Mining Incidents

Chocksett Pit 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Terry D. Heinold
Leominster, Worcester County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901146

Chocksett Pit 1 has $628 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 2006
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$628
proposed penalties
$628
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
6
inspections on record
51
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: 51 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chocksett Pit 1 has $628 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.
$628
proposed penalties
$628
current assessed
$628
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2008 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 360 2 1 5555.6
2007 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 600 7 0 11666.7
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 72 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.

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