Mining Incidents

PIKES CREEK QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2002–2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
13
significant & substantial
$9,899
proposed penalties
$9,899
paid to date
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 4,816 2 1 415.3
2025 Q3 6,357 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,494 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,352 3 0 689.3
2024 Q1 810 1 0 1234.6
2023 Q4 4,629 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,448 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,144 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

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.