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.
107 citations across 1,072 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Dracut MA Plant has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
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.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2018-02-05.
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.
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: 2025-06-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-06-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
2
0.27
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-06-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.54
0.21
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-06-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.41
0.23
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2020-03-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2016-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-08-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
1.61
0.34
Utility Man
2005-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.92
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Truck Driver
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.
Dracut MA Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Massachusetts, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
8.64
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
14
2025
13
2024
13
2023
14
2022
15
2021
16
2020
22
2019
25
2018
19
2017
19
2016
19
2015
18
2014
16
2013
15
2012
18
2011
17
2010
16
2009
12
2008
14
2007
12
2006
12
2005
12
2004
17
2003
11
2002
11
2001
11
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Dracut MA Plant sits in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 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.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 1,622,896
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$126,779
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
EE was was working on the plant. EE was applying pressure to a prybar when EE's hands slipped off and EE's right little finger was pinched by the bar, resulting in a fracture to the tip of EE's right pinky finger.
2024 · 1 incident
August 16, 2024MA · Metal/Non-Metalgroundman, yardmanMACHINERY
While prepping cone crusher for backing replacement, Employee lacerated right knee requiring sutures. Employee was released to return to work with restrictions.
Injured employee was holding a drift pin while a second employee struck pin with a hammer. Second employee missed the pin striking injured employee on the left ring finger. Injured employee suffered fracture and laceration.
2004 · 2 incidents
June 2, 2004MA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE REMOVING A FORM FROM NEWLY POURED CONCRETE STRUCTURE, EE STEPPED BACKWARDS ONTO LOOSE ROCK CAUSING ANKLE SPRAIN. (NOT REPORTED AS INJURED UNTIL 4/27/04 A.M.)
1998 · 1 incident
November 3, 1998MA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS STRIPPING LEDGE, THE BULLDOZER HE WAS OPERATING SLID SIDEWAYS AND STRUCK A ROCK THIS CAUSED THE MACHINE TO STOP SUDDENLY, STRAINING HIS BACK.
1995 · 1 incident
May 23, 1995MA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE LIFTING A GRAVITY TAKE UP IDLER INTO POSITION HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THIS EMPLOYEE MENTIONED THAT HE HAD ALL THE EQUIPMENT HE NEEDED TO HOIST THE IDLER INTO PLACE, INCLUDING THE MAN LIFT & CHAINS, BUT HE DECIDED TO LIFT IT INTO PLACE HIMSELF CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.
1994 · 1 incident
August 3, 1994MA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED OR TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE AT WORK ALTHOUGH HE SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN OR HOW. HE CLAIMS THE PAIN COME & GOES. REPORTED INJURY ON 8-3 AND WENT TO FIR ST DR APPOINTMENT ON 8-18-94 WHEN HE WAS PLACE D ON A MODIFIED DUTY STATUS.
1992 · 4 incidents
September 3, 1992MA · Metal/Non-Metalrock drillerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE FELT A TINGLING IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH GRADUALLY TURNED INTO PAIN AFTER HE LIFTED A STONE OFF THE SKIRT BARS AND LAID IT ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT. WAS EVALUATED BY DOCT OR ON 9-5-92 AND DIAGNOSIS IS SEVERE LUMBAR STRAIN. PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY STATUS AS OF 9-8-92.
August 4, 1992MA · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WORKING ON A PIECE OF DISASSEMBLED EQUIPMENT, HE SOMEHOW KNOCKED THE MOTOR THAT WAS BEING STORED ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL OVER & CAUSED IT TO LAND ON HIS FOOT.
1989 · 1 incident
June 3, 1989MA · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON