Blanchard Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Frank Whitcomb
Rutland County,
VT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300281
MSHA record for Blanchard Pit (mine ID 4300281). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- John H Blanchard Excavating 1950 to 1981
- Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Blanchard Pit sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.Rutland County, Vermont · Population 60,484
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,778
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.