Mining Incidents

QUARRY SLATE IND. Metal/Non-Metal

Poultney, Rutland County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300012

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
121
citations
27
significant & substantial
$14,275
proposed penalties
$12,522
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 24,990 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 20,772 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 22,782 4 0 175.6
2025 Q1 22,424 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 23,424 6 0 256.1
2024 Q3 21,581 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 24,503 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 21,938 1 1 45.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 15, 2025 VT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenstone Slate Company · Fall from machine

Climbed on rollers, fell, ankle fracture

2024 · 2 incidents

October 30, 2024 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Greenstone Slate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee put hand inside of guard for a drill, glove hit the drill bit and pulled hand into the drill bit injuring left ring finger.

2022 · 1 incident

March 7, 2022 VT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenstone Slate Company · Fall onto or against objects

Slip and fall, fell on a metal dump box, fractured jaw

2017 · 1 incident

January 31, 2017 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenstone Slate Company · Fall onto or against objects

Slip and fall on ice, cut knee on stone block

2016 · 1 incident

December 12, 2016 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenstone Slate Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slip & fall on cement floor, hairline fracture to right heel.

2015 · 1 incident

July 15, 2015 VT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenstone Slate Company · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was climbing on a series of power rolls to change a light bulb. The employee mis stepped falling through the rolls. Possibly fracturing his right femur

2005 · 1 incident

November 7, 2005 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Quarry Slate Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE suffered a severe finger inury at 2:30 pm while operating a barrel trimming machine. He wipe away debris from the machine was operating to wipe the tile clean of debris. He failed to turn the rotary blade off. Blade struck his left ring and middle fingers. removal of approx. half inch of the left ring finger and approx. one inch of the left middle finger.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

August 2, 2001 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quarry Slate Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEAVING A STONE, THE HAND HELD HAMMER FELL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEES LEG. EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED THE COMPANY THE LEG WAS BROKE.