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CHAPMAN & #19 MIDDLEBURY ML & PL: 82 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Paul Carrara
Middlebury, Addison County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300111

CHAPMAN & #19 MIDDLEBURY ML & PL has $10K 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
3
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
May 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
82
citations
28
significant & substantial
$9,966
proposed penalties
$9,966
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See JOSEPH P CARRARA & SONS INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
632
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: 632 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHAPMAN & #19 MIDDLEBURY ML & PL has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-07.
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.
34.1%
significant & substantial
1.2%
high negligence or reckless
34.1%
reasonably likely or greater
62.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.0% low, 70.7% moderate, 1.2% 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: 2024-10-17
43%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz126 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Arsenic dust1
  • Beryllium dust1
Show the individual readings (32)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.21 2.48 Screen/Scalper Operator
2006-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.98 0.29 3.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.78 0.29 2.69 Belt Cleaner
2003-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.22 1.95 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.29 2.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.22 2.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.05 0.68 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-08-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 0.87 0.82 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 1.28 0.74 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.57 0.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-12-06 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Chromium, soluble 0.25 500 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Iron soluble salts 0.02 1 0.02 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Lead, inorganic dust 0 150 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Mechanic
2006-12-06 Vanadium dust 0 500 0.00 Mechanic
2003-11-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.27 0.67 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.24 0.63 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Joseph P Carrara & Sons Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 5
2023 5
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 3
2018 4
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 5
2007 5
2006 6
2005 5
2004 3
2003 5
2002 4
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CHAPMAN & #19 MIDDLEBURY ML & PL sits in Addison 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.
Addison County, Vermont · Population 37,497
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$88,478
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 1,338 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,074 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,383 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,430 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 158 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 884 3 1 3393.7
2024 Q3 1,041 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 891 1 0 1122.3
2024 Q1 243 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,055 4 0 3791.5
2023 Q2 901 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 145 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 824 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 992 4 0 4032.3
2022 Q2 879 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 904 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 703 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 897 2 0 2229.7
2020 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 141 2 1 14184.4
2019 Q2 1,186 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,256 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 926 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,089 2 1 1836.5
2017 Q3 2,166 3 0 1385.0
2017 Q2 1,845 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,863 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,703 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,387 2 1 1442.0
2016 Q1 569 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,526 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,416 2 0 1412.4
2015 Q1 942 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,965 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 638 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,935 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,489 2 0 803.5
2013 Q2 2,483 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 853 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,352 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,527 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,399 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,875 2 0 1066.7
2011 Q3 1,941 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,149 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 389 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,403 4 0 2851.0
2010 Q3 1,404 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,545 1 0 647.2
2009 Q3 2,056 6 2 2918.3
2009 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,953 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,040 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,876 1 0 533.0
2007 Q3 2,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,450 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,882 2 2 1062.7
2006 Q4 3,650 13 9 3561.6
2006 Q3 3,961 3 1 757.4
2006 Q2 2,744 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 876 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,646 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,183 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,248 3 0 923.6
2005 Q1 1,383 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,085 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,081 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,229 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,333 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,497 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,599 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,284 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,322 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,638 7 2 2653.5
2002 Q2 2,304 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,125 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,652 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,395 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,771 1 1 360.9
2001 Q1 1,661 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,654 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,360 8 5 2381.0
2000 Q2 3,452 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,538 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

May 19, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Joseph P Carrara & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE REACHED INTO THE CONVEYOR AREA TO REMOVE A PIECE OF STEEL WHILE THE CONVEYOR WAS STILL RUNNING AND THE PIECE OF STEEL BECAME W EDGED BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND THE CONCRETE PIER. HIS HAN D WAS BETWEEN THE PIECE OF STEEL AND THE CONCRETE PIER.

1988 · 1 incident

January 14, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Joseph P Carrara & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON CRUSHER ASSEMBLY, WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT A PIECE OF STEEL.

1984 · 1 incident

October 18, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Joseph P Carrara & Sons Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WORKING ON CRUSHER SLIPPED AND INJURED SHOULDER