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French River Materials Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Harold B Hopkins
North Grovesnordale, Windham County, CT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0600760

French River Materials has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $168 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
88
citations
19
significant & substantial
$14,162
proposed penalties
$13,994
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $168 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
34
inspections on record
588
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: 588 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

French River Materials has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $168 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$168
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 2,688 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,490 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,586 2 0 773.4
2025 Q1 2,056 3 2 1459.1
2024 Q4 2,392 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,438 1 1 410.2
2024 Q2 2,584 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,254 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,941 7 0 3606.4
2023 Q3 1,915 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,923 3 0 1560.1
2023 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,836 2 0 1089.3
2022 Q3 2,105 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,505 1 0 399.2
2022 Q1 2,554 1 0 391.5
2021 Q4 3,155 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,176 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,277 2 0 610.3
2021 Q1 2,674 2 1 747.9
2020 Q4 2,577 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,694 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,591 2 0 771.9
2020 Q1 2,582 2 0 774.6
2019 Q4 2,491 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,902 2 1 689.2
2019 Q2 3,167 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,036 1 0 329.4
2018 Q4 3,074 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,063 2 1 653.0
2018 Q2 2,693 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,026 4 0 1321.9
2017 Q4 3,171 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,246 7 0 2156.5
2017 Q2 3,289 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,875 6 0 2087.0
2016 Q4 3,139 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,367 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,305 2 0 605.1
2016 Q1 2,954 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,223 1 0 310.3
2015 Q3 3,192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,458 3 2 867.6
2015 Q1 2,567 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,321 1 0 301.1
2014 Q3 1,953 2 1 1024.1
2014 Q2 1,837 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,665 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,769 2 1 1130.6
2013 Q3 3,291 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,087 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,251 5 2 2221.2
2012 Q4 3,341 4 2 1197.2
2012 Q3 3,011 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,178 8 2 3673.1
2011 Q4 1,982 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,590 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,543 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,454 6 1 4126.5
2010 Q4 1,564 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,514 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,331 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,189 2 2 1682.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

October 6, 2011 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
French River Materials of Thompson, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping to lower the side conveyor that was stuck in the raised position. EE was struck in the wrist by part of the conveyor when it snapped back while we were operating the levers in an attempt to lower it.

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