 1271.3
2002 Q4 3,519 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,690 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 798 3 0 3759.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 14, 2025 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE injured EE's right wrist while shoveling; the shovel hit a rock in the dirt.

2019 · 1 incident

October 25, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Fall from ladders

Climbing off ladder and fell back onto wrist

2015 · 1 incident

August 27, 2015 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) MACHINERY
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

Welding and something went behind safety glasses in eye

2014 · 2 incidents

November 13, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Flash burns (welding)

welders flash

September 26, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

Welding piece of metal went behind safety glasses in right eye.

2013 · 1 incident

June 24, 2013 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing down off equipment and strained groin muscle.

2011 · 2 incidents

July 28, 2011 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Changing screening felt pain in neck and shoulders.

2007 · 1 incident

May 7, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Shaft of tail pulley fell onto ring finger putting cut in finger.

2006 · 2 incidents

July 18, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

emp was cutting rubber skirt for belt line and cut left arm

July 1, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

While employee was driving truck hit hole bouncing in truck and jarring back.

2005 · 1 incident

September 2, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While emp was cutting a piece of rubber belt with a razor knife the knife slipped cutting emp's right leg.

2003 · 3 incidents

September 16, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER SHAKER DECK. COMPLETED JOB WHEN EXITING FROM UNDER SHAKER STOOD UP AND BANGED LEFT SHOULDER ON STEEL BRACE.

January 14, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hazleton Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DIGGING FROZEN STONE OFF BELT, BAR SLIPPED, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR & HOPPER.