Mining Incidents

COOKS PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Cooks Construction · Surface
Controlled by Henry Cook
Addison County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300435

MSHA record for COOKS PIT (mine ID 4300435). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
3
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: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cooks Construction 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

COOKS PIT 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 11, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Cooks Construction · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINGER INJURED BY POWER SCREEN.