Mining Incidents

Hop Bottom Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James W Barber
Hop Bottom, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609645

Hop Bottom Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
40
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,660
proposed penalties
$3,323
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,337 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
20
inspections on record
162
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: 162 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hop Bottom Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
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 820 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 912 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,060 3 1 2830.2
2025 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 948 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 520 2 1 3846.2
2023 Q2 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,065 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,885 5 0 2652.5
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 1,260 4 2 3174.6
2021 Q1 600 2 0 3333.3
2020 Q4 911 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,028 6 0 5836.6
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q3 200 3 0 15000.0

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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