Mining Incidents

BIG BOSTON QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

West Pawlet, Rutland County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300554

BIG BOSTON QUARRY has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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
90
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,786
proposed penalties
$9,726
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
67
inspections on record
936
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: 936 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BIG BOSTON QUARRY has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
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 4,294 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,911 1 0 255.7
2025 Q2 3,925 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,204 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,934 2 0 508.4
2024 Q3 4,327 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,651 2 2 547.8
2024 Q1 4,668 1 0 214.2
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,902 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,420 1 0 292.4
2023 Q2 4,656 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,030 1 0 198.8
2022 Q4 4,338 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,469 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,438 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,135 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,405 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,219 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,568 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,183 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,221 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,841 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,847 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,630 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,924 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,126 5 0 1599.5
2019 Q1 2,923 2 0 684.2
2018 Q4 2,871 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,962 2 0 675.2
2018 Q2 3,032 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,766 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,925 5 1 1709.4
2017 Q3 2,946 1 0 339.4
2017 Q2 3,065 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,698 4 0 1482.6
2016 Q4 2,632 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,127 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,087 2 0 647.9
2016 Q1 2,771 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,355 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,502 3 0 856.7
2015 Q2 3,475 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,093 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,901 3 0 1034.1
2014 Q3 2,957 6 0 2029.1
2014 Q2 2,999 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,689 1 0 371.9
2013 Q4 2,557 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,697 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,389 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,106 1 0 474.8
2012 Q4 2,023 1 0 494.3
2012 Q3 2,179 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,239 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,186 1 0 457.5
2011 Q4 1,541 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,884 1 0 530.8
2011 Q1 1,666 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,661 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,599 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,812 2 0 1103.8
2010 Q1 2,006 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,225 3 0 1348.3
2009 Q3 2,150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,757 3 0 1707.5
2009 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,824 1 0 548.2
2008 Q3 1,801 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,854 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,697 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,200 1 0 454.5
2007 Q3 2,205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,557 3 1 1173.2
2007 Q1 2,214 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,271 5 1 2201.7
2006 Q3 2,242 3 0 1338.1
2006 Q2 2,443 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,427 3 0 1236.1
2005 Q4 2,274 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,625 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,443 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,557 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,093 1 0 323.3
2004 Q3 2,505 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,355 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,110 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,532 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,396 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,473 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,377 2 1 841.4
2002 Q4 2,636 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,380 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,282 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,259 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,307 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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