The Mine Safety and Health Administration, an agency under the purview of the federal Department of Labor, has issued 13 citations to John Goodwin Jr. Construction and six to the Exeter-based Northern Blasting LLC for violations at Goodwin’s quarry in West Tremont.

The citations come on the heels of a blasting accident that occurred at the Goodwin quarry on Nov. 17. The accident threw a shower of rocks onto two …