BOURBEAU AGGREGATE LLC has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
181
citations
57
significant & substantial
$40,924
proposed penalties
$40,924
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
48
inspections on record
1,216
inspection hours
14.9
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.
181 citations across 1,216 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2024-06-04.
On record since 2024.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
BOURBEAU AGGREGATE LLC has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
168 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $9K 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 2019-12-03.
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.
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: 2022-11-09, 3 years ago
23%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz153 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
0.58
1.47
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.46
0.73
3.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.57
1.19
2.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.78
0.50
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.83
0.48
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.57
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
0.66
0.98
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.91
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.49
0.39
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
0.87
0.68
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.83
0.31
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.78
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.67
0.40
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-29
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
5
2024
6
2023
5
2022
4
2021
4
2020
4
2019
4
2018
4
2017
4
2016
4
2015
3
2014
4
2013
3
2012
4
2011
3
2010
3
2009
5
2008
3
2007
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
4
2003
2
2002
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BOURBEAU AGGREGATE LLC sits in Franklin County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Franklin County, Vermont · Population 50,379
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$79,078
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
Workers removing a jaw crusher motor. As the hammer attachment was being positioned towards the crusher motor, the hydraulic hammer attachment fell from the excavator quick coupler. The hammer attachment struck the victim in the head pining them to the work platform.
Reportable incidents
1 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2014 · 1 incident
January 30, 2014VT · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
While welding and grinding on a trailer, a piece of metal bounced off the trailer and came in behind the safety shield. A piece of metal got under the eyelid and scratched the cornea and caused an infection.