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Pound Hill Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Material Sand & Stone Corp · Surface

Controlled by Robert A Pezza; Michael T Pezza

North Smithfield, Providence County, RI · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3700212

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2020–2025
Latest incident: Sep 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2011

114

citations

significant & substantial

$31,907

proposed penalties

$25,105

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	6,467	5	2	773.2
2025 Q3	6,079	1	1	164.5
2025 Q2	6,992	5	0	715.1
2025 Q1	5,013	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	6,977	4	2	573.3
2024 Q3	6,582	3	0	455.8
2024 Q2	6,721	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	5,561	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

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 13, 2025 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Material Sand & Stone Corp · Struck against stationary object

We were building a new ramp at the quarry and as we were building the berms the operator got too close to the edge as EE was attempting to dump and the truck went over the side. The equipment involved was a haul truck, manufactured by Caterpillar, Model 769D.

2023 · 1 incident

October 25, 2023 RI · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Material Sand & Stone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated hurt bicep while adjusting steel in the rack of the drill.

2020 · 1 incident

November 11, 2020 RI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Material Sand & Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While changing bucket on an excavator, EE was pulling pins and pin slipped and EE tried to catch it and got a finger caught between pin and the bucket.