Mining Incidents

Champlain Black Quarry: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Monica J Gawet
Isle Lamotte, Grand Isle County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300617

Champlain Black Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2005
40
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,327
proposed penalties
$6,327
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
29
inspections on record
309
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: 309 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Champlain Black Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-14.
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.
27.5%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
27.5%
reasonably likely or greater
47.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.5% low, 65.0% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2017-10-12, 8 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-12 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. Champlain Black Marble Co., LLC 2004 to 2022
  2. Tennessee Marble Co dba Champlain Black Marble Co 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2011 0
2010 0
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 1
2004 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Champlain Black Quarry sits in Grand Isle County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Grand Isle County, Vermont · Population 7,393
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$90,625
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
2023 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 670 2 0 2985.1
2022 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 694 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 935 1 0 1069.5
2020 Q2 553 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 798 1 0 1253.1
2019 Q3 819 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 767 3 1 3911.3
2018 Q3 873 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 877 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 907 3 1 3307.6
2017 Q3 872 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 913 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,141 1 0 876.4
2016 Q3 1,349 1 1 741.3
2016 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 812 14 3 17241.4
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 644 4 3 6211.2
2009 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 940 2 0 2127.7
2008 Q3 1,435 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 780 2 0 2564.1
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 609 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 826 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 593 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 968 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 2 1
2005 Q3 1,002 4 1 3992.0
2005 Q2 676 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 848 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 600 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.