Mining Incidents

CEC #1: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

P A Landers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Louise Landers
Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901126

CEC #1 has $7K 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 2004
52
citations
3
significant & substantial
$7,240
proposed penalties
$5,689
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,551 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
30
inspections on record
280
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: 280 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CEC #1 has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-06.
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.
5.9%
significant & substantial
19.6%
high negligence or reckless
5.9%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.5% low, 54.9% moderate, 19.6% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 100%
53%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $1K 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 2014-03-30.
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 2014-0112 Settlement Moran 2014 $3K → $1K
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: 2020-03-17, 6 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
2004-07-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.44 1.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.55 0.08 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. P A Landers Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 4
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 5
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 6
2013 7
2012 6
2011 7
2010 7
2009 4
2008 9
2007 9
2006 15
2005 14
2004 22
2003 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CEC #1 sits in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 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.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts · Population 531,889
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$109,698
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
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 171 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 203 1 0 4926.1
2020 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 299 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 398 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 29 1 0 34482.8
2019 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 14 1 0 71428.6
2016 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 38 1 0 26315.8
2015 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 64 1 0 15625.0
2014 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 90 2 0 22222.2
2014 Q2 206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 102 9 0 88235.3
2013 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 617 9 0 14586.7
2013 Q1 65 1 0 15384.6
2012 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 313 1 0 3194.9
2012 Q2 22 3 0 136363.6
2012 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 34 4 0 117647.1
2011 Q3 473 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 460 3 0 6521.7
2010 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 761 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 518 1 0 1930.5
2010 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 818 2 1 2445.0
2008 Q3 527 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 607 1 0 1647.4
2007 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,943 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,015 5 0 2481.4
2006 Q3 2,784 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,211 1 0 452.3
2005 Q4 2,498 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,208 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,423 1 0 702.7
2005 Q1 558 2 1 3584.2
2004 Q4 1,117 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 929 2 1 2152.9
2004 Q2 7,617 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,286 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,373 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.