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Dimension slate mines in the US: 34 open mines
MSHA lists 34 open dimension slate mines in the US, run by 26 operators and employing 223 people. Since January 1, 2022 its inspectors issued 514 citations and orders there with $172,803 in proposed penalties, and operators reported 16 injury or illness cases. The operators with the most open mines are Greenstone Slate Company; Newmont Slate Company Inc; VT Unfading Green Slate Company Inc. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- Open mines
- 34
- Operators
- 26
- Employees
- 223
- Intermittent
- 18
- Active
- 14
- Temporarily Idled
- 2
- Mines run by individuals, counted and not listed
- 3
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 514
- Significant and substantial
- 114 (22.2%)
- Closure orders
- 27
- High negligence or reckless
- 44
- Proposed penalties
- $172,803
- Amount paid so far
- $142,365
- Inspections
- 341
- Inspector hours on site
- 2,503
- Citations per inspection
- 1.51 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 17
- Injury and illness cases
- 16
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 5, 2026
Operators with the most open mines
Ranked by open mines, then by citations. Sole proprietors and individuals are not listed.
| Operator | Open mines | Employees | Citations since 2022 | Proposed penalties | Injury cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenstone Slate Company | 3 | 44 | 32 | $5,007 | 4 |
| Newmont Slate Company Inc | 2 | 21 | 85 | $39,248 | 5 |
| VT Unfading Green Slate Company Inc | 2 | 18 | 59 | $15,317 | 0 |
| Taran Brothers Inc | 2 | 4 | 31 | $9,390 | 1 |
| Hilltop Slate Inc | 2 | 4 | 25 | $24,547 | 0 |
| Vermont Structural Slate Company Inc | 2 | 4 | 21 | $5,938 | 0 |
| Hoopers Creek Stone LLC | 1 | 10 | 49 | $28,529 | 0 |
| Allemari Stone LLC | 1 | 14 | 37 | $7,944 | 0 |
| Penn Slate, Inc | 1 | 4 | 24 | $3,656 | 1 |
| Briar Hill Quarry, LLC | 1 | 6 | 18 | $3,415 | 0 |
| James River Slate Company Inc | 1 | 12 | 16 | $2,463 | 1 |
| Ironside Stone Works Inc | 1 | 3 | 15 | $2,325 | 0 |
| Camara Slate Products Inc | 1 | 3 | 11 | $1,805 | 0 |
| Sheldon Slate Products Company Inc | 1 | 4 | 9 | $1,551 | 3 |
| A.a. Hadeka Materials LLC | 1 | 2 | 7 | $1,013 | 0 |
| Mt Moriah Stone Quarries LLC | 1 | 35 | 7 | $1,013 | 1 |
| George D Judd & Sons LLC | 1 | 6 | 4 | $621 | 0 |
| Montana Rockworks Inc. | 1 | 2 | 4 | $584 | 0 |
| Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc | 1 | 1 | 3 | $445 | 0 |
| Glacier Stone Supply LLC | 1 | 2 | 2 | $294 | 0 |
| Western Slate, Inc. | 1 | 4 | 2 | $294 | 0 |
| Kurtz Excavating | 1 | 0 | 1 | $151 | 0 |
| Meshoppen Stone Inc | 1 | 3 | 1 | $133 | 0 |
| Wells Quarry LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 0 |
Operators with the most citations
Citations and orders issued since January 1, 2022 at their open mines here.
| Operator | Open mines | Employees | Citations since 2022 | Proposed penalties | Injury cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmont Slate Company Inc | 2 | 21 | 85 | $39,248 | 5 |
| VT Unfading Green Slate Company Inc | 2 | 18 | 59 | $15,317 | 0 |
| Hoopers Creek Stone LLC | 1 | 10 | 49 | $28,529 | 0 |
| Allemari Stone LLC | 1 | 14 | 37 | $7,944 | 0 |
| Greenstone Slate Company | 3 | 44 | 32 | $5,007 | 4 |
| Taran Brothers Inc | 2 | 4 | 31 | $9,390 | 1 |
| Hilltop Slate Inc | 2 | 4 | 25 | $24,547 | 0 |
| Penn Slate, Inc | 1 | 4 | 24 | $3,656 | 1 |
| Vermont Structural Slate Company Inc | 2 | 4 | 21 | $5,938 | 0 |
| Briar Hill Quarry, LLC | 1 | 6 | 18 | $3,415 | 0 |
| James River Slate Company Inc | 1 | 12 | 16 | $2,463 | 1 |
| Ironside Stone Works Inc | 1 | 3 | 15 | $2,325 | 0 |
| Camara Slate Products Inc | 1 | 3 | 11 | $1,805 | 0 |
| Sheldon Slate Products Company Inc | 1 | 4 | 9 | $1,551 | 3 |
| A.a. Hadeka Materials LLC | 1 | 2 | 7 | $1,013 | 0 |
| Mt Moriah Stone Quarries LLC | 1 | 35 | 7 | $1,013 | 1 |
| George D Judd & Sons LLC | 1 | 6 | 4 | $621 | 0 |
| Montana Rockworks Inc. | 1 | 2 | 4 | $584 | 0 |
| Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc | 1 | 1 | 3 | $445 | 0 |
| Glacier Stone Supply LLC | 1 | 2 | 2 | $294 | 0 |
| Western Slate, Inc. | 1 | 4 | 2 | $294 | 0 |
| Kurtz Excavating | 1 | 0 | 1 | $151 | 0 |
| Meshoppen Stone Inc | 1 | 3 | 1 | $133 | 0 |
| Wells Quarry LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 0 |
Mines with the most citations
Open mines, ranked by citations and orders since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmont Slate CO., Inc. | Newmont Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 19 | 67 |
| Hoopers Creek Quarry | Hoopers Creek Stone LLC | Henderson County, NC | Dimension slate | 10 | 49 |
| Blissville Quarry & Mill | VT Unfading Green Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 16 | 48 |
| Allemari Stone LLC | Allemari Stone LLC | Grant County, WV | Dimension slate | 14 | 37 |
| Quarry Slate Ind. | Greenstone Slate Company | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 42 | 24 |
| Manhattan Quarry, Penn Slate | Penn Slate, Inc | Lehigh County, PA | Dimension slate | 4 | 24 |
| South Poultney | Hilltop Slate Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 20 |
| Big Boston Quarry | Briar Hill Quarry, LLC | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 6 | 18 |
| Quarry No. 4 | Newmont Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 18 |
| Taran Brothers Slate Quarry and Mill | Taran Brothers Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 18 |
| James River Slate Company Inc | James River Slate Company Inc | Buckingham County, VA | Dimension slate | 12 | 16 |
| Ironside Stone Works Quarry | Ironside Stone Works Inc | Lewis And Clark County, MT | Dimension slate | 3 | 15 |
| Taran Brothers S1 Slate Quarry | Taran Brothers Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 13 |
| Warren Switch Quarry | Camara Slate Products Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 3 | 11 |
| Eureka Quarry | Vermont Structural Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 11 |
| Wells Quarry Wells VT | VT Unfading Green Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 11 |
| Bush Quarry | Vermont Structural Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 10 |
| Sheldon Slate Products Qry & Mill #2 | Sheldon Slate Products Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 4 | 9 |
| Mt Moriah Quarries | Mt Moriah Stone Quarries LLC | Millard County, UT | Dimension slate | 35 | 7 |
| Red Quarry | A.a. Hadeka Materials LLC | Washington County, NY | Dimension slate | 2 | 7 |
| High RD Quarry | Hilltop Slate Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 5 |
| Calder | Greenstone Slate Company | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 1 | 5 |
| Goshen Stone for Landscaping | George D Judd & Sons LLC | Hampshire County, MA | Dimension slate | 6 | 4 |
| Castle Rock | Montana Rockworks Inc. | Flathead County, MT | Dimension slate | 2 | 4 |
| J & G Hadeka Slate Quarry | Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 1 | 3 |
| JKL Quarry | Greenstone Slate Company | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 1 | 3 |
| Eagle Quarry | Western Slate, Inc. | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 4 | 2 |
| Glacier Mobile 1 | Glacier Stone Supply LLC | Flathead County, MT | Dimension slate | 2 | 2 |
| Comstock Quarry II | Meshoppen Stone Inc | Bradford County, PA | Dimension slate | 3 | 1 |
| Geer Road | Kurtz Excavating | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 0 | 1 |
| Wells Quarry LLC | Wells Quarry LLC | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 0 | 0 |
States
| State | Open mines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 22 | 64.7% |
| Montana | 3 | 8.8% |
| New York | 2 | 5.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 5.9% |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 2.9% |
| Utah | 1 | 2.9% |
| North Carolina | 1 | 2.9% |
| Virginia | 1 | 2.9% |
| West Virginia | 1 | 2.9% |
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 | 81 | 24 | $18,996 | 2 |
| 2023 | 110 | 22 | $29,287 | 7 |
| 2024 | 140 | 35 | $48,690 | 3 |
| 2025 | 91 | 11 | $43,704 | 3 |
| 2026 | 92 | 22 | $32,126 | 1 |
Standards cited most at dimension slate mines
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 | 44 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 36 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 35 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 26 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 20 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 19 |
| 30 CFR 56.5001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 14 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 13 |
| 30 CFR 56.6132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 56.9301 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
Injury and illness cases at dimension slate mines
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 11 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 4 |
What the accident reports at dimension slate mines describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 7 |
| Machinery | 4 |
| Slip or fall of person | 4 |
| Other | 1 |
| Inundation | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at dimension slate mines
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Shovel | 2 |
| Bench grinder | 2 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
Updated November 6, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets. 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.