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M & S STONE QUARRIES INC: 54 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Grantsville, MD, Garrett County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800678

M & S STONE QUARRIES INC has $6K 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
9
Years on record
2004–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
54
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,189
proposed penalties
$6,189
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See M & S STONE QUARRIES INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
453
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: 453 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

M & S STONE QUARRIES INC has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-17.
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.
5.7%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
5.7%
reasonably likely or greater
22.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 41.5% low, 56.6% moderate, 1.9% 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: 2025-08-19
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2014-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.73 0.18 Hand Loader
2008-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.39 0.46 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.

M & S STONE QUARRIES INC recorded 19.36 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ 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.
19.36
total case rate
19.36
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 6.62 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.
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. M & S Stone Quarries Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 6
2023 6
2022 5
2021 6
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 7
2016 8
2015 10
2014 9
2013 8
2012 9
2011 9
2010 9
2009 11
2008 12
2007 18
2006 21
2005 17
2004 16
2003 19
2002 18
2001 18
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

M & S STONE QUARRIES INC sits in Garrett County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garrett County, Maryland · Population 28,713
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,031
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 1,489 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,187 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,772 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,958 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,972 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,318 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,028 6 0 1981.5
2024 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,296 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,336 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,813 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 387 2 1 5168.0
2022 Q3 4,184 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,714 5 0 2917.2
2022 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,959 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,388 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,065 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 750 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,348 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,062 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,433 1 0 411.0
2019 Q3 3,674 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,134 3 0 1405.8
2019 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,190 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,011 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,575 2 0 776.7
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,607 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,474 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,194 2 0 911.6
2017 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,822 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,463 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,354 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,248 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,205 3 0 713.4
2015 Q3 4,796 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,447 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,472 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,697 2 1 541.0
2014 Q3 4,433 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,466 2 0 447.8
2014 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,022 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,653 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,382 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,425 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,415 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,902 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,388 7 1 1595.3
2012 Q1 1,533 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,577 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,828 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,582 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,235 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,358 3 0 688.4
2010 Q3 5,261 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,045 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 4,763 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,181 2 0 386.0
2009 Q2 4,608 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,429 1 0 225.8
2008 Q3 6,072 2 0 329.4
2008 Q2 6,196 4 0 645.6
2008 Q1 2,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,588 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,046 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,370 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,673 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,749 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,673 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,434 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,804 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,317 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,170 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,110 1 0 195.7
2004 Q3 6,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,876 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,895 3 0 1583.1
2003 Q4 4,878 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,032 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,592 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,360 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,886 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,983 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,884 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,818 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,582 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,054 1 0 165.2
2001 Q2 5,434 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,589 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,979 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,806 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,367 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,711 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2016 · 1 incident

March 2, 2016 MD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & S Stone Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was on a truck ladder adjusting tarp arm. When EE climbed down from the ladder stepping on to the ground EE hurt back.

2011 · 1 incident

August 25, 2011 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & S Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

Employee was moving stone from pallets to the cutting machine rolls when a stone he was moving slipped and pinched his hand between two pieces of stone.

2007 · 1 incident

2006 · 3 incidents

October 17, 2006 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & S Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was taking stone from a pallet and placing it on the rolls of the cutting machine, when a piece of stone slipped from the pallet and the employees hand was caught between the rolls and the stone, smashing his middle finger on his left hand.

July 7, 2006 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M & S Stone Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was palletizing stone from the conveyor belt when a piece of stone started to fall off of the belt. The employee atttempted to catch the stone so it would not hit his leg, in doing this he strained his back.

July 6, 2006 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & S Stone Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

Booming load down on truck for delivery hit elbow on bed of truck. Elbow sore and appears to be swollen.

2005 · 2 incidents

May 17, 2005 MD · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
M & S Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was working approx. 20 feet from where fork truck was removing stone when a piece of stone approx. 8" in diameter flew from the fork truck and struck employee in the right hip. No first aid was required. Bruising occured and a minimal amount of swelling and tenderness.

2004 · 1 incident

May 18, 2004 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & S Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was unloading stone from a pallet for cutting, when a large stone slid from the pallet crushing the employees finger between the stone and the cement floor. Traumatic finger injury to middle finger of right hand.