Mining Incidents

Curtin Gap Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Bellefonte, Centre County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3600516

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
136
citations
9
significant & substantial
$63,392
proposed penalties
$41,534
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 13,934 2 0 143.5
2025 Q2 3,960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,027 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,945 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 11,037 4 0 362.4
2024 Q1 4,551 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,491 2 0 445.3
2023 Q3 9,658 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 9, 2025 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

As employee was stepping up and transferring their weight, they rolled their ankle.

2023 · 1 incident

August 2, 2023 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was descending a fixed ladder when fell from the ladder striking the handrail below with their lower back causing injury.

2022 · 1 incident

December 28, 2022 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking when EE slipped and fell on ice causing a fall on same level leading to a contusion of the right shoulder.

2021 · 1 incident

September 23, 2021 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee recorded a shift in their hearing.

2018 · 1 incident

September 25, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The injured employee was on the ground, as a rigger for the crane operator. EE and another employee were hooking up the crane cables to the crusher operator building platform. The injured employee stepped up onto the platform to grab the hook, when EE stepped through a hole in the platform. The edge of the expanded metal deck caused a laceration to EE's R/ shin.

2017 · 2 incidents

2009 · 1 incident

February 27, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

He was walking across driveway toward the Lab Building after putting trash in dumpster. His right ankle rolled out from under him causing him to fall. He fractured and partially dislocated his right ankle. The driveway is level and covered with 1B stone.

2008 · 1 incident

June 9, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck against a moving object

While operating D9H Cat Dozer in a rocky area and working boulders out; he was backing up, when the dozer took a hard bounce and his teeth went together, cracking one of them. Tooth # 19.

2000 · 1 incident

May 9, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING ANVILS FROM CRUSHER ANVIL RING WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING A PIECE OF ANVIL TO BREAK OFF AND HIT VICTIM IN LEFT KNEE GIVING HIM A LACERATION THAT TOOK 3 STITCHES ON INSIDE AND 3 STITCHES ON OUTSIDE.