Mining Incidents

Grimes Pit: 25 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
28.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 44.0% low, 56.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% 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: 2017-05-10, 9 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-05-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 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. Grimes Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 1
2018 2
2017 1
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 4
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 4
2002 4
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Grimes Pit sits in Lamoille County, Vermont, 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.
Lamoille County, Vermont · Population 26,036
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,897
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 426 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
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
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
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.