Mining Incidents

Cape Cod Aggregates Freetown Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by S M Lorusso & Sons Inc
Freetown, Bristol County, MA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1901172

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
163
citations
47
significant & substantial
$93,232
proposed penalties
$87,085
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 5,330 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,376 6 2 639.9
2025 Q2 10,527 7 1 665.0
2025 Q1 10,062 4 0 397.5
2024 Q4 8,924 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,136 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 11,904 10 3 840.1
2024 Q1 9,977 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 29, 2025 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was lifting buckets of aggregate when EE felt EE's knee buckle. Sought treatment and was diagnosed with a left knee MCL sprain.

2024 · 1 incident

January 10, 2024 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

Employee wasn't paying attention to where EE was going and walked into a guard with their face. EE has damage to the teeth and they're checking EE's head and shoulder for other injuries.

2023 · 1 incident

August 9, 2023 MA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Wood got stuck in the tail pulley. Employee used a piece of pipe to hit it out. Swung pipe, Clipped their finger and tore the fingernail.

2022 · 1 incident

July 5, 2022 MA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While sharpening drill bit the grinding tool disengaged and hit the operator in the ankle causing a contusion.

2021 · 2 incidents

November 19, 2021 MA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Moving rocks out of the jaw, a rock slipped and jammed EE's right index finger.

February 10, 2021 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

The employee was climbing onto a loader to begin shift. A knee banged into the second step.

2019 · 1 incident

February 6, 2019 MA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

while using an electric disc grinder, EE got a piece of debris under EE's safety glasses into EE's left eye

2018 · 1 incident

February 15, 2018 MA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving rocks by hand, wearing gloves, and right middle finger got pinched between two rocks.

2017 · 2 incidents

December 13, 2017 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was loosening the ball valve on the Deister Triple Deck Wash Plant. Employee was using a pipe wrench and felt a pain in this shoulder. Employee left work and consulted a Doctor.

February 13, 2017 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a haul truck, hit a bump and hit their head on the roof. Employee said they were wearing the seatbelt. Driver had the seat adjusted too high, was possibly driving too fast and wasn't reading the road. Employee did not report the incident until 2/16/17 after a Dr's visit where they were given the diagnosis of cervical strain.

2016 · 2 incidents

October 19, 2016 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

Worker walked into a safety screen while checking a problem with the portable plant. Worker was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses and still scraped upper cheekbone, nose and eye.

September 13, 2016 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was working on a stalled conveyor. There was a small amount of loose gravel on the belt and employee slipped and fell injuring back.

2014 · 1 incident

January 8, 2014 MA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slip and Fall due to extremely low temperatures and icy conditions in the yard. Sand had been put down to prevent this, but the sand and snow wore down and this icy patch unknowingly was exposed as workers traversed the area.

2010 · 1 incident

May 11, 2010 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cape Cod Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

Rocks bridged up in the hopper and spilled over the edge. When EE went to clear the jam - he rolled his ankle on the spilt rocks while walking to the hopper.