Mining Incidents

CRUSHING PLANT #1: 82 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Botticello Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dennis Botticello
Manchester, Tolland County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600639

CRUSHING PLANT #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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 2002
82
citations
17
significant & substantial
$12,224
proposed penalties
$10,968
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,256 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
581
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: 581 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-05-05.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

CRUSHING PLANT #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-22.
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.
21.5%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
21.5%
reasonably likely or greater
40.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.3% none, 15.2% low, 78.5% moderate, 5.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-02-27.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2016-0070 Settlement Moran 2016 $2K → $1K
YORK 2010-233M Settlement Rae 2011 $643 → $512
YORK 2017-0078 Settlement Bulluck 2017 $188 → $116
YORK 2010-251M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
YORK 2007-48M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2018-05-22, 8 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.99 0.38 5.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.51 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.53 0.58 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-01-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.48 0.85 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 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. Botticello Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 2
2019 1
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 4
2007 4
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 34
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CRUSHING PLANT #1 sits in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 969,029
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$91,541
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
2020 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 953 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,372 7 1 5102.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 737 1 0 1356.9
2017 Q4 974 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 754 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 430 1 0 2325.6
2016 Q4 808 5 0 6188.1
2016 Q3 1,221 1 0 819.0
2016 Q2 1,511 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,082 6 2 5545.3
2015 Q4 1,097 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,488 11 5 7392.5
2015 Q1 372 1 1 2688.2
2014 Q4 873 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,050 1 0 952.4
2014 Q2 1,104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 794 1 0 1259.4
2013 Q4 1,199 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,125 1 0 888.9
2013 Q2 708 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 508 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 613 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 620 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 597 5 1 8375.2
2011 Q4 575 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 607 1 0 1647.4
2011 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 402 3 0 7462.7
2010 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 764 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 691 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 624 11 1 17628.2
2009 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 658 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 609 3 1 4926.1
2009 Q1 827 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,343 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,085 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,273 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,203 4 0 3325.0
2007 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,299 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 997 2 0 2006.0
2006 Q3 1,269 1 0 788.0
2006 Q2 1,221 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 627 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 686 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 621 9 4 14492.8
2004 Q4 1,256 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,127 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,004 5 1 4980.1
2004 Q1 694 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,223 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,350 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 991 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 329 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 774 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 673 1 0 1485.9
2001 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,350 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,794 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 625 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,919 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,694 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.