Mining Incidents

Keating Quarry and Mill Metal/Non-Metal

P J Keating Company · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Lunenberg, Worcester County, MA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1900075

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
197
citations
12
significant & substantial
$94,534
proposed penalties
$78,438
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 13,920 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,719 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,890 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,015 6 1 1494.4
2024 Q4 5,663 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,254 4 0 551.4
2024 Q2 16,313 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,907 3 0 1032.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 2, 2026 MA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P J Keating Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was de-icing equipment and slipped on ice resulting in 2 fractured ribs.

2025 · 3 incidents

September 22, 2025 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
P J Keating Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee claims they were jarred in the loader while coming down ramp, causing a strain of lumbar region.

June 13, 2025 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
P J Keating Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was repairing a hose and accidentally hit the valve causing water from a pinhole in the hose to spray into EE's left eye.

May 1, 2025 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P J Keating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Warm weather conditions in daylight. Shoveling on catwalk to clear bridged material. Catwalk was free and clear of material where employee was working to clear bridged material in chute.

2019 · 1 incident

August 25, 2019 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
P J Keating Company · Struck by flying object

Employee claims injury happened sometime during the shift. Employee does not know what task they were performing or what time the injury occurred. Employee did not initially report the injury, it was reported on 08/26/2019 at approximately 11:40 AM.

2015 · 1 incident

January 13, 2015 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P J Keating Company · Struck against stationary object

Worker was inside the garage topping off the loader radiator. He dropped the cap and when he went to reach for it, he jammed it on the radiator and tore a tendon in his left ring finger.

2013 · 1 incident

March 12, 2013 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
P J Keating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee felt irritation in his left eye at lunch break after cutting and grinding steel for chutes near Screen #4 area. Looking in mirror he found a piece of steel in his eye. Taken to Occupational Health Facility. Treated and released full duty with opthomological prescription for eye drops. No loss time

2012 · 1 incident

August 23, 2012 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P J Keating Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was lifting screen bearing into the manlift when finger became pinched between steel kick plate and screen breaking the first joint, middle finger of left hand. Required stitches

2011 · 1 incident

July 8, 2011 MA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
P J Keating Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was lowering man lift when positioning difficulty occurred causing boom to swing right then left which caused employee to lose balance and fall back against the bucket wall injuring his right knee

2005 · 1 incident

August 23, 2005 MA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
P J Keating Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE UNPLUGGING STONE BOX #14 WHILE CUTTING OUT PIECE RUST AND DIRT FLEW INTO EYE

2002 · 2 incidents

June 5, 2002 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
P J Keating Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE INSPECTING TROTHING IDLERS ON CONVEYOR #22. AFTER INSPECTING WENT TO REACH FOR HANDRAIL, MISSED, ARM GOT DRAGGED THRU THE IDLER.

May 31, 2002 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
P J Keating Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CUTTING BACK BRUSH WITH WEED WACKER, CONTRACTED POISON IVY.

2001 · 3 incidents

June 7, 2001 MA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P J Keating Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING TIRE FROM TRUCK. DURRING REMOVAL FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN WHEEL AND STUD CAUSING FRACTURE/LACERATION ON 5TH FINGER LEFT HAND.

March 8, 2001 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P J Keating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING MOTORBED BENCH BRUSH STEEL TO CLEAN BOLT THREADS, BOLT SLIPPED CAUSING FINGER TO CONTACT BRUSH.

February 22, 2001 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P J Keating Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING TAIL PULLEY, BEARING SLID OVER AND PINCHED FINGER. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5 STITCHESAS A PRECAUTION DUE TO PHYSICAL CONDITION AS A DIABETIC. EMPLOYEE ORIGINALLY STATED THAT HE RECE IVED NO STITCHES.

2000 · 2 incidents

June 14, 2000 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
P J Keating Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STEPPED OUT OF LOADER CAB TO CLEAN WINDOW AND STRUCK HEAD ON CORNER OF LIGHT BRACKET.

April 24, 2000 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P J Keating Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SPRAINED ACHILLES TENDON ON RIGHT FOOT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE 1 1/2" STONE GATE WITH HIS FEET.