Mining Incidents

Haynes Aggregates- Torrington, LLC: 144 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas R Haynes
Torrington, Litchfield County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600678

Haynes Aggregates- Torrington, LLC has $28K 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
8
Years on record
2000–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
144
citations
32
significant & substantial
$27,803
proposed penalties
$27,803
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
49
inspections on record
771
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: 771 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Haynes Aggregates- Torrington, LLC has $28K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
144 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-17.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
60.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 43.1% low, 53.5% moderate, 3.5% 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: 2023-08-17, 3 years ago
18%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz203 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.91 0.56 1.63 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.38 1.13 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2007-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.46 0.82 1.78 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.89 0.28 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.5 0.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2021-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.86 0.33 Shovel Operator
2021-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.49 0.39 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.5 0.38 Backhoe Operator
2016-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.87 0.14 Truck Driver
2016-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.5 0.32 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2014-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2010-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.41 0.73 Shovel Operator
2005-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.85 0.25 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.21 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.31 0.65 Cleanup Man
2005-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 2.56 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.45 0.08 Truck Driver
2003-12-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 2.15 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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.

Haynes Aggregates- Torrington, LLC recorded 8.79 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
8.79
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Connecticut, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.12 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2006 * 8.79 0.00 0.000
2005 * 9.57 0.00 0.000
2004 * 9.24 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Gorman Aggregates Llc 1999 to 2003
  2. Haynes Materials Company 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 7
2023 6
2022 7
2021 8
2020 7
2019 6
2018 8
2017 8
2016 5
2015 5
2014 11
2013 4
2012 6
2011 6
2010 7
2009 6
2008 6
2007 7
2006 10
2005 10
2004 9
2003 5
2002 8
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Haynes Aggregates- Torrington, LLC sits in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 112,848
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$91,035
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
2024 Q1 646 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,017 10 3 3314.6
2023 Q3 3,923 1 1 254.9
2023 Q2 5,222 14 3 2681.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,698 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,865 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,745 4 1 843.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 772 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,442 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,218 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,050 7 2 1728.4
2021 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,953 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,019 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,476 1 0 287.7
2020 Q1 1,073 4 0 3727.9
2019 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,426 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,017 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,093 2 1 646.6
2018 Q3 2,783 6 2 2155.9
2018 Q2 3,108 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 893 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,006 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,190 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,000 4 1 1333.3
2017 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,246 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,516 1 0 284.4
2016 Q2 3,364 6 0 1783.6
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 3,227 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,505 9 1 2567.8
2015 Q2 1,976 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,280 8 3 1869.2
2014 Q3 3,750 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,962 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,001 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,332 5 0 1500.6
2013 Q3 2,969 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,563 3 2 1170.5
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,459 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,794 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,888 2 1 692.5
2012 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,116 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,090 1 0 478.5
2011 Q2 2,085 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 832 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,869 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,957 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,341 4 2 1708.7
2010 Q1 919 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,283 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,211 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,713 3 0 1751.3
2009 Q1 1,336 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,384 7 1 2936.2
2008 Q3 2,818 6 1 2129.2
2008 Q2 3,564 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,969 6 0 2020.9
2007 Q4 4,122 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,378 1 1 228.4
2007 Q2 5,041 2 1 396.7
2007 Q1 3,157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,226 4 0 765.4
2006 Q3 5,702 1 0 175.4
2006 Q2 6,356 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,465 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,328 2 1 375.4
2005 Q3 5,452 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,788 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,336 5 1 1153.1
2004 Q4 6,353 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,218 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,523 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,562 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,636 3 1 825.1
2003 Q3 3,222 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,638 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,025 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,043 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,367 1 0 731.5
2001 Q4 5,059 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,584 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,620 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,275 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 800 1 0 1250.0
2000 Q2 2,835 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 27, 2019 CT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Haynes Materials Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was changing the screen out on a screener deck, which was locked out. The adjacent conveyor was still running, however. As the employee lifted the screen, the screen was pulled into the running conveyor, pinching left index and middle fingers against the running conveyor belt. Employee suffered a laceration and tendon damage to left middle finger.

2015 · 1 incident

August 11, 2015 CT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Haynes Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee received a contusion to left knee after being struck by fly rock during a blasting incident on 08/11/15. While moving behind high blocks during the blast the employee strained his lower back.

2006 · 1 incident

January 6, 2006 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Haynes Materials Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Turned to pull heavy hose, felt pain in lower back

2005 · 1 incident

April 6, 2005 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Haynes Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Groundsman was bending and picking up a metal safety guard to place on scale belt conveyor, states strain hurt back.

2004 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

May 24, 2001 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gorman Aggregates Llc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER PUTTING PIPE TOGETHER, SAID HE FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA.

2000 · 1 incident

May 30, 2000 CT · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gorman Aggregates Llc · Fall down stairs

EE WAS LEAVING OFFIC TRAILER, SHE SAID SHE WAS SAYING GOODBYE AND MISSED THE FIRST STEP OFF OF LANDING. SHE LANDED ON BOTH KNEES WHICH RESULTED IN BOTH KNEES BEING BRUISED.