Mines in Massachusetts: 145 open mines and MSHA citations
MSHA lists 145 open mines in Massachusetts, run by 99 operators and employing 907 people. Since January 1, 2022 its inspectors issued 2,292 citations and orders there with $1,124,851 in proposed penalties, and operators reported 93 injury or illness cases, 3 of them fatal. The operators with the most open mines are John S Lane & Son; Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Inc; W.L. French Excavating Corp. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- Open mines
- 145
- Operators
- 99
- Employees
- 907
- Intermittent
- 69
- Active
- 59
- Temporarily Idled
- 17
- Mines run by individuals, counted and not listed
- 7
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 2,292
- Significant and substantial
- 344 (15.0%)
- Closure orders
- 47
- High negligence or reckless
- 89
- Proposed penalties
- $1,124,851
- Amount paid so far
- $764,865
- Inspections
- 1,171
- Inspector hours on site
- 9,278
- Citations per inspection
- 1.96 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 93
- Injury and illness cases
- 93
- Fatalities
- 3
- Latest MSHA record
- November 2, 2026
Operators with the most open mines in Massachusetts
Ranked by open mines, then by citations. Sole proprietors and individuals are not listed.
Operators with the most citations in Massachusetts
Citations and orders issued since January 1, 2022 at their open mines here.
Mines with the most citations
Open mines, ranked by citations and orders since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Specialty Minerals Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken limestone | 130 | 332 |
| Cape Cod Aggregates Freetown | Cape Cod Aggregates Corp | Bristol County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 16 | 61 |
| Worcester Sand & Stone | Worcester Sand & Stone | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 17 | 57 |
| Hilltown Sand and Gravel LLC | Hilltown Sand & Gravel | Hampshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 50 |
| Onyx Sterling Pit | Onyx Corporation | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 48 |
| Feeney Corp. Portable #1 | Feeney Corp. | Barnstable County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 46 |
| Keating Quarry and Mill | P J Keating Company | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 28 | 43 |
| Newport Aggregates | Newport Aggregates | Middlesex County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 43 |
| North Wilmington Quarry | Benevento Sand & Stone Corp | Middlesex County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 32 | 41 |
| Milford Stone Company | Milford Quarry Corporation | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 40 |
| Amrize Wrentham Quarry | Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Inc | Norfolk County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 17 | 37 |
| Dalton Plant | Berkshire Concrete Corp | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 36 |
| N Attleboro Plant | Boro Sand & Stone Corp | Bristol County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 36 |
| Lorusso-Bristol Stone Corporation | Lorusso-Bristol Stone Corporation | Norfolk County, MA | Dimension stone | 16 | 34 |
| West Roxbury Crushed Stone | S M Lorusso & Sons Inc | Suffolk County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 12 | 34 |
| Amrize Swampscott Quarry | Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Inc | Essex County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 11 | 34 |
| Oldcastle Lawn and Garden Northeast | Oldcastle Lawn & Garden Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Lime | 32 | 32 |
| Masslite Division | Lorusso Materials Corp | Norfolk County, MA | Common shale | 14 | 31 |
| 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 |
| B R S Inc | B R S Inc | Plymouth County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 30 |
| Falmouth Plant | Cape Cod Aggregates Corp | Barnstable County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 29 |
| Portable Crusher | Bentley Warren Trucking Inc | Essex County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 28 |
| Attleboro Sand and Gravel | Attleboro Sand and Gravel Corp | Bristol County, MA | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 27 |
| Century Aggregates Graniteville | Century Aggregates Inc | Middlesex County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 27 |
| Telsmith Crushing Plant | P a Landers Inc | Plymouth County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 13 | 25 |
| Marion Excavating CO., Inc. | Marion Excavating CO., Inc. | Hampshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 24 |
| Northboro Plant | Kimball Sand Company Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 23 |
| Sandwich Plant | P a Landers Inc | Barnstable County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 22 |
| Forestdale | P a Landers Inc | Barnstable County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 18 | 21 |
| Wrentham Quarry | S M Lorusso & Sons Inc | Norfolk County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 12 | 21 |
| Sugarledge Stone Quarry | Sisyphus Stone Company, Inc | Hampshire County, MA | Dimension stone | 8 | 21 |
| Portable Crusher #5 | Fay & Wright Excavating Inc | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 21 |
| Lilly Pond Quarry | Lucid Development Inc | Hampshire County, MA | Dimension stone | 2 | 21 |
| White Wolf Mine | Willis Enterprises, Inc. | Berkshire County, MA | Sand, industrial | 1 | 21 |
| Rawson Materials, Plant 9 | Rawson Materials | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 20 |
| Granite State Concrete Company Inc | Granite State Concrete Company Inc | Middlesex County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 20 |
| Mackins Pit | Mackin Construction Company Inc | Franklin County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 20 |
| Portable Plant #2 | A D M Cranberry Co LLC | Plymouth County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 20 |
| Sunderland Gravel Pit | Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Franklin County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 19 |
| Goshen Stone Quarry | Goshen Stone Company Inc | Hampshire County, MA | Dimension stone | 6 | 19 |
| Amrize Taunton Quarry | Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Inc | Bristol County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 15 | 18 |
| Murby's Pit / Lippmann Crusher | G Lopes Construction Inc | Bristol County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 18 |
| Medeiros Washed Sand & Stone | Medeiros & Sons Construction Inc | Bristol County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 18 |
| West Sand | S M Lorusso & Sons Inc | Norfolk County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 17 |
| W L Byrne, Inc | W L Byrne, Inc | Plymouth County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 17 |
| Zoar Stone & Gravel | Zoar Stone & Gravel Processing Division | Franklin County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 17 |
| Amrize Littleton Quarry | Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Inc | Middlesex County, MA | Crushed, broken granite | 14 | 16 |
| Century Perkins | Century Aggregates Inc | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 8 | 16 |
| Hard Rock Plant #1 | Ondrick Portable Crushing & Paving, LLC | Hampden County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 16 |
| Plympton Sand & Gravel Corporation | Plympton Sand & Gravel Corp | Plymouth County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 16 |
| G P Aggregate Corporation | G P Aggregate Corporation | Essex County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 16 |
| Rosati Material Pit 1 | Rosati Material Inc. | Hampden County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 15 |
| Otter River Pit & Plant | W J Graves Construction Company Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 15 |
| Hawley Road Quarry | Ashfield Stone MFG, LLC | Franklin County, MA | Dimension stone | 3 | 15 |
| Hathaway Construction Corporation | Hathaway Construction Corporation | Hampshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 15 |
| Mountain Laurel Ashby Gravel Pit | Aap Ashby LLC | Middlesex County, MA | Sand, common | 3 | 15 |
| Westfield Quarry Plant 78 | John S Lane & Son | Hampden County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 24 | 14 |
| Tonlino Portable | Tonlino & Sons LLC | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 14 |
| Lyons Street Pit & Mill | Nawrocki Construction Inc | Hampshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 14 |
| East Deerfield Quarry | Trew Stone, LLC | Franklin County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 8 | 13 |
| Dauphinais Concrete | Dauphinais Concrete | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 12 |
| Chelmsford Quarry | Georgia Stone Management LLC | Middlesex County, MA | Dimension stone | 5 | 12 |
| 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 |
| Ginmar 1 | Ginmar Enterprises Inc | Hampden County, MA | Crushed, broken granite | 7 | 11 |
| 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 |
| LeMasurier Granite Quarry, Inc. | LeMasurier Granite Quarry Inc | Middlesex County, MA | Dimension stone | 4 | 10 |
| Northfield Plant #38 | Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC | Franklin County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 10 |
| Central Street Mine | Eastern Materials LLC | Essex County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 10 |
| South Hadley Pit | Chicopee Concrete Service Incorported | Hampden County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 10 |
| R J Mc Donald Inc | R J Mc Donald Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 10 |
| Stiles & Hart Brick Company | Stiles & Hart Brick Company | Plymouth County, MA | Common clays | 3 | 9 |
| Victory Sand & Gravel | Cape Cod Aggregates Corp | Barnstable County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 9 |
| WBP Pit | Powell Stone & Gravel | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
| J Donovan & Son Incorporated | J Donovan & Son Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 9 |
| Red Hill Pit And Plant | Goodale Construction Company Inc | Dukes County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 8 |
| Tresca Brothers Sand and Gravel, in | Tresca Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc | Norfolk County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 8 |
| Pit 2 | Nichols Sand & Gravel | Berkshire County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Crusher, Metso LT106 | W.L. French Excavating Corp | Middlesex County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 8 |
| Ojs Powerscreen | Ojs Landscape Excavation, Inc. | Hampden County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 8 |
| Metso LT106 #78466 | Gagliarducci Construction, Inc | Hampden County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 8 |
| LT 200 HP S/N 73424 | Gagliarducci Construction, Inc | Hampden County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 8 |
| Bond Construction Corp | Bond Construction Corp | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 12 | 7 |
| Dracut MA Plant | Brox Industries Incorporated | Middlesex County, MA | Crushed, broken granite | 11 | 7 |
| Cape Sand and Recycling LLC | Cape Sand and Recycling LLC | Barnstable County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 7 |
| Onyx Portable #1 | Onyx Corporation | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 7 |
| Walnut Grove Pit | McINTYRE Loam Incorporated | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 7 |
| Hyannis Plant | Cape Cod Aggregates Corp | Barnstable County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 14 | 6 |
| Oxford Quarry Plant 74 | John S Lane & Son | Worcester County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 8 | 6 |
| Portable Plant | W J Graves Construction Company Inc | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 6 |
| Amherst Quarry Plant 43 | John S Lane & Son | Hampshire County, MA | Dimension stone | 5 | 6 |
| Chenier's Gravel Bank Inc | Chenier's Gravel Bank Inc | Hampden County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 6 |
| N Brookfield Plant | Dauphinais Concrete | Worcester County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| SCR-13 | Ryco Excavating Contractor Inc | Plymouth County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| PS-37 2023 Powerscreen ChieftaIn | G Lopes Construction Inc | Plymouth County, MA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Read Custom Soils Pit #96 | Read Custom Soils LLC | Middlesex County, MA | Sand, common | 1 | 6 |
| Quarry Pit | D Condron Construction Inc | Berkshire County, MA | Crushed, broken stone | 31 | 5 |
| Amrize Peabody Plant | Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Inc | Essex County, MA | Crushed, broken traprock | 6 | 5 |
Counties
| County | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Worcester County | 36 |
| Middlesex County | 17 |
| Berkshire County | 15 |
| Plymouth County | 15 |
| Hampden County | 13 |
| Hampshire County | 10 |
| Norfolk County | 8 |
| Franklin County | 8 |
| Bristol County | 8 |
| Barnstable County | 7 |
| Essex County | 6 |
| Suffolk County | 1 |
| Dukes County | 1 |
Mines by kind
| Kind | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Sand and gravel | 87 |
| Stone | 54 |
| Nonmetal | 4 |
Main commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Construction sand and gravel | 84 | 57.9% |
| Crushed, broken stone | 20 | 13.8% |
| Crushed, broken traprock | 12 | 8.3% |
| Dimension stone | 10 | 6.9% |
| Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 3.4% |
| Crushed, broken granite | 4 | 2.8% |
| Sand, common | 3 | 2.1% |
| Lime | 1 | 0.7% |
| Common shale | 1 | 0.7% |
| Common clays | 1 | 0.7% |
| Dimension slate | 1 | 0.7% |
| Dimension granite | 1 | 0.7% |
| Sand, industrial | 1 | 0.7% |
| Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 1 | 0.7% |
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 | 424 | 64 | $305,010 | 22 |
| 2023 | 641 | 89 | $166,003 | 14 |
| 2024 | 439 | 90 | $231,761 | 16 |
| 2025 | 486 | 63 | $351,249 | 26 |
| 2026 | 302 | 38 | $70,828 | 15 |
Standards cited most at mines in Massachusetts
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 | 179 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 147 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 146 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 126 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 115 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 112 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 112 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 107 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 100 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 87 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 80 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 60 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 52 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 44 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 38 |
Injury and illness cases at mines in Massachusetts
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 3 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 58 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 32 |
What the accident reports at mines in Massachusetts describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 27 |
| Slip or fall of person | 19 |
| Machinery | 18 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 12 |
| Powered haulage | 5 |
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 3 |
| Nonpowered haulage | 2 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 2 |
| Striking or bumping | 2 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at mines in Massachusetts
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 12 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 11 |
| Front-end loader | 9 |
| Crusher | 6 |
| Shovel | 4 |
| Milling machinery | 2 |
| Machine | 2 |
| Conveyor | 2 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 2 |
| Trucks | 1 |
Updated November 6, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets. 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.