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MCCARTHY QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Evergreen Slate Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by Fred Whitridge

Poultney, Rutland County, VT · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4300350

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2001–2005
Latest incident: Jul 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,501

proposed penalties

$5,501

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	Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2	2,195	0	0.0
2019 Q1	51	0	0.0
2018 Q4	854	0	0.0
2017 Q4	3,479	0	0.0
2017 Q3	8,349	0	0.0
2017 Q2	9,616	0	0.0
2017 Q1	11,458	1	87.3
2016 Q4	10,470	2	191.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 18, 2005 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Western Slate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TRIED TO DISLODGE A PIECE OF SLATE THAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRIMMING MACHINE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FOOT OPERATED PEDAL CAUSING THE BLADE TO SHOOT BACK DAMAGING HIS RIGHT HAND. HE FAILED TO SHUT OFF THE POWER TO THE MACHINE BEFORE TRYING TO DISLODGE THE SLATE. THERE WAS A LACERATED TENDON DAMAGE.

2001 · 1 incident

December 4, 2001 VT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY

Western Slate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRIMMING A PIECE OF SLATE. THE PIECE OF GATE THAT WAS BEING TRIMMER SHATTERN AND PULLED HIS LEFT HAND AND THE MACHINE. THE MIDDLE A PINKY FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND WERE BROKE ALONG WITH S OME LACERATIONS.