Haddam Gravel Pit: 86 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Haddam Gravel Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Total incidents
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
86
citations
27
significant & substantial
$17,499
proposed penalties
$11,206
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,293 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
482
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 482 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Haddam Gravel Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$17K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.34.2%
significant & substantial
10.1%
high negligence or reckless
34.2%
reasonably likely or greater
69.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.5% low, 68.4% moderate, 10.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
40
citations taken to the federal commission · 47% of citations on record
- Settled 35 · 88%
- Stood as issued 5 · 13%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 22 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
29%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$13K proposed, $9K 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 2012-08-28.
Contested penalties
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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 2011-143M | Settlement | Koutras | 2012 | $9K → $6K |
| YORK 2011-115M | Default | Lesnick | 2011 | $2K → $2K |
| YORK 2012-297M | Settlement | Miller | 2013 | $807 → $450 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2018-12-18, 7 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg7
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (10)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-18 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.14 | 0.49 | 0.29 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2018-12-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2018-12-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Shovel Operator | ||
| 2018-06-20 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.56 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2015-05-06 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2015-05-06 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator | ||
| 2015-05-06 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.13 | 0.46 | 0.28 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2014-07-29 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2014-07-29 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Supervisor, Co. Official | ||
| 2011-03-10 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Dry Screen Plant 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
- William Flanigan & Son Earth Materials Llc 1999 to 2007
- WFS Earth Materials LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q4 | 3,687 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,603 | 1 | 0 | 277.5 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,464 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,645 | 2 | 0 | 756.1 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,970 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,055 | 1 | 0 | 327.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,168 | 3 | 0 | 1383.8 |
Show 39 earlier quarters Hide earlier quarters
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q4 | 3,959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,211 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,380 | 1 | 1 | 295.9 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,788 | 3 | 0 | 1076.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,767 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,684 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,332 | 1 | 0 | 300.1 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,708 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,403 | 2 | 0 | 587.7 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,800 | 1 | 1 | 555.6 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,388 | 4 | 0 | 1675.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,157 | 1 | 0 | 864.3 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,202 | 1 | 0 | 454.1 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,712 | 7 | 1 | 4088.8 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,756 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,174 | 2 | 1 | 1703.6 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,616 | 4 | 1 | 2475.2 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 976 | 4 | 1 | 4098.4 |
| 2003 Q1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 6666.7 |
| 2000 Q3 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 147 | 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.