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DALTON PLANT 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 $1K 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
$37,637
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,513 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
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.

DALTON PLANT has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
$1K
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,897 8 1 4217.2
2025 Q3 2,586 3 0 1160.1
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
2024 Q2 2,189 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,568 4 1 2551.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 13 7 5827.0
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

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