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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.

Operators with the most citations

Citations and orders issued since January 1, 2022 at their open mines here.

Mines with the most citations

Open mines, ranked by citations and orders since January 1, 2022.

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
Newmont Slate CO., Inc.Newmont Slate Company IncRutland County, VTDimension slate1967
Hoopers Creek QuarryHoopers Creek Stone LLCHenderson County, NCDimension slate1049
Blissville Quarry & MillVT Unfading Green Slate Company IncRutland County, VTDimension slate1648
Allemari Stone LLCAllemari Stone LLCGrant County, WVDimension slate1437
Quarry Slate Ind.Greenstone Slate CompanyRutland County, VTDimension slate4224
Manhattan Quarry, Penn SlatePenn Slate, IncLehigh County, PADimension slate424
South PoultneyHilltop Slate IncRutland County, VTDimension slate220
Big Boston QuarryBriar Hill Quarry, LLCRutland County, VTDimension slate618
Quarry No. 4Newmont Slate Company IncRutland County, VTDimension slate218
Taran Brothers Slate Quarry and MillTaran Brothers IncRutland County, VTDimension slate218
James River Slate Company IncJames River Slate Company IncBuckingham County, VADimension slate1216
Ironside Stone Works QuarryIronside Stone Works IncLewis And Clark County, MTDimension slate315
Taran Brothers S1 Slate QuarryTaran Brothers IncRutland County, VTDimension slate213
Warren Switch QuarryCamara Slate Products IncRutland County, VTDimension slate311
Eureka QuarryVermont Structural Slate Company IncRutland County, VTDimension slate211
Wells Quarry Wells VTVT Unfading Green Slate Company IncRutland County, VTDimension slate211
Bush QuarryVermont Structural Slate Company IncRutland County, VTDimension slate210
Sheldon Slate Products Qry & Mill #2Sheldon Slate Products Company IncRutland County, VTDimension slate49
Mt Moriah QuarriesMt Moriah Stone Quarries LLCMillard County, UTDimension slate357
Red QuarryA.a. Hadeka Materials LLCWashington County, NYDimension slate27
High RD QuarryHilltop Slate IncRutland County, VTDimension slate25
CalderGreenstone Slate CompanyRutland County, VTDimension slate15
Goshen Stone for LandscapingGeorge D Judd & Sons LLCHampshire County, MADimension slate64
Castle RockMontana Rockworks Inc.Flathead County, MTDimension slate24
J & G Hadeka Slate QuarryHadeka Slate Flooring IncRutland County, VTDimension slate13
JKL QuarryGreenstone Slate CompanyRutland County, VTDimension slate13
Eagle QuarryWestern Slate, Inc.Rutland County, VTDimension slate42
Glacier Mobile 1Glacier Stone Supply LLCFlathead County, MTDimension slate22
Comstock Quarry IIMeshoppen Stone IncBradford County, PADimension slate31
Geer RoadKurtz ExcavatingRutland County, VTDimension slate01
Wells Quarry LLCWells Quarry LLCRutland County, VTDimension slate00

States

StateOpen minesShare
Vermont2264.7%
Montana38.8%
New York25.9%
Pennsylvania25.9%
Massachusetts12.9%
Utah12.9%
North Carolina12.9%
Virginia12.9%
West Virginia12.9%

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
20228124$18,9962
202311022$29,2877
202414035$48,6903
20259111$43,7043
20269222$32,1261

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.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 56.14100Surface metal and nonmetal mines44
30 CFR 50.30Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses36
30 CFR 56.14132Surface metal and nonmetal mines35
30 CFR 56.12028Surface metal and nonmetal mines26
30 CFR 56.9300Surface metal and nonmetal mines20
30 CFR 56.18002Surface metal and nonmetal mines19
30 CFR 56.5001Surface metal and nonmetal mines18
30 CFR 56.4201Surface metal and nonmetal mines17
30 CFR 56.14101Surface metal and nonmetal mines17
30 CFR 56.12004Surface metal and nonmetal mines14
30 CFR 56.11001Surface metal and nonmetal mines13
30 CFR 56.6132Surface metal and nonmetal mines12
30 CFR 56.12032Surface metal and nonmetal mines11
30 CFR 56.14107Surface metal and nonmetal mines10
30 CFR 56.9301Surface metal and nonmetal mines9

Injury and illness cases at dimension slate mines

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Permanent disability1
Days away from work or restricted activity11
No lost time, or an occupational illness4

What the accident reports at dimension slate mines describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Handling of materials7
Machinery4
Slip or fall of person4
Other1
Inundation1

Equipment named in accident reports at dimension slate mines

EquipmentReports
Shovel2
Bench grinder2
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.