Mining Incidents

HARD ROCK PLANT #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Chicopee, Hampden County, MA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1901121

HARD ROCK PLANT #1 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
89
citations
17
significant & substantial
$22,173
proposed penalties
$22,173
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
39
inspections on record
537
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: 537 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HARD ROCK PLANT #1 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-18.
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 1,599 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,736 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,884 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,322 6 1 4538.6
2024 Q3 1,828 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,264 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,709 1 0 369.1
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,528 4 0 2617.8
2023 Q1 1,317 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,122 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,947 5 0 2568.1
2022 Q2 2,502 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 2,185 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,478 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,083 4 0 1297.4
2021 Q1 1,869 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,489 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,631 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,050 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 587 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,238 5 1 2234.1
2019 Q3 2,739 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,928 1 0 341.5
2019 Q1 778 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,357 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,202 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,117 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,224 2 0 1634.0
2017 Q4 1,488 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,261 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,942 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,776 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,768 3 0 1083.8
2016 Q3 3,576 2 0 559.3
2016 Q2 2,840 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,592 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,529 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,891 3 0 1037.7
2015 Q2 2,820 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,488 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,317 9 2 3884.3
2014 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,281 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,966 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,639 2 0 1220.3
2013 Q1 603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,175 10 3 8510.6
2012 Q3 580 5 2 8620.7
2012 Q2 733 1 1 1364.3
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,903 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,490 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,621 5 1 1907.7
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,423 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 988 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,670 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,722 2 1 1161.4
2009 Q3 1,498 1 0 667.6
2009 Q2 1,021 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 770 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,139 2 0 935.0
2008 Q3 294 1 1 3401.4
2008 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 494 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 434 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,678 5 2 2979.7
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 589 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 98 1 0 10204.1
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 438 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,445 6 0 4152.2
2004 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 609 3 2 4926.1
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 380 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.

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The full compliance file on HARD ROCK PLANT #1

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