Mining Incidents

Browns Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Castleton, Rutland County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300645

Browns Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2006
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,689
proposed penalties
$2,689
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
31
inspections on record
308
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: 308 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Browns Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
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 3,020 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,956 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,975 2 0 672.3
2024 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,900 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,950 2 1 1025.6
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,920 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,970 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,865 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,070 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,865 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,655 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,115 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,840 2 0 704.2
2021 Q3 3,010 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,975 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,795 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,896 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,922 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,475 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,515 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,490 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 930 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,930 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,015 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,025 1 0 493.8
2017 Q3 2,115 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,785 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 810 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,735 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,860 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,350 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,120 2 0 943.4
2015 Q3 1,470 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,405 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 705 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,335 2 0 1498.1
2014 Q3 1,350 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,287 5 0 3885.0
2014 Q1 137 1 1 7299.3
2013 Q4 2,090 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,340 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,305 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,123 1 0 890.5
2012 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,540 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,505 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,230 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,555 2 0 1286.2
2011 Q3 1,745 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,582 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 795 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,510 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,085 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,841 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,212 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,655 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,282 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 769 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,582 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,275 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2007 Q3 1,190 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,017 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 633 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 875 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 910 2 1 2197.8
2006 Q2 760 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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