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Birchardville Quarry: 25 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Birchardville Quarry is an active crushed, broken sandstone surface mine in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, operated by F S Lopke Contracting Inc with 9 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3608729). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 25 citations and orders there with $5,979 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3608729
- Status
- Active since December 9, 2024
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken sandstone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
- Nearest town
- Montrose
- Operator
- F S Lopke Contracting Inc
- Employees
- 9
- MSHA field office
- Kutztown PA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 25
- Significant and substantial
- 4 (16.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $5,979
- Amount paid so far
- $5,979
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 96
- Citations per inspection
- 2.50 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- May 19, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($151 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 1 | $1,948 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | $599 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | $2,695 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | $604 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Birchardville Quarry
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9315 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14103 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9303 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McClain Stone Co Inc | McClain Stone Co Inc | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension stone | 12 | 54 |
| Paguay Stone Quarries | Paguay Stone LLC | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension sandstone | 13 | 37 |
| DRG Quarry | DRG Bluestone LLC | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension sandstone | 7 | 35 |
| New Milford Quarry | F S Lopke Contracting Inc | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension stone | 5 | 31 |
| Clapper Quarry #2 | Joseph Zawisky LLC | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension sandstone | 16 | 29 |
| L & D Stoneworks Middletown Quarry | L & D Stoneworks Inc | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension stone | 7 | 22 |
| Clifford Quarry | New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc. | Susquehanna County, PA | Crushed, broken sandstone | 25 | 20 |
| McClain Quarry | S. McClain Stone | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension stone | 4 | 20 |
| Glennwood Quarry | Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc | Susquehanna County, PA | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 20 |
| F S Lopke-O'Dell Quarry | F S Lopke Contracting Inc | Susquehanna County, PA | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 17 |
| Burts Bros | M M Quarries Inc | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension sandstone | 4 | 16 |
| Wilber #1 | A. Wilber Stone Inc. | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension sandstone | 3 | 16 |
| Carter Quarry | Vasquez Stone Supply LLC | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension stone | 5 | 15 |
| Emcl Quarries | Emcl Quarry LLC | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension stone | 3 | 14 |
| Guaman Stone | Guaman Stone Quarry, LLC | Susquehanna County, PA | Dimension stone | 6 | 12 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.