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Blackstone Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Blackstone, Worcester County, MA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1901007

Blackstone Plant has $34K 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
6
Years on record
1991–2013
Latest incident
Jan 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
181
citations
46
significant & substantial
$33,502
proposed penalties
$32,926
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $576 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
59
inspections on record
1,039
inspection hours
17.4
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.
181 citations across 1,039 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blackstone Plant has $34K 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
180 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 10,122 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,950 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,801 1 0 102.0
2025 Q1 7,214 1 0 138.6
2024 Q4 9,690 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,627 4 0 415.5
2024 Q2 8,284 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,716 3 1 388.8
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,517 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,631 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,637 8 1 1047.5
2023 Q1 8,074 2 0 247.7
2022 Q4 7,783 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,066 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,995 3 0 333.5
2022 Q1 7,415 4 1 539.4
2021 Q4 8,450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,578 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,885 4 0 507.3
2021 Q1 5,961 1 0 167.8
2020 Q4 5,926 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,497 1 0 153.9
2020 Q2 6,535 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,709 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,185 3 1 485.0
2019 Q3 6,663 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,711 5 3 745.0
2019 Q1 5,355 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,822 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,882 2 0 340.0
2018 Q2 6,391 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,967 2 1 504.2
2017 Q4 4,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,016 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,099 5 1 980.6
2017 Q1 3,805 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,642 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,546 5 3 1099.9
2016 Q2 4,284 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,199 10 2 2381.5
2015 Q4 4,032 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,975 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,983 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,559 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,442 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,230 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,427 2 1 451.8
2014 Q1 2,819 11 0 3902.1
2013 Q4 3,875 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,126 1 0 242.4
2013 Q2 3,507 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,725 1 0 268.5
2012 Q4 3,647 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,191 1 1 238.6
2012 Q2 3,660 2 0 546.4
2012 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,975 4 1 1344.5
2011 Q3 3,081 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,364 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,085 3 1 972.4
2010 Q4 4,763 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,660 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,310 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,840 20 8 7042.3
2009 Q4 3,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,749 5 3 1818.8
2009 Q2 2,388 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,836 3 0 782.1
2008 Q4 2,892 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,971 1 0 507.4
2008 Q2 2,107 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,828 2 0 707.2
2007 Q4 2,443 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,659 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,666 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,456 9 0 3664.5
2006 Q4 3,421 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,911 12 2 3068.3
2006 Q2 3,135 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,435 6 3 1746.7
2005 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,881 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,301 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,558 4 3 1563.7
2004 Q4 2,810 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,797 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,074 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,018 5 1 1656.7
2003 Q4 3,527 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,466 11 4 3173.7
2003 Q2 3,352 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,179 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,927 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,138 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,667 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,633 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,553 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,666 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,124 12 4 3841.2
2001 Q1 3,178 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,526 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,409 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,036 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,304 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2013 · 1 incident

January 7, 2013 MA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Kimball Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Was trying to line up bolt holes in base plate. Took hard hat off to look closer at bolt hole. When he got up caught head on piece of steel.

1998 · 1 incident

January 13, 1998 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kimball Sand Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE MISSED FOOTING ON LADDER WHEN EXITING LOADER,. EE HIT RIGHT SHOULDER ON LADDER ON HIS WAY TO THE GROUND.

1997 · 1 incident

November 24, 1997 MA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kimball Sand Company Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED ON ICY PATCH ON GROUND WHEN GETTING OFF BULLDOZER. STRAINED RIGHT KNEE.

1994 · 1 incident

September 28, 1994 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kimball Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS GETTING DOWN FROM LOADER, MISSED BOTTOM STEP, STEPPED DOWN ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1993 · 1 incident

May 10, 1993 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kimball Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPETITIVE MOTION OF STEERING MECHANISM IN FRONT END LOADER.

1991 · 1 incident

October 3, 1991 MA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kimball Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED CLOSED THE EXCAVATOR DOOR ON HIS FINGERS AND REQUIRED STITCHES IN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

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