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BOGUE MILL: 60 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by O & G Industries Inc
TORRINGTON, Litchfield County, CT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0600173

BOGUE MILL has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
60
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,791
proposed penalties
$8,741
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See O & G INDUSTRIES INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
509
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: 509 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BOGUE MILL has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $250 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
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.
13.3%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 5.0% none, 38.3% low, 51.7% moderate, 5.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
17%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $250 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 2013-08-19.
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 2011-292 Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
YORK 2012-113M Settlement Paez 2013 $100 → $50
YORK 2013-204M Settlement Paez 2014 $100 → $100
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: 2022-10-12, 3 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.49 1.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.68 0.32 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-02-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

BOGUE MILL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Connecticut, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.15 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. O & G Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 9
2023 6
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 7
2014 6
2013 7
2012 6
2011 6
2010 6
2009 7
2008 7
2007 10
2006 10
2005 9
2004 10
2003 8
2002 9
2001 13
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BOGUE MILL sits in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 112,848
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$91,035
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 4,413 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,443 3 0 1228.0
2025 Q4 4,596 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,696 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,786 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,439 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,649 1 1 215.1
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,420 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,122 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,378 2 0 592.1
2023 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,361 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,427 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,205 2 0 1659.8
2022 Q3 985 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,732 3 0 1732.1
2022 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,642 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 846 1 1 1182.0
2020 Q3 986 5 0 5071.0
2020 Q2 1,162 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 787 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,035 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,207 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 882 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 568 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,045 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 673 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 532 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 587 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 695 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 850 4 0 4705.9
2017 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 521 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 701 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 844 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,664 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,599 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,182 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,934 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,384 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,107 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,700 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,824 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,179 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,278 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,974 1 0 506.6
2013 Q1 1,197 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,566 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,105 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,634 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,567 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,575 2 0 776.7
2011 Q3 2,987 1 0 334.8
2011 Q2 2,742 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,099 3 0 1429.3
2010 Q4 2,885 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,850 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,082 1 0 324.5
2010 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,465 2 2 577.2
2009 Q3 3,580 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,308 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,855 1 0 350.3
2008 Q4 3,836 1 0 260.7
2008 Q3 3,855 2 1 518.8
2008 Q2 3,639 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,757 1 0 362.7
2007 Q4 4,763 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,632 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,730 2 0 422.8
2007 Q1 3,793 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,367 1 0 186.3
2006 Q3 4,783 1 0 209.1
2006 Q2 4,977 2 0 401.8
2006 Q1 4,669 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,475 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,968 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,994 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,371 6 1 1372.7
2004 Q4 4,732 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,442 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,191 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,211 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,520 3 1 663.7
2003 Q3 4,230 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,102 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,295 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,206 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,138 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,886 9 1 2316.0
2002 Q1 4,156 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,753 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,667 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,150 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 19,407 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,135 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,325 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,032 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,720 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 21, 2024 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
O & G Industries Inc · Contact with electrical current

Employee was changing receptable when EE contacted an energized receptacle resulting in a shock.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 7, 1987 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O & G Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT LOWER BACK3WHILE TAKING SHAFT OUT OF CRUSHER

June 19, 1987 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O & G Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BARRING S7ONE INTO CRUSHER WITH CROW BAR FELT PAIN IN BACK