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GRAVEL PIT: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Middlebury, Addison County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300108

GRAVEL PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,044
proposed penalties
$2,860
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $184 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CHAMPLAIN CONSTRUCTION CO INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
464
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: 464 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GRAVEL PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $438 in penalties contested before the Commission, $170 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-16.
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.
6.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
6.5%
reasonably likely or greater
41.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 41.9% low, 58.1% moderate, 0.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 50%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$144 proposed, $60 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 2004-07-27.
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
YORK20030018M Settlement Barbour 2003 $294 → $110
YORK 2004-61M Settlement Barbour 2005 $144 → $60
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: 2025-10-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.44 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.58 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.43 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.79 0.13 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. Champlain Construction Co Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 4
2009 3
2008 5
2007 7
2006 9
2005 9
2004 7
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GRAVEL PIT sits in Addison County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Addison County, Vermont · Population 37,497
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$88,478
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
2026 Q2 413 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,336 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,356 1 0 737.5
2024 Q3 1,648 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 654 1 0 1529.1
2023 Q3 1,248 3 0 2403.8
2023 Q2 1,197 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,227 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 809 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 265 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 404 2 0 4950.5
2018 Q3 785 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 278 2 0 7194.2
2017 Q3 983 2 0 2034.6
2017 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 341 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 377 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 257 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 538 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 696 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,601 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 417 1 0 2398.1
2012 Q3 1,136 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 372 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 271 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 2,190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,918 4 1 1370.8
2010 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,198 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 668 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,081 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,084 1 0 244.9
2008 Q2 1,022 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,347 2 0 460.1
2007 Q3 6,520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,292 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 967 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,488 2 0 308.3
2006 Q3 7,229 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,065 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,281 1 0 189.4
2005 Q3 8,208 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,811 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 833 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,729 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,838 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,433 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,262 1 0 306.6
2003 Q3 4,975 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,910 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 654 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,267 3 1 703.1
2002 Q3 6,777 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,507 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 364 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,487 1 0 222.9
2001 Q3 4,497 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,285 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,551 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,975 4 0 669.5
2000 Q2 2,176 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2022 · 1 incident

June 14, 2022 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Champlain Construction Co Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER FOUND IN PIECE OF EQUIPMENT UNRESPONSIVE BY ANOTHER MINER