Data / Mines / Vermont / Big Boston Quarry
Big Boston Quarry: 18 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Big Boston Quarry is an active dimension slate surface mine in Rutland County, Vermont, operated by Briar Hill Quarry, LLC with 6 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4300554). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 18 citations and orders there with $3,415 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4300554
- Status
- Active since December 12, 2000
- Main commodity
- Dimension slate
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Rutland County, Vermont
- Nearest town
- West Pawlet
- Operator
- Briar Hill Quarry, LLC
- Employees
- 6
- MSHA field office
- Albany NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 18
- Significant and substantial
- 5 (27.8%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $3,415
- Amount paid so far
- $3,415
- Inspections
- 17
- Inspector hours on site
- 137
- Citations per inspection
- 1.06 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | $286 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | $1,154 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
| 2026 | 10 | 3 | $1,824 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Big Boston 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 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.3131 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.6132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
Other open mines in Rutland County, Vermont
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verpol Plant | Omya Inc | Rutland County, VT | Lime | 120 | 162 |
| Newmont Slate CO., Inc. | Newmont Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 19 | 67 |
| Blissville Quarry & Mill | VT Unfading Green Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 16 | 48 |
| D & F Excavating & Paving Inc | D & F Excavating & Paving Inc | Rutland County, VT | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 40 |
| Clarendon Quarry | Casella Const. Inc. | Rutland County, VT | Crushed, broken stone | 8 | 33 |
| Danby Quarry | Vermont Quarries Corp. | Rutland County, VT | Dimension marble | 30 | 26 |
| Quarry Slate Ind. | Greenstone Slate Company | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 42 | 24 |
| Wallingford Quarry | Troy Minerals | Rutland County, VT | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 22 |
| South Poultney | Hilltop Slate Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 20 |
| Quarry No. 4 | Newmont Slate Company Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 18 |
| Taran Brothers Slate Quarry and Mill | Taran Brothers Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 18 |
| Portable Crusher #3 | Markowski Excavating Inc | Rutland County, VT | Wollastonite | 11 | 14 |
| Taran Brothers S1 Slate Quarry | Taran Brothers Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 2 | 13 |
| Hogback Quarry | Troy Minerals | Rutland County, VT | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 11 |
| Warren Switch Quarry | Camara Slate Products Inc | Rutland County, VT | Dimension slate | 3 | 11 |
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.