1989 Thunderbird Jaw Metal/Non-Metal
J.A. McDonald, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Eric C Boyden
Marchfield,
Caledonia County,
VT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300639
1989 Thunderbird Jaw has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
50
citations
15
significant & substantial
$9,354
proposed penalties
$8,894
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $460 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
23
inspections on record
410
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 410 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
1989 Thunderbird Jaw has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 83333.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 649 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 745 | 3 | 0 | 4026.8 |
| 2023 Q2 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,066 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 466 | 1 | 1 | 2145.9 |
| 2021 Q3 | 556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 414 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 312 | 2 | 0 | 6410.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 898 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 567 | 4 | 1 | 7054.7 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,004 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 686 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 467 | 2 | 0 | 4282.7 |
| 2014 Q2 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,005 | 7 | 1 | 6965.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 624 | 11 | 5 | 17628.2 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,016 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,537 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,276 | 6 | 5 | 4702.2 |
| 2010 Q3 | 913 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 741 | 2 | 1 | 2699.1 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,298 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 638 | 3 | 0 | 4702.2 |
| 2008 Q3 | 815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 387 | 1 | 1 | 2584.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 405 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 882 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 741 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 668 | 1 | 0 | 1497.0 |
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.
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The full compliance file on 1989 Thunderbird Jaw
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.