Mining Incidents

MARION EXCAVATING CO., INC.: 92 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

MARION EXCAVATING CO., INC. · Surface
Controlled by Todd Marion
Westhampton, Hampshire County, MA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1900569

MARION EXCAVATING CO., INC. has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $54 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
92
citations
20
significant & substantial
$11,609
proposed penalties
$11,555
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $54 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
561
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: 561 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MARION EXCAVATING CO., INC. has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $54 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$54
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-03.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
1.1%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
53.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 51.1% low, 47.8% moderate, 1.1% 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: 2019-09-24, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.4 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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. Westhampton Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 1982
  2. Meehan Construction Company Inc 1982 to 2022
  3. Marion Excavating Co., Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MARION EXCAVATING CO., INC. sits in Hampshire 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.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts · Population 156,595
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,391
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 1,460 4 1 2739.7
2026 Q1 965 1 0 1036.3
2025 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,460 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,450 2 0 1379.3
2024 Q4 1,100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,580 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,580 5 0 3164.6
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 420 10 2 23809.5
2023 Q2 620 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 220 2 0 9090.9
2021 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 344 3 1 8720.9
2019 Q3 424 3 1 7075.5
2019 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 520 4 1 7692.3
2018 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 528 10 3 18939.4
2017 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 240 7 3 29166.7
2016 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 420 3 0 7142.9
2015 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 500 1 0 2000.0
2014 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 560 2 0 3571.4
2013 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 620 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 520 1 0 1923.1
2011 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 300 4 1 13333.3
2010 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 400 6 2 15000.0
2009 Q2 420 1 0 2381.0
2009 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 388 4 2 10309.3
2006 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,060 3 0 2830.2
2006 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,030 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,055 5 2 4739.3
2003 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,040 3 0 2884.6
2001 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 200 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.