Mining Incidents

East Pownal Mine: 7 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
14.3%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 85.7% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Town of Pownal 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

East Pownal Mine sits in Bennington County, Vermont, 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.
Bennington County, Vermont · Population 37,312
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,494
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
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.