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AMHERST QUARRY PLANT 43: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

John S Lane & Son · Surface
Controlled by Peckham Industries Inc
Amherst, Hampshire County, MA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1900015

AMHERST QUARRY PLANT 43 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
50
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,731
proposed penalties
$5,731
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See John S Lane & Son's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
621
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 621 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-11-13.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

AMHERST QUARRY PLANT 43 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $181 in penalties contested before the Commission, $181 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
12.5%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
35.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 54.2% low, 37.5% moderate, 8.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$181 proposed, $181 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-09-22.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2019-0086 Dismissal Moran 2019 $121 → $121
YORK 2008-5M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2019-11-13, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-13 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Iron oxide fumes 0.09 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-11-13 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-11-13 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 2.35 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2014-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 1.89 0.33 Utility Man
2007-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.62 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. John S Lane & Son Incorporated 1950 to 2021
  2. John S Lane & Son 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 5
2023 12
2022 5
2021 6
2020 7
2019 6
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 6
2011 7
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 7
2005 6
2004 6
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

AMHERST QUARRY PLANT 43 sits in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts · Population 156,595
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,391
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 2,974 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,499 3 0 2001.3
2025 Q4 2,505 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,041 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,635 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,552 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,123 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,188 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,417 1 0 413.7
2023 Q3 3,814 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,799 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,455 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,749 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,846 2 1 520.0
2022 Q2 3,869 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,238 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,281 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,386 2 1 456.0
2021 Q1 1,722 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,944 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,066 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,737 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,128 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,372 7 1 2075.9
2019 Q3 3,939 4 1 1015.5
2019 Q2 3,637 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,771 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,198 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,547 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,513 2 0 569.3
2018 Q1 2,412 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,272 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,681 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,843 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,186 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,955 2 0 676.8
2016 Q3 3,866 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,083 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,714 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,142 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,113 1 0 243.1
2015 Q2 3,562 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,757 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,984 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,716 2 0 538.2
2014 Q2 3,419 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,870 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,195 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,890 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,240 4 0 943.4
2013 Q1 1,688 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,820 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,556 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,276 1 0 233.9
2012 Q1 1,899 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,316 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,787 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,303 1 0 158.7
2011 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,227 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,558 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,952 1 0 338.8
2010 Q1 1,458 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,613 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,454 3 0 868.6
2009 Q2 3,400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,410 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,180 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,567 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,726 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,393 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,668 1 1 272.6
2007 Q3 3,544 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,589 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,429 3 0 1235.1
2006 Q4 5,381 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,188 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,953 1 0 201.9
2006 Q1 2,831 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,012 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,219 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,577 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,734 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,984 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,532 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,299 1 0 769.8
2003 Q4 4,095 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,086 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,664 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,489 2 1 803.5
2002 Q4 3,284 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,739 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,262 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,584 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,279 1 0 233.7
2001 Q3 5,044 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,690 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,966 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,167 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,862 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,115 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,367 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

August 22, 2002 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
John S Lane & Son Incorporated · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A LOADER, EE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN. WHEN PAIN AND SWELLING DID NOT SUBSIDE, EE WENT TO DR. DR. DRAINED FLUID AND PLACED KNEE IN SPLINT. EE WAS NOT ABLE TO RETU RN TO WORK FOR ONE WEEK.

1996 · 1 incident

December 11, 1996 MA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John S Lane & Son Incorporated · Struck by falling object

EE WAS INSTALLING STEEL PLATE DOOR ON CRUSHER DISCHARGE BOX WHEN THE STEEL PLATE FELL ON HIS RITH FOOT.

1992 · 1 incident

December 7, 1992 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John S Lane & Son Incorporated · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER. HE SLIPPED ON STEEL AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE CRUSHER BASE. HE RECEIVE DSTITCHES AT HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.

1991 · 1 incident

October 22, 1991 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
John S Lane & Son Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING WEAR PLATES ON BUCKET LOADER WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN A BOLT HE WAS HOLDING STARTED TO SPIN FREE & CUT THE PALM OF HIS HAND

1989 · 1 incident

October 24, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John S Lane & Son Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING STONE AND HURT HIS HAND.HE REPORTED THIS BUT DID NOT THINK IT WAS NECESSARY TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.AS TIME PASSED HIS HAND STARTED TO BOTHER HIM.HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 11-10-89.DOCTOR HAS ADVISED HIM NOT TO WORK FOR TWO WEEKS.(11-27-89).