Mining Incidents

L & D Stoneworks Middletown Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lance Birchard
Middletown, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609249

L & D Stoneworks Middletown Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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 2004
83
citations
29
significant & substantial
$16,674
proposed penalties
$11,393
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,281 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
51
inspections on record
633
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: 633 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

L & D Stoneworks Middletown Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
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 1,380 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,714 15 6 4038.8
2025 Q2 2,970 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,099 1 0 476.4
2024 Q4 2,358 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,622 1 0 381.4
2024 Q2 2,391 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,682 2 0 1189.1
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,435 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,419 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,282 3 1 568.0
2023 Q1 4,624 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,417 2 0 369.2
2022 Q3 6,021 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,722 2 1 423.5
2022 Q1 3,798 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,376 1 0 228.5
2021 Q3 5,148 2 0 388.5
2021 Q2 5,216 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,995 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,311 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,823 1 1 171.7
2020 Q2 5,089 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,494 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,779 1 0 209.2
2019 Q3 4,872 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,972 3 3 603.4
2019 Q1 3,152 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,892 3 3 613.2
2018 Q3 5,072 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,519 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,021 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,807 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,166 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,557 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,255 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,723 1 0 148.7
2016 Q2 6,310 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,797 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,154 1 0 139.8
2015 Q2 5,156 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,319 1 1 231.5
2014 Q4 6,289 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,894 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,489 1 0 154.1
2014 Q1 5,255 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,113 1 0 163.6
2013 Q3 4,719 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,607 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,719 4 1 1075.6
2012 Q4 5,732 2 2 348.9
2012 Q3 6,066 3 1 494.6
2012 Q2 5,870 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,271 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,031 2 1 397.5
2011 Q3 5,529 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,333 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,112 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,450 4 2 733.9
2010 Q3 4,533 2 1 441.2
2010 Q2 3,935 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,473 2 1 808.7
2009 Q4 2,628 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,553 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,432 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,655 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,541 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,504 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,354 1 0 298.2
2008 Q1 1,260 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,452 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,221 4 0 1241.9
2007 Q2 2,179 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,720 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,250 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,314 1 1 301.8
2006 Q2 3,240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,986 3 0 1004.7
2005 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,503 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,702 2 0 740.2

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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