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D'AMICO QUARRY INC.: 89 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

D'Amico Quarry Inc · Surface
Controlled by John A D'Amico
Avondale, Chester County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608555

D'AMICO QUARRY INC. has $15K 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
16
Years on record
1996–2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
89
citations
22
significant & substantial
$15,139
proposed penalties
$15,139
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
680
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: 680 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

D'AMICO QUARRY INC. has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
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.
25.3%
significant & substantial
14.9%
high negligence or reckless
26.4%
reasonably likely or greater
60.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.4% low, 66.7% moderate, 14.9% 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: 2024-10-16
27%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz154 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.27 1.22 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.98 0.57 1.72 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 0.73 1.01 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 0.59 1.56 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.71 0.55 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.73 0.26 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.59 0.31 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.54 0.39 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-12-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.72 0.50 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.58 0.78 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.6 0.40 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.69 0.83 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.11 0.22 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.54 0.96 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.95 0.25 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.

D'AMICO QUARRY INC. recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.07 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 6.88 6.88 0.000
2021 * 24.19 16.13 0.000
2020 * 13.29 6.65 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 15.87 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. D'Amico Quarry Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 9
2024 9
2023 11
2022 11
2021 11
2020 12
2019 12
2018 14
2017 15
2016 15
2015 13
2014 11
2013 10
2012 11
2011 12
2010 10
2009 11
2008 15
2007 16
2006 13
2005 12
2004 13
2003 12
2002 12
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

D'AMICO QUARRY INC. sits in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Chester County, Pennsylvania · Population 540,896
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$123,041
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 7,557 1 0 132.3
2026 Q1 5,743 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,176 1 1 139.4
2025 Q3 6,350 1 0 157.5
2025 Q2 6,512 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,625 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,464 4 2 618.8
2024 Q3 7,054 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,322 3 0 474.5
2024 Q1 5,420 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,924 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,048 1 0 141.9
2023 Q2 8,410 1 1 118.9
2023 Q1 7,162 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,236 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,672 2 0 260.7
2022 Q2 7,422 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,740 2 0 296.7
2021 Q4 5,006 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,438 3 1 403.3
2021 Q2 6,669 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,690 1 0 175.7
2020 Q4 7,691 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,092 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,643 3 0 451.6
2019 Q4 8,504 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,823 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,661 2 1 230.9
2019 Q1 7,173 1 0 139.4
2018 Q4 8,779 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,383 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,828 2 0 184.7
2018 Q1 7,808 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 10,010 2 0 199.8
2017 Q3 9,369 5 2 533.7
2017 Q2 10,021 1 0 99.8
2017 Q1 8,848 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,845 6 2 609.4
2016 Q3 11,061 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,615 2 0 188.4
2016 Q1 11,190 2 1 178.7
2015 Q4 11,021 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,309 1 1 107.4
2015 Q2 7,046 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,277 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,041 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,724 2 2 297.4
2014 Q2 5,707 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,567 3 1 456.8
2013 Q3 5,814 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,329 1 0 187.7
2013 Q1 4,570 2 1 437.6
2012 Q4 4,849 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,221 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,775 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,850 2 0 412.4
2011 Q3 7,027 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,678 2 0 260.5
2011 Q1 5,087 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,405 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,971 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,645 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,560 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,530 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,976 2 0 334.7
2009 Q2 6,397 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,017 1 0 248.9
2008 Q4 7,309 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10,078 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,194 1 0 89.3
2008 Q1 7,599 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 11,265 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,207 3 2 267.7
2007 Q2 10,561 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,573 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,930 4 1 504.4
2006 Q3 8,453 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,876 1 0 112.7
2006 Q1 7,682 3 0 390.5
2005 Q4 9,001 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,752 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,231 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,170 1 0 98.3
2004 Q3 9,445 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,867 5 2 460.1
2004 Q1 10,883 2 0 183.8
2003 Q4 12,712 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,351 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,915 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,527 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 9,239 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,121 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,590 2 0 208.6
2001 Q4 9,404 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,146 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,146 5 1 699.7
2000 Q4 8,700 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,927 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,307 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,722 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2022 · 1 incident

June 4, 2022 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

Trying to lift a large rock, was too heavy, was straining to lift, rock slipped and hurt thighs

2021 · 3 incidents

October 21, 2021 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING ROCK, ROCK LANDED ON RIGHT RING FINGER

September 10, 2021 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hitting stone with hammer, hit Left thumb (fracture)

March 23, 2021 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Bending over to pick up a stone, pulled back.

2020 · 2 incidents

August 6, 2020 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Washing floor at end of day, foot caught in hose and fell landing on shoulder.

2018 · 3 incidents

September 22, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Rubbed or abraded

Cut right forearm on piece of stone. Required sutures, no lost time.

July 23, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Struck against stationary object

Loading stone onto cutter, hand hit one of the teeth on cutter. Small laceration (required no sutures) but thought hand may possibly be broken, was not.

March 19, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee loading stone onto cutting machine, slipped and hit right thumb on both that holds teeth to the cutting machine. Required 7 stitches

2017 · 1 incident

March 4, 2017 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pushing a rock on the rollers and it jammed their right index finger.

2016 · 5 incidents

October 4, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

UNKNOWN. EMPLOYEE STATES PUSHING A ROCK AND PULLED SOMETHING IN GROIN AREA

August 12, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee loading rock and rock slipped and cut EE's arm

April 22, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hit left thumb with hammer requiring 4 stitches

March 30, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING ROCKS CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER

February 8, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D'Amico Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

Rock slipped from hand, cut left thumb. Needed 8 stitches

1996 · 1 incident