Mining Incidents

Astec Track Screen: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

AMBROSE BROS., INC. · Surface
Meredith, Carroll County, NH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2700429

Astec Track Screen has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 2 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 2008
31
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,697
proposed penalties
$5,982
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $715 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
22
inspections on record
233
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: 233 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: 2019-08-06.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Astec Track Screen has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-27.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
3.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
43.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 80.0% moderate, 3.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2019-11-05.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2020-0017 Settlement 2020 $2K → $2K
YORK 2009-233M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $807 → $243
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-02-14, 3 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-02-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-09-18 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.
Ownership history
  1. AMBROSE BROS., INC. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 1
2016 2
2015 0
2014 1
2013 0
2012 0
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Astec Track Screen sits in Carroll County, New Hampshire, 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.
Carroll County, New Hampshire · Population 51,259
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$82,961
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 186 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 373 2 0 5361.9
2025 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 217 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 362 2 0 5524.9
2024 Q1 121 2 0 16528.9
2023 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 326 1 0 3067.5
2023 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 68 1 0 14705.9
2022 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 321 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 280 2 0 7142.9
2021 Q4 614 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 351 1 0 2849.0
2021 Q1 257 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 494 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 425 1 0 2352.9
2020 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 300 4 1 13333.3
2019 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 80 2 0 25000.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 89 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 137 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 1 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 5 2 1 400000.0
2009 Q3 0 4 1
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 260 5 3 19230.8
2008 Q1 0 0 0

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.