Mining Incidents

CARTER QUARRY: 46 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

VASQUEZ STONE SUPPLY LLC · Surface
Controlled by Enrique E Vasquez
Montrose, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609845

CARTER QUARRY has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
46
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,871
proposed penalties
$4,792
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,079 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
27
inspections on record
244
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: 244 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CARTER QUARRY has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-30.
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.
23.9%
significant & substantial
15.2%
high negligence or reckless
23.9%
reasonably likely or greater
37.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.9% low, 73.9% moderate, 15.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2023-09-06, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2020-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2020-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.72 0.24 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.61 0.20 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.55 0.65 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Murray Stone 2010 to 2020
  2. Vandemark Stone 2020 to 2021
  3. D & L Stone Supply LLC 2021 to 2022
  4. Vasquez Stone Supply LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 1
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 3
2010 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CARTER QUARRY sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
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 1,440 3 1 2083.3
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,560 1 0 390.6
2024 Q2 1,440 4 1 2777.8
2024 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,400 4 1 1666.7
2023 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 960 3 0 3125.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,448 7 4 4834.3
2020 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 200 5 2 25000.0
2019 Q1 314 1 0 3184.7
2018 Q4 658 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 605 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 173 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 198 3 0 15151.5
2017 Q3 399 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 384 2 0 5208.3
2017 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 317 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 402 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 458 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 294 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 588 1 0 1700.7
2014 Q3 617 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 401 1 1 2493.8
2014 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,150 1 0 869.6
2013 Q1 1,068 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,068 1 0 936.3
2012 Q3 1,068 5 0 4681.6
2012 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 939 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,293 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,263 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,604 1 1 623.4
2010 Q3 1,392 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 453 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.