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Armetta LLC - Bradford Quarry: 76 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Armetta LLC - Bradford Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2015
- Latest incident
- May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
76
citations
19
significant & substantial
$25,593
proposed penalties
$19,136
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,457 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
26
inspections on record
539
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 539 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Armetta LLC - Bradford Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$26K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.25.7%
significant & substantial
13.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
58.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.5% low, 73.0% moderate, 13.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
15
citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
- Settled 15 · 100%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2013-05-14.
Contested penalties
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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.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YORK 2011-137M | Settlement | Koutras | 2012 | $2K → $2K |
| YORK 2013-149M | Settlement | Miller | 2013 | $1K → $345 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2015-05-06, 11 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg7
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (13)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-06 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.84 | Jackhammer Operator |
| 2015-05-06 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.28 | 0.62 | 0.45 | Shovel Operator |
| 2012-05-02 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2012-05-02 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Backhoe Operator | ||
| 2012-05-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.22 | 1.1 | 0.20 | Backhoe Operator |
| 2012-05-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.16 | 0.47 | 0.34 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2011-04-27 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2011-04-27 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Backhoe Operator | ||
| 2011-04-27 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.33 | 0.52 | 0.63 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2011-01-05 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2011-01-05 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Backhoe Operator | ||
| 2011-01-05 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.21 | 1.54 | 0.14 | Backhoe Operator |
| 2011-01-05 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator |
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.
Armetta LLC - Bradford Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
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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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Rhode Island, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2013 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2012 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2011 * | 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.
Ownership history
- Copar Industries, LLC 2010 to 2014
- Armetta LLC 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2013 | 17 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Armetta LLC - Bradford Quarry sits in Washington County, Rhode Island, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q2 | 8,471 | 5 | 0 | 590.2 |
| 2015 Q1 | 5,222 | 2 | 2 | 383.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 7,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 8,628 | 4 | 1 | 463.6 |
| 2014 Q2 | 6,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,940 | 3 | 1 | 761.4 |
| 2013 Q4 | 7,324 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 8,818 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q2 | 7,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 6,092 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 5,946 | 7 | 3 | 1177.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,893 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 7,197 | 7 | 3 | 972.6 |
| 2012 Q1 | 6,196 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,208 | 17 | 2 | 2738.4 |
| 2011 Q3 | 6,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 5,026 | 15 | 5 | 2984.5 |
| 2011 Q1 | 3,551 | 13 | 2 | 3660.9 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.