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Otter River Pit & Plant: 15 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Otter River Pit & Plant is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Worcester County, Massachusetts, operated by W J Graves Construction Company Inc with 5 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1900597). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 15 citations and orders there with $2,256 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1900597
- Status
- Active since April 28, 2011
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Nearest town
- E Templeton
- Operator
- W J Graves Construction Company Inc
- Employees
- 5
- MSHA field office
- Portsmouth NH Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 15
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (13.3%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $2,256
- Amount paid so far
- $2,256
- Inspections
- 11
- Inspector hours on site
- 106
- Citations per inspection
- 1.36 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 11, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($321 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 | 5 | 1 | $715 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | $341 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $294 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | $755 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Otter River Pit & Plant
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 | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.15005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.13021 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.16006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20011 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12034 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Otter River Pit & Plant
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Otter River Pit & Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Otter River Pit & Plant
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Worcester County, Massachusetts
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Sand & Stone | Worcester Sand & Stone | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 17 | 57 |
| Onyx Sterling Pit | Onyx Corporation | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 48 |
| Keating Quarry and Mill | P J Keating Company | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 28 | 43 |
| Milford Stone Company | Milford Quarry Corporation | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 40 |
| Ashworth Gravel and Stone | Eastland Partners Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 31 |
| Blackstone Plant | Kimball Sand Company Inc | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 30 |
| Northboro Plant | Kimball Sand Company Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 23 |
| Portable Crusher #5 | Fay & Wright Excavating Inc | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 21 |
| Rawson Materials, Plant 9 | Rawson Materials | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 20 |
| Century Perkins | Century Aggregates Inc | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 8 | 16 |
| Dauphinais Concrete | Dauphinais Concrete | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 12 |
| Portable Plant | W J Graves Construction Company Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 11 |
| Rawson Materials Plant # 10 | Rawson Materials | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 10 |
| R J Mc Donald Inc | R J Mc Donald Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 10 |
| WBP Pit | Powell Stone & Gravel | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
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.