Mining Incidents

DeCato Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Loudon, Merrimack County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700449

DeCato Sand & Gravel has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12 outstanding across 4 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 2011
36
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,558
proposed penalties
$3,534
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
14
inspections on record
126
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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DeCato Sand & Gravel has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12 outstanding across 4 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$12
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-29.
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
2016 Q3 1,416 11 3 7768.4
2016 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,002 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,082 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,048 6 1 5725.2
2015 Q1 881 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,108 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 563 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 395 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 466 2 0 4291.8
2013 Q2 541 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,221 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 410 3 0 7317.1
2012 Q3 546 8 2 14652.0
2012 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,210 6 2 4958.7

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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