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Pine Creek Quarry: 87 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3600139

Pine Creek Quarry has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–2019
Latest incident
May 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
87
citations
16
significant & substantial
$32,204
proposed penalties
$26,054
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,150 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
1,143
inspection hours
7.6
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.
87 citations across 1,143 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pine Creek Quarry has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
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.
19.3%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
20.5%
reasonably likely or greater
39.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.2% none, 26.5% low, 67.5% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$21K proposed, $15K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2005-08-17.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2005-155M Settlement Melick 2006 $20K → $14K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-02-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Arsenic fumes2
Show the individual readings (54)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-02-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-02-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-16 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.65 10 0.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-05-16 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2024-05-16 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.76 10 0.28 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2017-05-11 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Lead fumes 0.6 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Iron oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Arsenic fumes 0.59 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-05-11 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-11 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Copper fumes 26.18 300 0.09 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Iron oxide fumes 1.2 20 0.06 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.43 20 0.02 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Manganese fumes 0.19 5 0.04 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-03-11 Zinc oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2007-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.79 0.57 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-05-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 1.28 0.59 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-05-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.35 0.33 Truck Driver
2004-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.17 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.42 0.39 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.86 1.9 0.45 Utility Man
2004-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.73 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.8 0.17 Truck Driver
2003-08-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.18 0.22 Truck Driver
2003-02-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2003-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mobile Crane 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.

Pine Creek Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.41 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. Lycoming Silica Sand Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 11
2023 13
2022 14
2021 14
2020 13
2019 14
2018 14
2017 13
2016 15
2015 13
2014 14
2013 14
2012 14
2011 13
2010 12
2009 11
2008 12
2007 12
2006 13
2005 14
2004 11
2003 12
2002 11
2001 12
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pine Creek Quarry sits in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania · Population 113,570
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,412
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 1,472 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,486 1 0 672.9
2025 Q4 1,695 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,485 1 0 673.4
2025 Q2 1,943 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,167 2 0 922.9
2024 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,666 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,306 1 0 120.4
2024 Q1 5,410 1 0 184.8
2023 Q4 5,138 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,779 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,759 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,096 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,276 4 1 758.2
2022 Q3 8,474 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,731 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,969 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,565 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,541 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,250 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,241 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,659 1 0 214.6
2020 Q3 7,430 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,134 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,074 3 1 736.4
2019 Q4 4,353 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,413 3 1 356.6
2019 Q2 7,286 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,096 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,215 2 0 383.5
2018 Q3 8,703 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,239 3 0 414.4
2018 Q1 3,912 1 0 255.6
2017 Q4 3,685 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,025 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,988 3 1 375.6
2017 Q1 4,970 1 0 201.2
2016 Q4 5,496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,691 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,632 1 0 131.0
2016 Q1 5,587 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,111 1 0 163.6
2015 Q3 8,665 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,814 2 0 256.0
2015 Q1 5,005 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,420 2 0 311.5
2014 Q3 9,400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,446 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,923 2 1 406.3
2013 Q4 6,085 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,233 2 0 242.9
2013 Q2 8,640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,001 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,314 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 10,140 5 1 493.1
2012 Q2 9,165 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,749 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,792 1 0 113.7
2011 Q3 10,331 2 0 193.6
2011 Q2 10,107 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,271 2 0 468.3
2010 Q4 7,915 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,692 1 0 103.2
2010 Q2 7,336 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,396 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,997 2 1 200.1
2009 Q2 7,227 5 1 691.9
2009 Q1 2,755 1 0 363.0
2008 Q4 3,860 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,665 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,489 1 0 133.5
2008 Q1 3,555 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,242 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,649 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,554 3 1 350.7
2007 Q1 3,626 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,138 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,222 1 0 121.6
2006 Q1 5,283 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,335 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,495 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,067 3 1 298.0
2005 Q1 3,879 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,805 1 0 147.0
2004 Q3 9,654 14 5 1450.2
2004 Q2 7,031 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,529 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,598 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,695 2 0 187.0
2003 Q2 8,919 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,853 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,684 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,527 2 0 265.7
2002 Q1 2,525 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,987 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,647 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,771 3 0 307.0
2001 Q1 4,730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,152 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,677 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,812 1 1 101.9
2000 Q1 4,912 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2019 · 1 incident

May 28, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While climbing up into the drill to move it, employee grabbed the handle with right arm and used left arm to grab the steering wheel and felt something pull in left shoulder.

2016 · 1 incident

February 17, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Putting lubricant in planetary of L270 loader using air operated pump. Pump developed air leak and stopped working. Employee was trying to find the air leak when piston came down pinching 2 fingers on EE's right hand.

2010 · 1 incident

July 12, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was doing maintenance on a crusher and caught his finger between bar and side of crusher

2004 · 1 incident

September 3, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent ELECTRICAL
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was changing wires in breaker panel for the Simplicity screen when electrical wire came in contact with another wire or metal box creating a ball of fire. Heat from ball of fire caused burns.

2000 · 1 incident

June 7, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAW BIG HUNK OF MUD ALONG SIDE OF BELT. HE WANTED TO PUSH IT OUT. BELT WAS STOPPED. HE PICKED UP MUD FORK AND INVERTED IT TO POKE IT THROUGH. PUSHED FORWARD AND SPIKE OF FORK HIT OUTER EAR RIGHT.

1995 · 1 incident

1994 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

August 3, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING JOHN DEERE SKID STEER LOADER. HE WENT TO GET OFF SKID STEER LOADER AND STEPPED INTO THE BUCKET. THERE WAS OIL IN THE BUCKET AND WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE BUCKET HE SLIPPE D AND FELL.

1992 · 1 incident

February 20, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING ROCKS OFF THE HAUL ROAD & INJURED HIS LOWER BACK DID NOT REPORT THIS TO SUPERINTENDENT UNTIL 03-02-92

1991 · 2 incidents

September 6, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by flying object

ELEVEN HOLES WERE LOADED BY AUSTIN BLASTER (CERTIFIED PA BLASTER) WITH ASSISTANCE OF INJURED.BLAST AREA WAS CLEARED,AND INJURED WAS OBSERVING THE BLAST FOR BLASTER.IN POSITION NORTHEAST OF TEH BLAST,AT A 15DEGREE ANGLE FROM UNDER THE REAR OF THE BLAST,FLYROCK WAS OBSERVED,FRAGMENTS HIT THE BENCH,BREAKING UP UNDER THE BULK LOADING EQUIPMENT,STRIKING INJURED IN THE RIGHT KNEE.

March 12, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FEEDER & BANGED HIS ELBOW ON THE SIDE OF IT

1983 · 2 incidents

April 27, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING A DRIVE CHAIN ON A N.W. 80D SHOVEL. HE WAS DRIVING A PIN OUT OF THE DRIVE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER & HIT HIS THUMB. HE SUFFERED A SMASHED LEFT THUMB.

January 27, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK HOIST. A PIECE OF METAL FELL, CUTTING HIS RIGHT WRIST. SUTURES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.