Mining Incidents

J & G HADEKA SLATE QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary Hadeka
Poultney, Rutland County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300013

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
131
citations
45
significant & substantial
$20,564
proposed penalties
$20,564
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 260 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 188 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 728 0 0 0.0
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

2011 · 1 incident

April 27, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The block saw bound up and the feed crank pulled employee's arm causing shoulder pain. He is finding it painful to move his right arm. He was diagnosed with a bone spur in his shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

July 15, 2004 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Struck against stationary object

The employee was climbing the hill of the pit in a haul truck to dump rubbish at the grout pile. He tried to downshift on an incline and lost momentum to climb the hill. The truck rolled back to the quarry floor and slipped off the road causing it to tip on it's side. The employee jumped from the truck and sprained or fractured his wrist and had minor skin scrapes.

2003 · 1 incident

July 21, 2003 VT · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · No Value Found

UNKNOWN--NOT SURE--FILED FOR RECORD KEEPING- SPRAINED LEG, NOT SURE WHEN, HOW OR WHERE