Mining Incidents

AUSTIN WESTERN CRUSHER: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

GURNEY BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION INC · Surface
Springfield, Windsor County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300524

AUSTIN WESTERN CRUSHER 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 2001
33
citations
13
significant & substantial
$3,274
proposed penalties
$3,274
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
215
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: 215 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AUSTIN WESTERN CRUSHER 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
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-07.
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.
39.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
39.4%
reasonably likely or greater
60.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 84.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Gurney Brothers Construction Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 1
2018 1
2017 0
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

AUSTIN WESTERN CRUSHER sits in Windsor County, Vermont, 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.
Windsor County, Vermont · Population 57,968
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,247
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 36 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 35 3 0 85714.3
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 60 1 0 16666.7
2023 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 38 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 56 2 0 35714.3
2021 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 111 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 107 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 198 1 0 5050.5
2013 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 375 3 2 8000.0
2012 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 124 1 0 8064.5
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 363 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10 2 1 200000.0
2009 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 349 2 0 5730.7
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 159 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 17 2 1 117647.1
2006 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 103 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 362 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 353 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 173 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 285 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 325 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 374 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 220 16 9 72727.3
2001 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 365 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 208 0 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.