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Cumberland Quarry Corp.: 214 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas Walsh
MANVILLE, Providence County, RI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3700064

Cumberland Quarry Corp. has $104K in proposed MSHA penalties and $74K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1988–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
214
citations
57
significant & substantial
$103,895
proposed penalties
$28,787
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $75,108 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cumberland Quarry Corp.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
992
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: 992 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cumberland Quarry Corp. has $104K in proposed MSHA penalties and $74K outstanding across 8 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.
$104K
proposed penalties
$103K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$74K
outstanding
210 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $25K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
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.
26.8%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
26.8%
reasonably likely or greater
55.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.7% low, 71.4% moderate, 8.9% 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.
31 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 19%
  • Stood as issued 20 · 65%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 5 · 16%
62%
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 13 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
56%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $11K 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 2016-09-27.
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 2015-0017 Withdrawal Lesnick 2015 $8K → $0
YORK 2008-187M Default Lesnick 2010 $7K → $7K
YORK 2014-0187 Withdrawal Lesnick 2015 $5K → $0
YORK 2011-177M Settlement Koutras 2013 $2K → $496
YORK 2008-195M Default Lesnick 2010 $2K → $2K
YORK 2008-188M Default Lesnick 2010 $1K → $1K
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: 2023-05-16, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.61 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.71 0.69 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2018-07-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Utility Man
2018-07-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Utility Man
2015-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.57 0.51 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2008-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.2 0.32 Truck Driver
2008-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.36 0.39 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.85 0.18 Backhoe Operator
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.96 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-06 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.

Cumberland Quarry Corp. recorded 7.85 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.85
total case rate
7.85
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Rhode Island, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.53 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 7.85 7.85 0.000
2024 * 8.01 8.01 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Forte Brothers Inc 1950 to 1991
  2. Manville Quarry Inc 1991 to 2003
  3. RIVERVIEW QUARRY LLC 2003 to 2010
  4. Cumberland Quarry Corp. 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 14
2024 14
2023 15
2022 16
2021 13
2020 13
2019 16
2018 13
2017 14
2016 14
2015 11
2014 12
2013 12
2012 12
2011 8
2010 6
2009 15
2008 5
2007 4
2006 3
2005 5
2004 3
2003 1
2002 6
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cumberland Quarry Corp. sits in Providence County, Rhode Island, 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.
Providence County, Rhode Island · Population 658,977
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$78,204
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 6,797 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,547 2 1 439.9
2025 Q4 6,965 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,640 4 0 523.6
2025 Q2 6,333 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,537 2 2 440.8
2024 Q4 6,782 1 1 147.4
2024 Q3 6,323 3 0 474.5
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,797 2 0 345.0
2023 Q4 6,867 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,031 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,915 3 3 433.8
2023 Q1 5,955 2 0 335.9
2022 Q4 7,699 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,800 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,136 5 0 614.6
2022 Q1 6,003 2 0 333.2
2021 Q4 5,837 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,167 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,219 5 0 958.0
2021 Q1 5,363 1 0 186.5
2020 Q4 7,152 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,576 2 1 559.3
2020 Q2 4,433 1 1 225.6
2020 Q1 6,343 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,935 2 0 288.4
2019 Q3 9,252 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,981 1 0 111.3
2019 Q1 5,858 4 2 682.8
2018 Q4 8,691 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,555 3 1 397.1
2018 Q2 7,886 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,192 6 0 1431.3
2017 Q4 7,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,595 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,606 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,769 3 0 796.0
2016 Q4 7,345 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,402 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,325 5 0 682.6
2016 Q1 3,240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,136 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,921 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,903 3 1 434.6
2015 Q1 1,214 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,516 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,979 1 0 143.3
2014 Q2 6,555 4 0 610.2
2014 Q1 3,345 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,584 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,899 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,883 9 0 1141.7
2013 Q1 1,965 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,499 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,633 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,490 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,210 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,679 3 0 449.2
2011 Q3 7,041 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,937 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 711 10 2 14064.7
2010 Q4 2,038 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,342 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,712 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,576 1 1 279.6
2009 Q4 8,118 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,011 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,943 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,686 1 0 271.3
2008 Q4 6,398 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,342 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,240 20 7 16129.0
2007 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,480 17 5 11486.5
2006 Q4 2,475 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,120 9 2 2884.6
2005 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,600 1 1 384.6
2005 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,600 13 7 5000.0
2004 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,040 7 2 6730.8
2004 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 3,743 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,921 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,082 17 7 3345.1
2000 Q4 4,543 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,381 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,820 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 640 4 2 6250.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

March 25, 2025 RI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cumberland Quarry Corp. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE V BELTS AND MISUNDERSTOOD DIRECTION FROM SUPERVISOR. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS IN HARMS WAY WHEN BELT ENERGIZED. MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND WERE SEVERED

2024 · 1 incident

August 27, 2024 RI · Metal/Non-Metal washer operator, sizing operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Quarry Corp. · Fall onto or against objects

The inside of screen 3 needs to be removed of 2 inch of dust dirt before descending down into the screen to do repair work on the bottom of the screen hopper.

2014 · 1 incident

March 25, 2014 RI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Quarry Corp. · Fall from machine

The operator was putting tools in the compartment door of the crane and lost his balance and fell off the tracks

1993 · 1 incident

December 11, 1993 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Manville Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

THE INJURED TRUCK OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESSOF BACKING TO DUMP HIS LOAD (BLASTED ROCK) OVER THE STOCK PILE, WHEN THE STOCKPILE DUMPING AREA GAVE WAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SLIP DOWN THE BANK AN D FLIPPED OVER POSSIBLY DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. THE INJURED DRIVER JUMPED FREE OF THE TRUCK CAUSINGA FACTURE OF THE RIGHT ANKLE.

1991 · 1 incident

May 4, 1991 RI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manville Quarry Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED AND FELL ON CATWALK

1988 · 1 incident