Mining Incidents

CHESTER GRANITE CO Metal/Non-Metal

CHESTER GRANITE CO · Surface
Controlled by Allen L Williams
East Otis, Berkshire County, MA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1901171

CHESTER GRANITE CO has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2008
75
citations
12
significant & substantial
$10,656
proposed penalties
$10,656
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
46
inspections on record
576
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: 576 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHESTER GRANITE CO has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 1,496 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,660 1 0 602.4
2025 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,377 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,600 4 0 2500.0
2024 Q3 1,600 1 0 625.0
2024 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,550 0 0 0.0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,820 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,600 1 0 625.0
2022 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,450 3 0 2069.0
2022 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,540 1 0 649.4
2021 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,600 3 1 1875.0
2021 Q1 1,540 1 0 649.4
2020 Q4 1,610 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,668 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,690 2 1 1183.4
2020 Q1 1,249 3 0 2401.9
2019 Q4 2,250 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,192 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,173 1 0 460.2
2019 Q1 2,042 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,262 2 1 884.2
2018 Q3 2,248 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,186 3 0 1372.4
2018 Q1 1,996 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,198 1 0 455.0
2017 Q3 2,186 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,102 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,996 4 1 2004.0
2016 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,188 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,249 2 1 889.3
2016 Q1 1,993 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,046 1 0 488.8
2015 Q3 2,148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,111 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,028 4 2 1972.4
2014 Q4 2,040 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,141 3 0 1401.2
2014 Q1 2,088 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,148 6 2 2793.3
2013 Q3 2,228 2 0 897.7
2013 Q2 2,017 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,060 2 0 970.9
2012 Q4 2,354 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,282 2 0 876.4
2012 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,996 5 0 2505.0
2011 Q4 2,340 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,340 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,340 2 0 854.7
2011 Q1 2,340 1 1 427.4
2010 Q4 2,340 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,340 4 1 1709.4
2010 Q2 2,228 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,037 2 1 981.8
2009 Q3 2,340 2 0 854.7
2009 Q2 1,960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,980 4 0 2020.2
2008 Q4 2,303 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,337 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,337 1 0 427.9
2008 Q1 2,231 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.

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