Mining Incidents

Benton Enterprises Gravel Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Benton Enterprises · Surface
Controlled by Shirley D Benton
THORNTON, Grafton County, NH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2700406

Benton Enterprises Gravel Pit has $11K 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 2006
66
citations
10
significant & substantial
$11,005
proposed penalties
$11,005
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
23
inspections on record
325
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: 325 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Benton Enterprises Gravel Pit has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 972 2 0 2057.6
2024 Q2 1,380 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,660 1 0 602.4
2023 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,560 6 1 3846.2
2022 Q2 1,640 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,684 1 0 593.8
2021 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,652 2 0 1210.7
2020 Q2 1,520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,540 1 0 649.4
2019 Q2 1,440 3 0 2083.3
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q3 1,460 2 0 1369.9
2018 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,560 4 0 2564.1
2017 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 863 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,530 4 0 2614.4
2016 Q2 1,452 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,440 9 1 6250.0
2015 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,260 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,620 4 2 2469.1
2014 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,476 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,332 4 0 3003.0
2013 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,380 9 1 6521.7
2012 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2010 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2010 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 200 4 3 20000.0
2009 Q3 720 2 1 2777.8
2009 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,380 1 0 724.6
2008 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,060 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,760 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,860 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,920 4 1 2083.3
2006 Q1 1,520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,200 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.

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