Mining Incidents

East Pownal Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Town of Pownal · Surface
Controlled by Town of Pownal-VT
Pownal, Bennington County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300732

East Pownal Mine has $843 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$843
proposed penalties
$843
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
9
inspections on record
81
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: 81 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

East Pownal Mine has $843 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$843
proposed penalties
$843
current assessed
$843
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-02.
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
2015 Q4 59 3 0 50847.5
2015 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 259 1 0 3861.0
2014 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 259 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 218 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 134 3 1 22388.1
2011 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 198 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.

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