Telsmith Crushing Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2014–2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
69
citations
17
significant & substantial
$10,175
proposed penalties
$10,091
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $84 gap.
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: 476 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Telsmith Crushing Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $396 in penalties contested before the Commission, $312 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$396 proposed, $312 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 2017-03-22.
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.
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: 2025-04-08
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz136 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-07-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.1
0.55
2.00
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-12-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
0.58
1.09
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.71
0.65
1.09
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-12-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.11
0.6
1.85
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-10-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.01
0.52
1.94
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-11-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.78
0.57
4.88
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.55
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.65
0.60
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-07-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
0.62
0.82
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-02-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.69
0.59
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-10-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
0.95
0.85
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.47
0.62
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
11
2025
10
2024
7
2023
7
2022
9
2021
6
2020
8
2019
6
2018
7
2017
5
2016
4
2015
5
2014
7
2013
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Telsmith Crushing Plant sits in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 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.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts · Population 531,889
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$109,698
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
8,489
1
0
117.8
2026 Q1
6,727
9
0
1337.9
2025 Q4
6,490
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,210
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,103
1
1
906.6
2025 Q1
804
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
908
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,067
4
4
3748.8
Show 44 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
719
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
818
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,227
3
2
2445.0
2023 Q3
493
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
220
1
0
4545.5
2023 Q1
103
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
866
1
0
1154.7
2022 Q3
1,050
1
1
952.4
2022 Q2
1,134
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
754
4
1
5305.0
2021 Q4
1,294
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
752
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
833
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
728
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
927
3
1
3236.2
2020 Q3
952
5
0
5252.1
2020 Q2
760
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,455
4
0
2749.1
2019 Q4
1,384
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
771
2
1
2594.0
2019 Q2
893
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
346
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
913
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,072
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
907
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
486
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
995
4
2
4020.1
2017 Q3
949
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
467
1
1
2141.3
2017 Q1
251
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
620
2
0
3225.8
2016 Q3
519
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
781
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
552
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,031
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
811
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
496
7
3
14112.9
2015 Q1
16
1
0
62500.0
2014 Q4
751
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,107
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
890
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
148
8
0
54054.1
2013 Q4
1,165
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
915
7
0
7650.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2022 · 1 incident
June 28, 2022MA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
P.A. Landers, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner used a shovel to clean mud build up on bottom of return belt (while running) shovel contacted belt pushed back twisting the fingers on left hand causing 3 fractured fingers and two lacerations
2018 · 1 incident
February 9, 2018MA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON