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CEC #4: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

P A Landers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Louise Landers
Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901128

CEC #4 has $13K 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
3
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
51
citations
12
significant & substantial
$13,460
proposed penalties
$13,016
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $444 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See P A Landers Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
33
inspections on record
721
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: 721 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 #4 has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-10.
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.
24.5%
significant & substantial
8.2%
high negligence or reckless
24.5%
reasonably likely or greater
59.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 24.5% low, 67.3% moderate, 8.2% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $8K 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 2016-01-20.
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 2016-0056 Settlement Moran 2017 $4K → $4K
YORK 2016-0037 Settlement Moran 2017 $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: 2025-04-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.4 0.53 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
2025 6
2024 5
2023 7
2022 7
2021 5
2020 5
2019 5
2018 6
2017 4
2016 5
2015 5
2014 8
2013 10
2012 8
2011 7
2010 5
2009 3
2008 4
2007 3
2006 2
2005 11
2004 11
2003 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CEC #4 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
2025 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 597 1 0 1675.0
2025 Q1 331 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 46 1 0 21739.1
2024 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 299 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 207 1 1 4830.9
2023 Q1 294 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 199 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 99 5 0 50505.1
2021 Q4 204 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 291 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 127 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 178 1 1 5618.0
2020 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 61 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 334 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 393 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 382 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 334 3 0 8982.0
2017 Q3 112 2 0 17857.1
2017 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 568 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 435 2 1 4597.7
2016 Q1 269 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 758 1 1 1319.3
2015 Q3 626 10 3 15974.4
2015 Q2 653 4 1 6125.6
2015 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 988 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 795 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 673 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 858 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 641 5 1 7800.3
2013 Q2 1,019 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 428 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,145 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 949 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 806 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 833 1 0 1200.5
2011 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 701 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 460 3 0 6521.7
2010 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 282 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 443 1 0 2257.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,592 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 459 2 0 4357.3
2006 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 416 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,037 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 571 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,286 8 3 6220.8
2004 Q1 927 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,269 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 30, 2015 MA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
P A Landers Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

The mine slope collapsed trapping our miner in his machine. The recovery effort was not successful and the employee expired at the mine site.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2015 · 1 incident

June 30, 2015 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P A Landers Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Our driver injured his back assisting in the recovery efforts to help another miner.

2013 · 1 incident

September 23, 2013 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P A Landers Inc · Fall from machine

Miner was greasing head pulley on screen plant. He fell off the plant frame approximately 6' to the ground surface, landing on his back, he laid on the ground conscious but in pain. He was transported by ambulance to Jordan Hospital ER. He was released later that day. He had severe bruising that kept him out of work the remainder of the week. He returned to work on 9/30/13