Mining Incidents

Dukes Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Dukes Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by John D Duquette
Adams, Berkshire County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901212

Dukes Sand & Gravel has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 7 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
80
citations
21
significant & substantial
$14,214
proposed penalties
$5,329
paid to date
37% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,885 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
27
inspections on record
289
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: 289 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dukes Sand & Gravel has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 7 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
$9K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-20.
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
2022 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 5 1
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 110 3 1 27272.7
2019 Q2 148 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 223 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 210 1 0 4761.9
2017 Q3 315 1 0 3174.6
2017 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 215 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 320 2 0 6250.0
2014 Q3 669 10 2 14947.7
2014 Q2 537 1 0 1862.2
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 220 8 0 36363.6
2013 Q3 647 16 5 24729.5
2013 Q2 638 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 30 1 0 33333.3
2012 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 216 8 3 37037.0

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.

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