Mining Incidents

PORTABLE PLANT: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

ADAMS STONE COMPANY LLC · Surface
Adams, Berkshire County, MA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1901214

PORTABLE PLANT has $934 in proposed MSHA penalties and $48 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 2012
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$934
proposed penalties
$886
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $48 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
27
inspections on record
251
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: 251 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PORTABLE PLANT has $934 in proposed MSHA penalties and $48 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.
$934
proposed penalties
$934
current assessed
$886
paid to date
$48
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-03.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
12.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 37.5% low, 62.5% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2025-06-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-01-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-01-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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. Adams Stone Company LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE 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 1,020 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,058 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 953 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 986 1 0 1014.2
2025 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,325 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,120 1 0 892.9
2022 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 956 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,010 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 985 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 895 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 945 1 0 1058.2
2018 Q3 1,179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 966 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,252 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 984 1 0 1016.3
2017 Q1 1,048 1 1 954.2
2016 Q4 1,188 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,132 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,507 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,256 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,099 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,053 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,074 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,171 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,610 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,198 2 0 625.4
2012 Q1 1,501 1 0 666.2
2011 Q4 555 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.