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DALTON PLANT: 173 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Petricca Industries Inc
Dalton, Berkshire County, MA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1900470

DALTON PLANT has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
173
citations
54
significant & substantial
$43,150
proposed penalties
$38,392
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,758 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See BERKSHIRE CONCRETE CORP's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
inspections on record
675
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: 675 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2023-03-13.
On record since 2023.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

DALTON PLANT has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
172 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
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.
31.4%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
31.4%
reasonably likely or greater
54.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 29.1% low, 66.3% moderate, 4.7% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 100%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $12K 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 2014-12-31.
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 2015-0045 Settlement Moran 2015 $16K → $12K
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: 2023-09-12, 3 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (34)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.27 1.30 Cleanup Man
2023-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Utility Man
2023-03-07 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Iron oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-03-07 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.35 0.60 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.03 0.59 Utility Man
2003-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2002-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.59 0.37 Cleanup Man
2002-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2002-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-09 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.
Ownership history
  1. Berkshire Concrete Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 4
2023 5
2022 3
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 2
2010 3
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 5
2005 5
2004 6
2003 6
2002 7
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DALTON PLANT sits in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 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.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts · Population 128,047
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,565
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 2,700 5 0 1851.9
2026 Q1 1,332 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,897 5 0 2635.7
2025 Q3 2,586 1 0 386.7
2025 Q2 2,674 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,121 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,133 1 0 468.8
2024 Q3 2,700 1 0 370.4
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,189 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,568 4 1 2551.0
2023 Q4 1,796 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,685 3 0 1117.3
2023 Q2 1,899 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,231 11 5 4930.5
2022 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,405 2 1 1423.5
2022 Q2 2,201 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,855 3 1 1617.3
2021 Q4 1,814 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,988 13 0 6539.2
2021 Q2 1,899 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,105 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,953 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,007 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,772 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,163 15 0 6934.8
2019 Q3 2,164 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,360 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,153 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,982 4 1 2018.2
2018 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,942 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,428 3 0 1235.6
2017 Q3 2,025 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,312 4 1 1730.1
2017 Q1 1,154 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,507 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,151 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,332 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,353 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,142 5 2 1591.3
2015 Q3 2,293 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,306 2 2 1531.4
2014 Q4 1,670 12 4 7185.6
2014 Q3 1,613 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,779 5 3 2810.6
2014 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,431 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,082 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,911 7 1 3663.0
2013 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,850 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,900 2 1 1052.6
2012 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 480 5 4 10416.7
2010 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,920 3 2 1562.5
2009 Q3 3,100 1 1 322.6
2009 Q2 2,540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,613 1 0 382.7
2008 Q3 3,293 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,908 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,059 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,047 6 6 2931.1
2007 Q3 2,884 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,775 6 1 2162.2
2007 Q1 1,044 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,569 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,680 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,605 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,103 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,627 7 2 2664.6
2005 Q3 3,872 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,266 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,112 5 1 1606.7
2004 Q3 3,804 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,956 4 0 1011.1
2003 Q3 3,344 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,800 5 2 1041.7
2003 Q1 1,904 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,000 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,900 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,900 9 8 2307.7
2002 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,900 6 1 1538.5
2001 Q2 4,290 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,510 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,450 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,640 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

October 18, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Berkshire Concrete Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

LOOSE CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT AND BECAME WRAPPED AROUND A DRIVE SHAFTS THIS CAUSED THE ARM OF I NAME TO BE TORN PARTIALLY OFF W NAME RECEIVED A BROKEN WRIST AND LOST HIS THUMB WHILE PULLING I NAME FREE THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE MEN WERE REPAIRING A BEARING ON ROLLER SCREEN

October 18, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Berkshire Concrete Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

LOOSE CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT AND BECAME WRAPPED AROUND A DRIVE SHAFTS THIS CAUSED THE ARM OF W NAME TO BE TORN PARTIALLY OFF I NAME RECEIVED A BROKEN WRIST AND LOST HIS THUMB WHILE PULLING W NAME FREE THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE MEN WERE REPAIRING A BEARING ON ROLLER SCREEN