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Pit 2, Berkshire County, Massachusetts: 8 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pit 2 is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, operated by Nichols Sand & Gravel with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1901187). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 8 citations and orders there with $1,140 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1901187
- Status
- Intermittent since April 20, 2009
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Nearest town
- Hinsdale
- Operator
- Nichols Sand & Gravel
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Albany NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 8
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,140
- Amount paid so far
- $1,140
- Inspections
- 6
- Inspector hours on site
- 30
- Citations per inspection
- 1.33 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 24, 2026
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 | 2 | 0 | $266 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | $572 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Pit 2
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 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.9 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Specialty Minerals Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken limestone | 130 | 332 |
| 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 |
| 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.