Mining Incidents

CRUSHED STONE QUARRY AND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Whitcomb
Colchester, Chittenden County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300005

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2017–2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
293
citations
32
significant & substantial
$78,557
proposed penalties
$71,021
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 10,674 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,960 2 0 125.3
2025 Q2 15,119 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,028 3 1 426.9
2024 Q4 11,700 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 15,416 11 0 713.5
2024 Q2 14,576 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,048 3 1 425.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 18, 2023 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Rain and wet conditions led to the accident. Equipment and equipment ladder was in good working order, operator had on EE's PPE, and three points of contact was being implemented. Operator suffered a closed displaced fracture of shaft of fourth metacarpal bone of left hand. Operator's foot slipped on ladder rung causing EE to slip and hand got caught on the ladder.

2020 · 1 incident

June 12, 2020 VT · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Struck by falling object

Quarry personnel were performing a steel change, concave for cone crusher. New concave placed on blocks of wood at the crusher before using the crane to place in crusher. A block of wood got knocked out and a miner's foot was underneath when it tipped and trapped right foot. The weight of the concave broke big toe.

2017 · 1 incident

August 29, 2017 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Customer driving a 4 axle dump truck could not get tailgate closed after being loaded with gravel. Driver used hand instead of a hand-held tool to free a rock that was preventing latch from closing. Upon removal of the rock the latch closed on the driver's hand removing skin from the area between pointer finger and thumb.