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Cooley Sand Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Pike Industries Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Barre, Washington County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300098

MSHA record for Cooley Sand Pit (mine ID 4300098). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
36
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: 36 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. Cooley Asphalt Paving Corp 1950 to 1986
  2. Cooley Asphalt Paving Corp 1986 to 1988
  3. Pike Industries Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 1
2005 0
2004 1
2003 1
2002 2
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cooley Sand Pit sits in Washington County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Washington County, Vermont · Population 59,958
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,853
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
2006 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 94 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1991 · 1 incident

May 28, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Pike Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER USING AIR RATCHET.REMOVING THE NUT TO CUTTING EDGE WHEN HE REACED FOR THE SOCKET AND HIS FINGER HIT THE TRIGGER.THE NUT INSIDE THE SOCKET CUT HIS FINGER.

1986 · 1 incident

September 16, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cooley Asphalt Paving Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING LOADER BACKING DOWN A HILL AND HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED INTO HIS RIGHT HAND.