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Stoney Top North: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

J & E Flagstone · Surface
Controlled by John W Helvig
Friendsville, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3608949

Stoney Top North has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
25
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,544
proposed penalties
$3,544
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See J & E Flagstone's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
36
inspections on record
376
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: 376 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stoney Top North has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $416 in penalties contested before the Commission, $416 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-13.
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.
40.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
52.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.0% low, 64.0% moderate, 4.0% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$416 proposed, $416 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 2014-08-31.
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 2014-0952 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $216 → $216
PENN 2014-0926 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $200 → $200
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: 2026-08-20
27%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz154 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.51 1.08 Jackhammer Operator
2014-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.46 1.48 Scaling (hand)
2014-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.36 1.69 Scaling (hand)
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.98 0.56 1.75 Bobcat Operator
2026-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2026-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.52 0.69 Cleanup Man
2020-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2020-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.35 0.86 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.37 0.78 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.36 0.69 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.45 0.80 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.48 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.45 0.98 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.33 0.52 Washer Operator
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.36 0.64 Washer Operator
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.22 0.55 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.73 0.36 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.

Stoney Top North recorded 28.63 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ 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.
28.63
total case rate
28.63
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.49 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.
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. J & E Flagstone 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 4
2013 4
2012 6
2011 7
2010 7
2009 3
2008 4
2005 4
2004 9
2003 6
2002 17
2001 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stoney Top North sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
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 384 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 440 2 1 4545.5
2025 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 1 0
2023 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 506 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 797 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 565 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 448 2 1 4464.3
2017 Q3 1,584 1 0 631.3
2017 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 669 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,236 1 0 809.1
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,102 2 0 1814.9
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,395 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,964 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,912 6 4 3138.1
2014 Q1 728 2 1 2747.3
2013 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,928 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,703 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 899 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,255 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,051 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,294 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,584 1 0 631.3
2011 Q3 3,450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,745 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 396 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,480 2 1 806.5
2010 Q3 3,771 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,057 3 2 1458.4
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,792 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,631 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,027 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 2,355 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,362 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,673 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,599 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,835 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,796 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,104 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,368 1 0 422.3
2003 Q2 3,702 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,299 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,749 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,621 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,871 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,108 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,784 1 0 359.2
2001 Q2 5,004 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 21, 2011 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & E Flagstone · Struck by flying object

Splitting stone with hammer & chisel, piece of metal chisel hit/cut right cheek-cleaned/peroxide/firstaid was applied & nothing appeared to be in cut. The following 2 days cut remained the same. 6/24/11 the cut was black and blue and swollen. 6/24/11 x-ray did show small metal piece in cheek, to be removed today 6/27/11

2004 · 2 incidents

August 3, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & E Flagstone · Struck by falling object

TURNED AWAY FROM HIS PIECE OF STONE TO WALK AWAY AND THE PIECE OF STONE FELL ON BACK OF LEFT ANKLE. IT WAS SCRAPED & STARTED TO SWELL SLIGHTLY. APPLIED ICE & WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR'S. FOLLOW UP APPT REPORTED HE WOULD BE BACK TO WORK ON 8/9/04 AND WOULD BE FINE.

June 24, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & E Flagstone · Struck by flying object

Cleaning a piece of stone with a hammer and chisel when a piece of stone flew up under safety glass and into eye (left) and stuck. Tried to flush out - wouldn't move. Then went to doctors. Doctor removed piece of stone. Prescribed eye drops & released.

2002 · 3 incidents

August 3, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & E Flagstone · Struck by falling object

WHILE HANDLING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE, EE LOST HIS BALANCE & STONE FELL ON INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE. SPRAINED ANKLE.

July 22, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & E Flagstone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PLACING A PIECE OF STONE ON A PALLET WHEN IT SLID BETWEEN THE BOARDS - PINCHING EE'S FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STONE. LACERATION OF RIGHT RING FINGER.

May 20, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec OTHER
J & E Flagstone · Unclassified, insufficient data

LOW BACK STRAIN WHEN RETURNING FROM LUNCH, DID NOT KNOW CAUSE.

2001 · 2 incidents

April 30, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & E Flagstone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING WHILE THROWING A SMALL PIECE OF STONE AND FELT A "POP" IN HIS BACK, HE THEN BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 16, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & E Flagstone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRUCK SPLITTING WEDGE WITH HAMMER, HAMMER BOUNCED OFF SPLITTING WEDGE AND STRUCK LEFT HAND. SWELLING OCCURRED, BRUISING.