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EAGLE QUARRY: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Western Slate, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jeffrey N Harrison
Wells, Rutland County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300307

EAGLE QUARRY has $950 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1995–2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$950
proposed penalties
$950
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Western Slate, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
167
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: 167 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

EAGLE QUARRY has $950 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$950
proposed penalties
$950
current assessed
$950
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-21.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
27.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$123 proposed, $123 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 2020-04-06.
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
YORK20000079M Settlement Hodgdon 2000 $9K → $4K
YORK 2020-0059 Settlement Voisin 2020 $123 → $123
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: 2024-10-22
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2022-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Green Mountain Slate Inc 1979 to 2019
  2. Western Slate, Inc. 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 4
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

EAGLE QUARRY sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Rutland County, Vermont · Population 60,484
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,778
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
2026 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 173 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 319 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 358 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 235 2 0 8510.6
2024 Q3 342 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 433 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 573 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 508 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,116 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,162 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,337 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,131 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,722 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,105 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,227 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 588 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 831 1 0 1203.4
2019 Q4 1,184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,063 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 520 1 0 1923.1
2002 Q4 731 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 956 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 949 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,677 3 0 1788.9
2001 Q2 1,588 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,602 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,561 4 2 2562.5
2000 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 1 incident

October 19, 2001 VT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Green Mountain Slate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT WAS USING JACK HAMMER & FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

1999 · 1 incident

October 6, 1999 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman ENTRAPMENT
Green Mountain Slate Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

ROCK SLIDE ONTO BACKHOE PINNED OPERATOR IN THE CAB FOR AN HOUR.

1996 · 1 incident

August 12, 1996 VT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Green Mountain Slate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING JACK-HAMMER, EE PULLED MUSCLE ON LEFT SIDE.

1995 · 1 incident