Mining Incidents

SOKOL QUARRIES INC Metal/Non-Metal

Sokol Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Paul W Sokol
Stillwater, Columbia County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608988

SOKOL QUARRIES INC 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
3
Years on record
2004–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
85
citations
18
significant & substantial
$10,158
proposed penalties
$10,158
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
45
inspections on record
588
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: 588 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SOKOL QUARRIES INC 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
85 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
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 4,106 2 2 487.1
2025 Q3 3,772 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,437 1 0 291.0
2025 Q1 3,762 2 1 531.6
2024 Q4 3,571 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,767 3 0 796.4
2024 Q2 4,027 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,223 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,742 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,908 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,856 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,600 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,689 1 0 271.1
2022 Q3 3,825 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,474 4 0 894.1
2022 Q1 3,422 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,706 2 0 739.1
2021 Q3 3,501 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,309 2 1 604.4
2021 Q1 2,981 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,422 2 0 584.5
2020 Q3 3,412 2 0 586.2
2020 Q2 3,098 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,695 1 1 371.1
2019 Q4 2,729 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,013 3 1 995.7
2019 Q2 3,337 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,407 2 1 830.9
2018 Q4 3,048 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,094 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,236 2 1 618.0
2018 Q1 2,074 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,271 4 1 1222.9
2017 Q3 4,275 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,134 2 0 483.8
2017 Q1 3,059 2 1 653.8
2016 Q4 3,799 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,365 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,332 2 0 461.7
2016 Q1 3,567 4 1 1121.4
2015 Q4 3,532 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,082 1 1 245.0
2015 Q2 4,572 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,471 1 0 288.1
2014 Q4 4,081 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,881 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,605 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,195 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,977 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,744 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,799 1 1 208.4
2013 Q1 2,674 4 0 1495.9
2012 Q4 3,648 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,507 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,694 3 0 639.1
2012 Q1 4,456 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,745 8 2 2136.2
2011 Q3 4,666 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,883 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,470 4 1 1152.7
2010 Q3 4,250 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,083 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,328 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,212 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,180 3 1 717.7
2009 Q2 4,021 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,991 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,754 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,751 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,618 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,663 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,632 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,676 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,057 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,474 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,949 2 0 404.1
2006 Q1 2,340 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,838 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,579 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,939 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,629 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,620 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,260 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,670 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,392 10 0 2948.1
2003 Q3 4,086 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,648 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,761 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,613 3 1 1148.1
2002 Q3 3,300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,405 2 0 370.0
2002 Q1 1,546 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,794 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,924 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 22, 2024 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sokol Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

bulldozer drove over a bump and operator bumped head on inside of cab. Operator received stitches to forehead and returned to work.

2010 · 1 incident

May 20, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sokol Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was helping install a crusher wheel with an overhead trolley system. When the trolley got jammed the miner tried to free it, his left little finger got caught between the trolley wheel and the I beam causing it to be cut.

2004 · 1 incident

November 3, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sokol Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee hurt leg while stepping down off of a dump truck.

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