Mining Incidents

94 Sterling Rd Pit: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Collelo Excavation · Surface
Controlled by Ernest J Collelo Jr
Sterling, Windham County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600781

94 Sterling Rd Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $746 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
12
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,112
proposed penalties
$366
paid to date
33% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $746 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
5
inspections on record
51
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 51 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

94 Sterling Rd Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $746 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$366
paid to date
$746
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Collelo Excavation 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

94 Sterling Rd Pit sits in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 95,829
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,564
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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.