Mining Incidents

Grimes Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Grimes Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kenneth Grimes
Wolcott, Lamoille County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300418

Grimes Pit has $3K 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,967
proposed penalties
$2,967
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
31
inspections on record
261
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: 261 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Grimes Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 277 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 413 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 513 2 0 3898.6
2024 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 340 1 0 2941.2
2022 Q3 626 1 0 1597.4
2022 Q2 355 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 528 1 0 1893.9
2020 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 479 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 445 3 0 6741.6
2017 Q2 699 1 0 1430.6
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 285 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 582 1 0 1718.2
2016 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 577 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 442 3 2 6787.3
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 579 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 673 1 0 1485.9
2013 Q2 739 4 3 5412.7
2013 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 364 1 0 2747.3
2011 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 331 1 0 3021.1
2010 Q3 529 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 478 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 694 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,058 2 0 1890.4
2009 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 620 1 0 1612.9
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 509 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 645 1 0 1550.4
2006 Q2 568 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 817 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 659 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 684 1 0 1462.0
2003 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 806 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 189 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 763 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.

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The full compliance file on Grimes Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.