Mining Incidents

Guido's-Lawrence-Baker & Patch Pits: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Paul Carrara
N. Clarendon, Rutland County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300112

Guido's-Lawrence-Baker & Patch Pits has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Sep 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
43
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,646
proposed penalties
$4,952
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $694 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
294
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: 294 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Guido's-Lawrence-Baker & Patch Pits has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $920 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-11-15.
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.
16.3%
significant & substantial
11.6%
high negligence or reckless
16.3%
reasonably likely or greater
58.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.3% none, 18.6% low, 67.4% moderate, 11.6% 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 · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $920 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 2009-11-03.
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 2010-56M Settlement Melick 2011 $2K → $920
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: 2007-10-02, 18 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.16 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.61 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-26 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. Joseph P. Carrara & Sons, Inc. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 2
2013 6
2012 10
2011 9
2010 9
2009 9
2008 7
2007 11
2006 14
2005 13
2004 15
2003 13
2002 13
2001 12
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Guido's-Lawrence-Baker & Patch Pits sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Rutland County, Vermont · Population 60,484
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,778
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 247 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,558 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 294 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,042 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 1,447 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 317 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,563 5 0 3199.0
2011 Q3 1,657 4 0 2414.0
2011 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,346 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,352 2 0 1479.3
2010 Q2 1,857 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,221 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,620 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,630 4 4 2454.0
2009 Q2 1,076 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,028 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,749 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,588 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 557 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,600 5 1 1923.1
2007 Q3 3,136 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,383 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,397 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,043 1 0 489.5
2006 Q3 2,009 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,940 3 0 1546.4
2006 Q1 1,472 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,527 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,682 7 0 2610.0
2005 Q2 2,522 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,796 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,792 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,915 2 1 686.1
2004 Q1 1,570 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,245 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,774 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,110 4 0 1895.7
2003 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,825 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,813 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,270 1 0 440.5
2002 Q1 1,503 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,285 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,006 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,347 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,055 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,061 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,664 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,643 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident