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Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts: 332 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Adams is an active crushed, broken limestone surface mine in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, operated by Specialty Minerals Inc with 130 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1900035). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 332 citations and orders there with $127,905 in proposed penalties, and 14 accident reports were filed there, with 14 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1900035
- Status
- Active since February 22, 1983
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken limestone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Nearest town
- Adams
- Operator
- Specialty Minerals Inc
- Parent company
- Minerals Technologies Inc
- Employees
- 130
- MSHA field office
- Albany NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 332
- Significant and substantial
- 47 (14.2%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 4
- Proposed penalties
- $127,905
- Amount paid so far
- $112,445
- Inspections
- 40
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,138
- Citations per inspection
- 8.30 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 14
- Injury and illness cases
- 14
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 2, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 61 ($9,538 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 | 49 | 8 | $32,507 | 7 |
| 2023 | 104 | 12 | $33,710 | 3 |
| 2024 | 22 | 2 | $12,248 | 1 |
| 2025 | 108 | 15 | $30,343 | 2 |
| 2026 | 49 | 10 | $19,097 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Adams
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 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 42 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 36 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 28 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 22 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 19 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 19 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 16 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 6 |
Injury and illness cases at Adams
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 9 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 5 |
What the accident reports at Adams describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 6 |
| Slip or fall of person | 3 |
| Machinery | 2 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Nonpowered haulage | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Adams
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 1 |
| Milling machinery | 1 |
| Machine | 1 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Plant | Berkshire Concrete Corp | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 36 |
| Oldcastle Lawn and Garden Northeast | Oldcastle Lawn & Garden Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Lime | 32 | 32 |
| White Wolf Mine | Willis Enterprises, Inc. | Berkshire County, MA | Sand, industrial | 1 | 21 |
| Tonlino Portable | Tonlino & Sons LLC | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 14 |
| Chester Granite CO | Chester Granite CO | Berkshire County, MA | Dimension granite | 3 | 12 |
| West Stockbridge Quarry Plant 71 | John S Lane & Son | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 1 | 12 |
| J Donovan & Son Incorporated | J Donovan & Son Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 9 |
| Pit 2 | Nichols Sand & Gravel | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Quarry Pit | D Condron Construction Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 31 | 5 |
| Lenox Dale Plant | Century Aggregates Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 3 |
| Pit 1 | Nichols Sand & Gravel | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 2 |
| Portable Plant | Adams Stone Company LLC | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 2 |
| Rental Plant | D Condron Construction Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 2 |
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.