Mining Incidents

Colarusso Quarry Co/Div of A Colarusso & Son Inc operator

MSHA operator ID: L06108
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
45
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1984–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
143
citations
20
significant & substantial
$44,702
proposed penalties
$30,116
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,586 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
113
inspections on record
1,694
inspection hours
8.4
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.
143 citations across 1,694 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$45K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
4
2024
2
2023
2
2022
2
2021
1
2020
2
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2015
3
2012
3
2009
1
2004
2
2000
2
1995
2 (1f)
1994
4
1993
3
1992
2
1991
1
1990
2
1989
1
1988
1
1984
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
August 16, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Colarusso Quarry Co/Div of A Colarusso & Son Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I INSTRUCTED HIM TO GO TO COLARUSSO'S QUARRY TO LOG OFF TREES THAT HAD BEEN CUT DOWN ON A SMALL AREA OF LAND THAT WILL BE MINED. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO US A JOHN DEERE 350 DOZER WITH CHAIN TO AC COMPLISH THIS TASK. AT APPROX 8:15 AM THAT SAME MORNING I CAME INTO COLARUSSOS QUARRY WITH A SERVICE TRUCK TO FUEL UP THE DOZER THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE USING. I THEN LEFT AND GOT A PHONE CALL

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