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BUSH QUARRY: 56 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Craig E Markcrow
Poultney, Rutland County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300359

BUSH QUARRY has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
10
significant & substantial
$12,513
proposed penalties
$2,059
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,454 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See VERMONT STRUCTURAL SLATE COMPANY INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
369
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: 369 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BUSH QUARRY has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-29.
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.
17.9%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
17.9%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 82.1% moderate, 3.6% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 5 · 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
$4K proposed, $4K 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 2008-02-07.
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 2008-100M Default Lesnick 2009 $4K → $4K
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: 2024-10-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2006-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.01 0.24 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.
Ownership history
  1. Northern Slate Company, Inc. 1981 to 2015
  2. Vermont Structural Slate Company Inc 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BUSH QUARRY sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
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.
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 1,029 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 828 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,081 6 1 5550.4
2025 Q3 916 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,038 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 914 3 0 3282.3
2024 Q3 1,209 1 0 827.1
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,110 11 3 9909.9
2007 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,110 2 0 1801.8
2007 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,150 6 1 5217.4
2006 Q3 2,010 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,011 4 0 1989.1
2006 Q1 2,610 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,610 4 0 1532.6
2005 Q3 2,610 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,010 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,010 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,010 3 1 1492.5
2003 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,010 6 1 2985.1
2002 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,010 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,010 1 0 497.5
2001 Q3 2,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,010 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,010 4 1 1990.0
2000 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,010 1 0 497.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident