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Medford Quarry: 101 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

New Windsor, Carroll County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800035

Medford Quarry has $239K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1985–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
101
citations
22
significant & substantial
$238,878
proposed penalties
$213,087
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,791 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
89
inspections on record
1,619
inspection hours
6.2
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.
101 citations across 1,619 inspection hours.
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: 2011-03-09.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Medford Quarry has $239K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 4 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.
$239K
proposed penalties
$213K
current assessed
$213K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $224K in penalties contested before the Commission, $198K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-23.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
16.2%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 65.7% moderate, 16.2% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 100%
90%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$224K proposed, $198K 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 2019-07-09.
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 2012-49M Settlement Koutras 2013 $220K → $197K
YORK 2012-302M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $3K → $414
YORK 2019-0073 Settlement Paez 2019 $196 → $121
YORK 2015-0026 Settlement Rae 2015 $100 → $100
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: 2026-05-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.04 10 0.20 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-05-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2026-05-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.55 10 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Tractor Operator
2024-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2024-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Drill Operator, Rotary
2024-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-06-03 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.88 10 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-03 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.4 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2021-06-03 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-03 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2019-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-09-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Truck Driver
2014-09-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 1.4 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Truck Driver
2009-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2006-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 2.62 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.17 0.11 Utility Man
2004-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.42 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2004-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Jet Piercing
2004-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Medford Quarry 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 Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.64 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 4.66 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 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. Flintkote Stone Products Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Genstar Stone Products Company 1980 to 1986
  3. Redland Genstar Inc 1986 to 1998
  4. Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc. 1998 to 2009
  5. Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, LLC 2009 to 2014
  6. Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 12
2024 14
2023 15
2022 16
2021 16
2020 18
2019 19
2018 19
2017 21
2016 22
2015 20
2014 18
2013 19
2012 21
2011 21
2010 21
2009 20
2008 23
2007 25
2006 27
2005 28
2004 28
2003 27
2002 28
2001 29
2000 29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Medford Quarry sits in Carroll County, Maryland, 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.
Carroll County, Maryland · Population 174,318
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$115,876
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 6,157 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,568 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,800 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,579 1 0 179.2
2025 Q2 6,545 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,974 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,504 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,015 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,746 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,117 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,418 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,184 2 0 278.4
2023 Q2 8,638 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,615 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,251 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,379 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,010 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,917 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,590 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,060 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,643 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,870 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,815 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,988 2 0 222.5
2020 Q2 9,790 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,211 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,834 2 0 184.6
2019 Q3 11,104 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,842 3 0 253.3
2019 Q1 9,127 3 0 328.7
2018 Q4 10,095 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 11,517 1 0 86.8
2018 Q2 10,885 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 9,386 2 0 213.1
2017 Q4 9,339 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 9,999 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,689 1 0 93.6
2017 Q1 9,563 1 0 104.6
2016 Q4 8,246 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 11,506 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 11,871 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 11,310 1 0 88.4
2015 Q4 9,476 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 11,361 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 11,439 1 0 87.4
2015 Q1 9,601 1 0 104.2
2014 Q4 8,996 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 10,291 1 0 97.2
2014 Q2 10,143 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,126 1 0 140.3
2013 Q4 4,828 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 9,159 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,214 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,044 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,682 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,870 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10,635 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10,179 1 0 98.2
2011 Q4 6,972 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,951 2 0 182.6
2011 Q2 7,331 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,089 14 7 1974.9
2010 Q4 7,095 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,881 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 11,454 6 1 523.8
2010 Q1 5,962 13 4 2180.5
2009 Q4 5,892 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,459 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,858 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,412 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,925 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,894 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 12,524 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 11,910 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,611 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 14,651 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 14,398 1 0 69.5
2006 Q4 12,350 4 0 323.9
2006 Q3 16,534 1 0 60.5
2006 Q2 17,192 6 0 349.0
2006 Q1 17,425 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 15,092 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 19,217 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 19,748 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 18,085 2 2 110.6
2004 Q4 19,574 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 21,217 1 0 47.1
2004 Q2 19,296 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 15,238 2 0 131.3
2003 Q4 16,181 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 20,184 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 18,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 11,543 1 1 86.6
2002 Q4 14,327 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 15,680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,909 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 15,233 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 14,900 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 16,287 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 19,791 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 15,187 4 0 263.4
2000 Q4 14,835 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 19,410 1 0 51.5
2000 Q2 18,271 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 14,056 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2019 · 1 incident

March 25, 2019 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was sitting inside 980H yard loader. EE felt a pain in EE's lower left back when EE twisted to the left to clean the cup holder.

2012 · 2 incidents

June 6, 2012 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was attempting to remove lodged debris from a feed bin with a steel bar. Employee was able to free some material and stepped away from the bin to allow additional material to exit the bin. Employee was resting hand on a piece when a stone tumbled from the bin and struck the employee on the left hand, resulting in a laceration to his finger.

February 8, 2012 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Shoveling frozen stemming

2005 · 1 incident

March 11, 2005 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was repairing the pneumatic grease gun, he removed the air line thinking that he had disconnected the energy. He then removed the side covers and began to clean out the grease fron under the piston. While doing this the grease gun fired causing the piston to crush his left index finger behind the first knuckle. The finger tip could not be repaired and was removed.

1993 · 1 incident

January 25, 1993 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redland Genstar Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE CAUGHT HIS RT FINGERS BETWEEN THE INSIDE TOP OF THE SHEAVE & THE CRUSHER SHA

1992 · 1 incident

October 2, 1992 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redland Genstar Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A NEW CHAIN ON THE TAILGATE LEVER WHEN THE LEVER LET GO AND HIT HIM IN THE LOWER LIP AND CHEST. (LIP-LACERATION/HIP-CONTUSION).

1991 · 2 incidents

July 15, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Redland Genstar Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GOING TO CHECK THE OIL IN THE WATER TURCK ENGINE. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND ON THE RAILING, LEFT FOOT WAS ON THE FUEL TANK STEP AND RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE BATTERY BOX COVER. H E REACHED TO POSITION HIS RIGHT HAND AT THE RADIATOR SUPPORT WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THIGH ON A PIECE OF METAL BEHIND THE CAB SUED FOR A BRACE.

June 19, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redland Genstar Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT CHUTE PC STUCK AT TOP OF CHUTE FELL STRUCK L FINGER

1990 · 3 incidents

June 12, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Redland Genstar Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS UNHOOKING A CABLE FROM THE PUMP WHICH WAS AGAINST THE WALL BECAUSE WE HAD JUST FINISH DIGGING A NEW WATER HOLE THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE FOR EMPLOYEE TO STAND UNLESS HE S TOOD IN THE WATER AS EMPLOYEE BEGAN UNHOOKING THE CABLE A ROCK CAME OFF THE WALL & STRUCK HIM ON THE RT WRIST HE HAD NO TIME TO REACT & DIDNT HEAR SUPERVISOR WARN HIM THE ROCK FELL APPROX 15

May 2, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Redland Genstar Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING LADDER OF EUCLID TO CHANGE AIR FILTERS WHEN FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL.

1989 · 1 incident

July 27, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Redland Genstar Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS FROM OFFICE TRAILER. AS HE STEPPED OFF OF BOTTOM STEP, HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE; HIS FOOT ROLLED AND A SMALL BONE IN HIS FOOT WAS BROKEN.

1987 · 2 incidents

July 21, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Redland Genstar Inc · Flash burns (electric)

THE EE STATES W2ILE STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ELECTRICAL BOX PUTTING PROBE ON TERMINAL THERE WAS AN ELETRICAL FLASH CAUSING ELETRICAL BURNS TO THE EYES & FACE.

April 27, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Redland Genstar Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP STATES HE W5S SITTING ON ONE IMPELLER, WELDING ON THE OTHER IMPELLER WHEN HOT SLAG WENT IN HIS SHOE AND BURNT HIS FOOT. 3RD DEGREE BURNS

1986 · 1 incident

August 11, 1986 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Genstar Stone Products Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING L2AD FROM PIT 1 ON HORSE-SHOE TURN STEERING LOCKED UP CAUSING TRUCK TO GO UP BANK AND OVERTURN ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.EMPL TOSSED ABOUT IN TRUCK CAUSING LACERATIONS AND BRUISES ON BAC K OF HIS HEAD A3D ON HIS LEFT THIGH.

1985 · 1 incident

February 7, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genstar Stone Products Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE AND SEVERAL MEN WERE LOCKING CHUTE INPLACE WHEN CHUTE CAME DOWN HIS THUMB WAS STILL IN THE TRACK