Amrize Peabody Plant has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1986–2015
Latest incident
Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
20
significant & substantial
$18,223
proposed penalties
$10,865
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,358 gap.
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: 638 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-09-12.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Amrize Peabody Plant has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 2 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $558 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $558 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-04-16.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2022-03-30, 4 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz62 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Aluminum oxide fumes1
Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (31)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-06-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.15
0.87
1.32
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.76
0.75
1.01
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-03-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-07-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-07-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.46
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-07-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.68
0.86
0.79
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-31
Iron oxide fumes
0.07
10
0.01
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Lead fumes
0.12
150
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Magnesium oxide fumes
0.03
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Manganese fumes
0
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2005-03-31
Nickel fumes
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Titanium dioxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Vanadium fumes
0.12
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Zinc oxide fumes
0
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Molybdenum fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.02
1.82
0.56
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.65
0.48
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-03-31
Aluminum oxide fumes
0.04
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Arsenic fumes
0
500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Beryllium fumes
0
2
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Cadmium oxide fumes
0.12
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Chromium, insoluble
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Cobalt fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-03-31
Copper fumes
0.37
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Amrize Peabody Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Massachusetts, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.81 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
16.57
8.28
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
13.16
13.16
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
5
2024
6
2023
6
2022
6
2021
5
2020
5
2019
5
2018
7
2017
5
2016
5
2015
4
2014
3
2013
4
2012
4
2011
6
2010
5
2009
0
2008
5
2007
10
2006
12
2005
11
2004
11
2003
10
2002
10
2001
10
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Amrize Peabody Plant sits in Essex County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Essex County, Massachusetts · Population 807,258
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$99,431
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
2,637
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,168
2
0
922.5
2025 Q4
2,335
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,413
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,411
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,366
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,992
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,488
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,857
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,437
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,009
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,866
1
0
348.9
2023 Q2
2,938
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,519
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,677
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,015
1
0
331.7
2022 Q2
3,402
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,946
1
0
513.9
2021 Q4
2,184
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,977
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,743
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,149
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,720
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,012
1
0
332.0
2020 Q2
2,469
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,797
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,705
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,994
1
0
334.0
2019 Q2
2,624
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,514
1
0
660.5
2018 Q4
2,495
1
0
400.8
2018 Q3
2,488
4
1
1607.7
2018 Q2
2,364
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,740
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,009
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,656
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,306
1
0
433.7
2017 Q1
1,775
1
0
563.4
2016 Q4
2,118
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,044
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,902
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,590
1
0
628.9
2015 Q4
1,934
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,496
1
1
400.6
2015 Q2
2,120
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,185
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,940
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,742
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,916
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,255
1
0
796.8
2013 Q4
1,525
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,494
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,927
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
695
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,478
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,244
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
379
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,383
1
0
723.1
2011 Q4
2,382
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,096
2
1
646.0
2011 Q2
2,500
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,119
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,927
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,724
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,517
1
1
397.3
2010 Q1
659
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
541
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,132
1
0
242.0
2008 Q1
2,447
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,470
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,760
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,908
3
0
507.8
2007 Q1
5,760
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,031
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,825
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,090
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,197
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,582
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
9,236
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,327
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,445
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,119
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,486
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
8,427
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,371
1
1
186.2
2003 Q4
6,602
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,512
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,211
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,740
1
0
174.2
2002 Q4
7,150
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,312
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,443
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,714
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,259
1
0
137.8
2001 Q3
7,010
2
0
285.3
2001 Q2
7,181
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,518
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,190
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,940
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,655
8
4
1414.7
2000 Q1
4,260
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2015 · 1 incident
August 18, 2015MA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Employee was replacing a cutting edge on a loader bucket. He was removing a bolt using an impact wrench. He placed his right hand on the underside of the bucket against the bolt head. He accidentally hit the trigger of impact wrench causing the bolt to spin in his hand cutting through his glove causing a laceration to his middle finger resulting in four stitches.
2006 · 2 incidents
December 19, 2006MA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE's by-passed safety devices on a raised cab, which created an unsafe act. Additionally, the injured EE attempted a single man lift where a team lift is applicable.
September 18, 2006MA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was removing a tail pulley guard with another employee when he slipped and the weight of the guard exerted on his arm caused a torn rotator cuff.
April 8, 2004MA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS