Mining Incidents

CEC Cone 7014: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Douglas R Casella
Mendon, Rutland County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300382

CEC Cone 7014 has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
21
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,714
proposed penalties
$1,514
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
23
inspections on record
207
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: 207 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 Cone 7014 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $789 in penalties contested before the Commission, $589 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-09.
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.
9.5%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
9.5%
reasonably likely or greater
47.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 4.8% none, 0.0% low, 90.5% moderate, 4.8% 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 · 10% 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$346 proposed, $289 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 2006-06-27.
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 2004-28-M Settlement Barbour 2004 $443 → $300
YORK 2006-65M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $346 → $289
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: 2006-04-12, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.57 0.51 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.42 0.10 Shovel 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. Rowe Sand & Gravel 1985 to 1999
  2. Casella Construction Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1
2013 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 6
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 2
2003 2
2002 1
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CEC Cone 7014 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
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 111 1 0 9009.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 487 1 0 2053.4
2013 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 9 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 145 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 430 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 404 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 163 1 0 6135.0
2007 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 327 3 1 9174.3
2006 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 82 1 0 12195.1
2005 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 247 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 323 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 306 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 141 6 1 42553.2
2003 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 255 4 0 15686.3
2003 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 334 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 608 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 570 3 0 5263.2
2002 Q1 598 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,994 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,426 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,675 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 654 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 821 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,286 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,459 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.