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Birdsboro Quarry: 36 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Birdsboro Quarry is an active crushed, broken traprock surface mine in Berks County, Pennsylvania, operated by A B E Materials with 42 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3608803). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 36 citations and orders there with $6,363 in proposed penalties, and 8 accident reports were filed there, with 8 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3608803
- Status
- Active since August 10, 1999
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken traprock
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Nearest town
- Birdsboro
- Operator
- A B E Materials
- Employees
- 42
- MSHA field office
- Kutztown PA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 36
- Significant and substantial
- 7 (19.4%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $6,363
- Amount paid so far
- $6,363
- Inspections
- 18
- Inspector hours on site
- 259
- Citations per inspection
- 2.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 8
- Injury and illness cases
- 8
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 29, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 12 ($3,250 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 | 7 | 1 | $1,240 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | $1,902 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | $953 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | $1,057 | 3 |
| 2026 | 10 | 4 | $1,211 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Birdsboro Quarry
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 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.9 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.3 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9303 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Birdsboro Quarry
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 7 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Birdsboro Quarry describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 3 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Birdsboro Quarry
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 2 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Berks County, Pennsylvania
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville Plant | Lehigh Cement Company LLC | Berks County, PA | Cement | 173 | 84 |
| Dyer Quarry Inc | Dyer Quarry Inc | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken traprock | 28 | 34 |
| Mount Penn Preparation Plant | Stoudt'S Ferry Preparation Company Inc | Berks County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 3 | 34 |
| Douglassville Quarry | A B E Materials | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken traprock | 18 | 26 |
| Leesport Quarry | New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc. | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 22 |
| Kutztown Quarry | New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc. | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 20 |
| Evansville Quarry | New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc. | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 15 |
| Martin Stone Quarries Inc | Martin Stone Quarries, Inc. | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken sandstone | 37 | 13 |
| Rolling Rock Pit | Rolling Rock Building Stone Inc | Berks County, PA | Dimension stone | 38 | 3 |
| Mid-Atlantic Quarry | Glen-Gery Corporation | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken slate | 2 | 1 |
| Oley #2 | Lehigh Cement Company LLC | Berks County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 0 |
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.