Mining Incidents

Arcadia Gravel Pit: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Narragansett Improvement Co. · Surface
Hopkinton, Washington County, RI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3700220

Arcadia Gravel Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
33
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,409
proposed penalties
$3,409
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
18
inspections on record
193
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: 193 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Arcadia Gravel Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-03.
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.
19.4%
significant & substantial
3.2%
high negligence or reckless
19.4%
reasonably likely or greater
54.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 67.7% low, 29.0% moderate, 3.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2021-03-24, 5 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-03-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Ownership history
  1. Narragansett Improvement Co. 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 2
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Arcadia Gravel Pit sits in Washington County, Rhode Island, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Washington County, Rhode Island · Population 130,073
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,478
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 671 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 684 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 319 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 716 1 0 1396.6
2024 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 646 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 655 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 723 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 180 1 0 5555.6
2021 Q4 654 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 692 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 180 1 0 5555.6
2020 Q4 866 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 752 1 0 1329.8
2020 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 662 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 649 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 732 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 701 1 0 1426.5
2017 Q3 882 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 548 2 0 3649.6
2017 Q1 101 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 843 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 575 4 1 6956.5
2016 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 729 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 137 3 1 21897.8
2014 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 574 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 558 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 243 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 551 19 4 34482.8

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.