Data / Mines / Vermont / Berkshire Pit
Berkshire Pit, Franklin County, Vermont: 7 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Berkshire Pit is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Franklin County, Vermont, operated by Harrison Sand, Inc. with 1 employee on MSHA's record (mine ID 4300772). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 7 citations and orders there with $1,277 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4300772
- Status
- Intermittent since June 5, 2023
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Franklin County, Vermont
- Nearest town
- Berkshire
- Operator
- Harrison Sand, Inc.
- Employees
- 1
- MSHA field office
- Albany NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 7
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (28.6%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,277
- Amount paid so far
- $1,277
- Inspections
- 6
- Inspector hours on site
- 24
- Citations per inspection
- 1.17 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 30, 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 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | $1,134 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Berkshire Pit
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 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9301 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.7 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.1000 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Franklin County, Vermont
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Aggregates, LLC | S D Ireland Bros. | Franklin County, VT | Crushed, broken stone | 7 | 47 |
| Bourbeau Aggregate LLC | Bourbeau Aggregate LLC | Franklin County, VT | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 32 |
| SLC Swanton Div. | Shelburne Limestone Corp | Franklin County, VT | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 31 |
| Portable Crushers | Harrison Sand, Inc. | Franklin County, VT | Crushed, broken sandstone | 5 | 20 |
| C-24 & C-25 | Mc Cullough Crushing Inc | Franklin County, VT | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 13 |
| Berkshire Sand & Gravel | Wright's Excavating | Franklin County, VT | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 10 |
| Rental Crusher/screener/conveyor | G W Tatro Construction Inc | Franklin County, VT | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
| C-30 | Mc Cullough Crushing Inc | Franklin County, VT | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 9 |
| Berkshire Pit | Leach Family Inc | Franklin County, VT | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 7 |
| Rawson Screen | Town of Berkshire | Franklin County, VT | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 7 |
| C28 | Mc Cullough Crushing Inc | Franklin County, VT | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 5 |
| Leach Pit | Leach Family Inc | Franklin County, VT | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 3 |
| Horseshoe Gravel Pit #2 | Town of Enosburgh | Franklin County, VT | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
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.