Mining Incidents

HEFFRON MATERIALS/A DIV. OF HEFF Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth Heffron
WILMINGTON, Worcester County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901080

HEFFRON MATERIALS/A DIV. OF HEFF has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
9
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,519
proposed penalties
$1,519
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
9
inspections on record
76
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: 76 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HEFFRON MATERIALS/A DIV. OF HEFF has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-01-07.
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
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 667 2 1 2998.5
2002 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 663 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 734 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 887 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 826 1 0 1210.7
2001 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 743 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 841 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 862 1 1 1160.1
2000 Q1 801 5 1 6242.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

December 9, 2002 MA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heffron Materials-Div/Heffron Asphalt Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER WITH A POCKET KNIFE. THE LOCK ON THE BLADE FAILED AND CLOSED ON HIS FINGER. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM & HAD 5 STITCHES TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

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