Mining Incidents

Granby Quarry I: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ted Ondrick Company LLC · Surface
Controlled by Theodore J Ondrick
GRANBY, Hampshire County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900976

Granby Quarry I has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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 2000
68
citations
28
significant & substantial
$10,801
proposed penalties
$10,801
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
341
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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Granby Quarry I has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-05-02.
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.
41.2%
significant & substantial
13.2%
high negligence or reckless
41.2%
reasonably likely or greater
55.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.2% low, 73.5% moderate, 13.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
11 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 45%
  • Stood as issued 5 · 45%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 9%
83%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
14%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-07-31.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2006-79M Default Lesnick 2007 $509 → $509
YORK 2009-185M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $400 → $400
YORK 2011-317M Withdrawal Lesnick 2012 $162 → $0
YORK 2004-56-M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $124 → $124
YORK 2012-265M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2008-08-27, 18 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2006-05-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Utility Man
2001-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.56 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Ted Ondrick Company LLC 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 7
2008 5
2007 6
2006 5
2005 3
2004 8
2003 4
2002 7
2001 9
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Granby Quarry I sits in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, 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.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts · Population 156,595
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,391
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
2013 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,249 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,310 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 996 2 1 2008.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 436 0 0 0.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 3,074 7 3 2277.2
2011 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 652 3 0 4601.2
2010 Q2 622 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,329 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,603 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,368 7 2 5117.0
2009 Q1 951 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,438 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,118 3 2 2683.4
2008 Q2 987 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,258 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,653 2 1 1209.9
2007 Q2 333 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 801 1 0 1248.4
2006 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,355 6 3 4428.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 866 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 761 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,969 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,991 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 649 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 809 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 439 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 491 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 567 5 1 8818.3
2003 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,132 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 559 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 334 2 1 5988.0
2002 Q1 2,225 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 488 12 9 24590.2
2001 Q3 4,154 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,015 8 5 1992.5
2001 Q1 1,746 8 0 4581.9
2000 Q4 2,443 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,642 1 0 378.5
2000 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 537 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.