Mining Incidents

Frye Quarry of Danville LLC: 62 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Danville, Caledonia County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300430

Frye Quarry of Danville LLC has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $35K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
62
citations
6
significant & substantial
$35,162
proposed penalties
$100
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,062 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
250
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: 250 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Frye Quarry of Danville LLC has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $35K 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$100
paid to date
$35K
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-14.
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.
10.3%
significant & substantial
51.7%
high negligence or reckless
10.3%
reasonably likely or greater
55.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.4% low, 44.8% moderate, 50.0% high, 1.7% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2007-08-14, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.54 0.93 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.6 0.70 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp 1989 to 1993
  2. Frye Quarry 1993 to 2007
  3. Frye Quarry of Danville LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 0
2007 3
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2002 1
2001 0
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Frye Quarry of Danville LLC sits in Caledonia 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.
Caledonia County, Vermont · Population 30,425
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,075
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 146 1 0 6849.3
2007 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 560 5 0 8928.6
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2004 Q2 880 15 3 17045.5
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

June 7, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING BOLTS FOR CHEEK PLATE IN THE CRUSHER-TRIED TO RELEASE THE TRIGGER LOCK TO SHUT DOWN THE GRINDER AND FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE WHEEL. CHUNK TAKEN OUT OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER-2 STIT CHES REQUIRED IN FINGER.