Mining Incidents

BRICKYARD PIT AND MILL: 117 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Benjamin W Dunning
FARMINGTON, Hartford County, CT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0600221

BRICKYARD PIT AND MILL has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1997–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
117
citations
13
significant & substantial
$13,535
proposed penalties
$13,535
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
767
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: 767 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BRICKYARD PIT AND MILL has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $336 in penalties contested before the Commission, $218 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-28.
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.
11.3%
significant & substantial
7.0%
high negligence or reckless
11.3%
reasonably likely or greater
44.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 42.6% low, 50.4% moderate, 7.0% 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 · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$336 proposed, $218 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 2019-01-17.
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 2019-0026 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $236 → $118
YORK 2010-180M Default Lesnick 2011 $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: 2025-02-20
10
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
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.

BRICKYARD PIT AND MILL recorded 7.20 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.

Injury rate, 2010
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.
7.20
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Connecticut, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.72 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2010 * 7.20 0.00 0.000
2009 * 7.54 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. Dunning Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 2022
  2. Dunning Industries Inc 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 7
2023 6
2022 6
2021 6
2020 5
2019 6
2018 3
2017 3
2016 5
2015 6
2014 7
2013 7
2012 5
2011 6
2010 15
2009 14
2008 13
2007 12
2006 12
2005 9
2004 11
2003 9
2002 8
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BRICKYARD PIT AND MILL sits in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 969,029
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$91,541
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 3,567 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,736 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,246 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,950 1 0 253.2
2025 Q2 3,788 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,724 6 0 3480.3
2024 Q4 3,710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,946 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,806 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,475 7 0 2828.3
2023 Q4 3,565 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,328 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,629 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,435 4 2 1642.7
2022 Q4 2,775 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,307 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,953 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,497 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,906 3 0 1032.3
2021 Q3 3,673 5 0 1361.3
2021 Q2 4,008 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,968 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,848 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,791 4 0 1433.2
2020 Q2 3,163 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,189 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,874 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,363 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,318 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,318 1 0 431.4
2018 Q4 1,698 8 0 4711.4
2018 Q3 1,848 4 0 2164.5
2018 Q2 1,857 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,041 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,625 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,890 5 1 2645.5
2017 Q2 1,912 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,664 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,436 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,573 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,443 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,231 6 0 2689.4
2015 Q3 2,123 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,853 9 0 4857.0
2015 Q1 2,692 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,981 6 2 1507.2
2014 Q2 4,089 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,186 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,816 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,450 2 2 579.7
2013 Q1 2,585 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,667 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,266 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,144 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,705 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,321 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,762 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,372 5 1 2107.9
2011 Q1 5,022 3 0 597.4
2010 Q4 7,088 11 0 1551.9
2010 Q3 7,595 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,928 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,170 4 1 773.7
2009 Q4 6,634 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,202 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,162 6 1 1162.3
2008 Q4 6,745 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,289 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,239 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,203 3 0 713.8
2007 Q4 6,952 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,657 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,678 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,023 5 1 830.2
2006 Q3 5,097 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,866 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,739 2 0 258.4
2005 Q4 4,267 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,999 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,227 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,547 1 1 219.9
2004 Q4 6,302 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,871 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,061 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,498 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,640 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,155 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,065 2 0 492.0
2003 Q1 2,342 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,754 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,963 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,128 1 1 242.2
2002 Q1 2,109 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,204 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,817 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,728 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,111 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,873 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,546 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,328 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,844 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 31, 2025 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Dunning Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working in the garage on a truck the die grinder slipped cutting employee's right hand.

2014 · 1 incident

November 18, 2014 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunning Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was washing out sand screw and foot slipped on catwalk and pulled muscle in left leg.

2010 · 1 incident

August 16, 2010 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Dunning Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

The employee was bolting a bracket with an impact gun on a water truck. The air from the exhaust of the impact gun disrupted some metal shavings that entered the employee's right eye. The employee was wearing eye protection at the time of the incident. The eye was flushed several times with water and he thought that it was ok.

2009 · 1 incident

June 19, 2009 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunning Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was unwinding a spool of 1" steel hoist cable with a co-worker's assistance. The cable slipped off of the side of the spool and came in contact with employee's foot just behind the steel toe portion of the boot. Foot swelled slightly and was bruised.

2005 · 1 incident

October 25, 2005 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunning Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was descending a catwalk on the plant. The ramp was wet due to rain. The employee slipped on the catwalk and twisted his ankle while trying to regain his footing. He was taken to the Uconn Medical Center for x-rays and treatment. It was determined that he has a sprained ankle and is to ice it and stay off it for a few days.

1997 · 1 incident

December 2, 1997 CT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunning Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CLEANING PARTS FOR LOADER REPAIR IN THE PARTS TANK WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY SPLASHED PARTS CLEANER INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE FLUSHED OUT THE EYE & WE SENT HIM TO HAVE A DOCTOR EXAMINE THE EYE. HE DETERMINED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE EYE & GAVE HIM SOME EYE DROPS.