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PIKES CREEK QUARRY: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

H&K Group, Inc. · Surface
Hunlock Creek, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3607030

PIKES CREEK QUARRY has $10K 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
11
Years on record
1992–2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
13
significant & substantial
$9,899
proposed penalties
$9,899
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 2000
56
inspections on record
856
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: 856 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PIKES CREEK QUARRY has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
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.
16.2%
significant & substantial
18.8%
high negligence or reckless
17.5%
reasonably likely or greater
47.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 61.2% moderate, 18.8% 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: 2022-12-08, 3 years ago
22%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz134 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (35)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-12-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.44 1.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.42 0.64 2.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.89 0.63 1.41 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.89 0.66 1.35 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-12-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 0.59 0.95 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-12-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-05-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.41 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-05-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.35 10 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-01-31 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Copper fumes 0.07 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Iron oxide fumes 0.05 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-31 Arsenic fumes 0.28 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 2.09 0.19 Truck Driver
2010-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 2.07 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.37 0.51 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.56 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.67 0.36 Utility Man
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.25 0.16 Truck Driver
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.62 0.74 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.4 0.37 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.

PIKES CREEK QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.

Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ 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 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.62 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
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 17.92 8.96 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Naugle Sand & Gravel Company 1980 to 1992
  2. Pikes Creek Sand & Stone Inc 1992 to 2002
  3. Pikes Creek Asphalt & Crushed Stone 2002 to 2021
  4. H&K Group, Inc. 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 10
2024 10
2023 11
2022 11
2021 10
2020 10
2019 11
2018 11
2017 10
2016 12
2015 12
2014 13
2013 12
2012 11
2011 11
2010 10
2009 11
2008 12
2007 13
2006 12
2005 14
2004 12
2003 9
2002 9
2001 13
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PIKES CREEK 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 5,380 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,981 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,816 2 1 415.3
2025 Q3 6,357 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,462 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,383 2 0 839.3
2024 Q4 4,339 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,272 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,320 3 0 563.9
2024 Q1 1,778 1 0 562.4
2023 Q4 4,629 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,392 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,091 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,927 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,430 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,005 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,832 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,588 1 0 386.4
2021 Q4 5,267 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,066 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,472 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,875 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,354 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,813 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,663 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,602 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,893 1 0 204.4
2019 Q3 5,902 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,873 1 0 170.3
2019 Q1 2,709 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,703 2 0 540.1
2018 Q3 5,538 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,634 2 1 355.0
2018 Q1 3,576 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,695 1 0 149.4
2017 Q3 5,081 1 0 196.8
2017 Q2 5,454 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,646 1 0 377.9
2016 Q4 4,294 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,587 1 1 151.8
2016 Q2 6,092 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,036 4 1 991.1
2015 Q4 4,918 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,455 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,400 2 1 312.5
2015 Q1 2,986 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,999 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,859 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,439 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,028 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,036 1 0 247.8
2013 Q3 4,247 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,610 4 0 713.0
2013 Q1 3,439 2 0 581.6
2012 Q4 4,280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,066 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,952 4 1 807.8
2012 Q1 4,308 2 0 464.3
2011 Q4 5,257 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,936 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,950 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,697 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,130 2 0 389.9
2010 Q3 6,072 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,399 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,589 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,766 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,319 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,743 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,144 1 0 194.4
2008 Q3 6,289 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,017 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,082 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,721 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,317 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,641 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,512 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,795 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,298 1 0 137.0
2006 Q1 4,801 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,248 4 2 551.9
2005 Q3 8,560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,612 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,471 2 0 365.6
2004 Q4 6,855 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,632 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,973 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,630 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,841 4 0 684.8
2003 Q3 4,934 9 1 1824.1
2003 Q2 4,815 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,981 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,647 2 1 430.4
2002 Q3 4,310 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,097 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,966 5 0 1260.7
2001 Q4 8,174 1 0 122.3
2001 Q3 7,646 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,317 5 1 683.3
2001 Q1 5,664 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,129 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,079 2 0 220.3
2000 Q2 8,687 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,624 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2023 · 1 incident

July 5, 2023 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H&K Group, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE changed punch screens and got left hand pinched in between the screens.

2021 · 1 incident

October 20, 2021 PA · Metal/Non-Metal hammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operator MACHINERY
H&K Group, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Cutting threads off a wedge bolt jaw crusher with a cut off wheel on a grinder; EE was wearing glasses and a shield but metal was in left eye. Employee did not request medical treatment until 10/22/21

2020 · 1 incident

2018 · 2 incidents

October 4, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Pikes Creek Asphalt & Crushed Stone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was drilling a hole when the drill kicked back striking EE in the nose. EE was not diagnosed w/a fracture until 11/1/18

2017 · 1 incident

2014 · 2 incidents

May 8, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pikes Creek Asphalt & Crushed Stone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was turning a screw drive and caught his index finger between the belt and the drive.

2012 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

March 18, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pikes Creek Sand & Stone Inc · Fall from machine

GETTING OUT OF LOADER- WET STEPS- SLIPPED OFF 2ND STEP- FELL TO GROUND.

1992 · 1 incident

October 21, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pikes Creek Sand & Stone Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER OF 560 INTL LOADER WAS DRIZZLING RAIN THE RUNG (STEP) OF LADDER BROKE & EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 4FT-0IN WET CONDITIONS MAY HAE CONTRIBUTED TO EMPLOYEES INABILITY TO CATCH HIMSELF AS LADDER IS EQUIPPED W/HAND RAILS