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F W W AIRPORT QUARRY: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Whitcomb
Chittenden County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300521

F W W AIRPORT QUARRY has $250 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$250
proposed penalties
$250
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
31
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: 31 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

F W W AIRPORT QUARRY has $250 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.
$250
proposed penalties
$250
current assessed
$250
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-23.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

F W W AIRPORT QUARRY sits in Chittenden County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Chittenden County, Vermont · Population 168,831
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,310
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
2001 Q4 1,027 1 1 973.7
2001 Q3 4,601 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,778 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 525 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,030 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,223 2 0 382.9
2000 Q2 3,981 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 618 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.