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HOME PIT AND MILL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy Casey
Hinesburg, Chittenden County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300110

HOME PIT AND MILL has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1984–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
23
significant & substantial
$25,763
proposed penalties
$25,763
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
62
inspections on record
1,256
inspection hours
12.3
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.
154 citations across 1,256 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HOME PIT AND MILL has $26K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
154 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-29.
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 10,625 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,487 1 0 95.4
2025 Q2 10,310 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,189 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,131 2 1 179.7
2024 Q3 11,404 5 0 438.4
2024 Q2 11,107 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,847 3 0 276.6
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 11,090 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,554 8 1 692.4
2023 Q2 11,716 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10,160 5 1 492.1
2022 Q4 10,954 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,843 10 0 844.4
2022 Q2 11,424 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,740 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,776 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 12,716 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11,546 2 0 173.2
2021 Q1 9,548 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 11,419 2 0 175.1
2020 Q3 11,403 3 0 263.1
2020 Q2 8,669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 10,691 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 12,336 3 0 243.2
2019 Q3 13,282 2 2 150.6
2019 Q2 12,695 11 2 866.5
2019 Q1 11,110 5 1 450.0
2018 Q4 11,901 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 13,551 7 0 516.6
2018 Q2 12,678 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11,353 1 0 88.1
2017 Q4 12,300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 14,770 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,786 3 0 234.6
2017 Q1 10,667 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11,970 2 0 167.1
2016 Q3 13,403 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 12,012 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10,215 3 0 293.7
2015 Q4 12,149 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 12,746 3 0 235.4
2015 Q2 12,375 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,453 2 1 191.3
2014 Q4 11,263 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 11,159 2 0 179.2
2014 Q2 10,918 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9,296 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 11,598 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 13,369 3 0 224.4
2013 Q2 11,336 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10,329 6 0 580.9
2012 Q4 11,273 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,775 3 0 254.8
2012 Q2 11,284 1 1 88.6
2012 Q1 10,433 3 0 287.5
2011 Q4 10,814 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 12,018 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 12,906 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 11,026 3 2 272.1
2010 Q4 11,743 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 12,832 2 0 155.9
2010 Q2 10,630 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,771 6 1 684.1
2009 Q4 11,259 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 10,823 4 1 369.6
2009 Q2 10,646 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,958 5 0 558.2
2008 Q4 11,068 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,134 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,209 2 0 178.4
2008 Q1 10,490 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 10,948 4 1 365.4
2007 Q3 12,205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,426 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,136 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11,167 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,404 1 1 87.7
2006 Q2 9,100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,229 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10,657 6 3 563.0
2005 Q3 9,409 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,064 1 0 110.3
2005 Q1 7,835 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,329 4 2 387.3
2004 Q3 10,126 2 0 197.5
2004 Q2 9,024 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,581 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,522 3 0 315.1
2003 Q3 8,966 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,758 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,024 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,970 3 0 334.4
2002 Q3 9,325 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,463 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,833 2 0 226.4
2001 Q4 9,099 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,499 2 0 210.5
2001 Q2 9,434 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,688 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,448 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,755 3 2 342.7
2000 Q2 8,996 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,739 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 30, 2019 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was traveling up the meadow road to load a truck. While driving up the road, EE shook the bucket to make sure it was clean. The bucket contacted the ground and made the loader suddenly stop and propel EE into the windshield.

Reportable incidents

14 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2022 · 1 incident

August 8, 2022 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking for an air leak. They had the operator hold down the brake pedal and proceeded to feel around the brake canister shaft. The operators foot slipped off the pedal and when the shaft retracted it lacerated employee's thumb and finger.

2011 · 1 incident

August 4, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee was standing on the third step of a 5 step ladder. He was cutting a piece of metal off a truck dump body. He used a bar to finish taking off the metal strip. When the metal came loose employee lost his balance and fell to the floor.

2009 · 1 incident

November 30, 2009 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was working on a tail pulley in the shop. He was using a carbide cut off saw and the blade broke and a piece flew up and hit him in the forehead.

2006 · 2 incidents

November 30, 2006 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

A pin was being removed from a crane's drive chain. The pin would not come out so heat was applied to the pin from both sides of the pin. The injured employee was told to put the torch away, while 2 other employees hammered on the pin. The injured employee returned and bent down on the other side of the track to look at the pin. The pin let go and struck the employee in the chin.

April 10, 2006 VT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was working in the shop and stepped back and tripped over a wooden block. He stopped his fall with his left wrist. He stress-fractured one of the bones.

2005 · 1 incident

April 25, 2005 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was polishing a shaft for a conveyor on a lathe. He was wearing bulky welding gloves at the time of the accident. He put a strip of sand paper completely around the shaft. The paper and his glove cought on the shaft pulling and bending his wrist. Nearby employees shut down the lathe.

1997 · 1 incident

September 26, 1997 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS STOCKPILING BANK FUN WITH A ROCK TRUCK ON A 30' TAILL PILE (ACTIVE). AFTER LUNCH HE RETURNED TO THE OB AND BACKE DONTO THE PIL EWHICH GAVE WAY. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED AND EE HURT HIS BA CK AND CUT HIS HEAD. THE DASHE RWAS DAMAGED ON TRUCK.

1992 · 1 incident

April 14, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

3 MEN WERE LOADING MATERIAL INTO A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARD PINCHING 1 PERSON BETWEEN VEHICLE BUMPER AND WATER VALVE HE WAS LOADING. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG AND ANK LE. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING UNATTENDED SUPPOSEDLY IN THE PARK POSSION. NO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO OTHER PEOPLE OR EQUIPMENT.

1989 · 1 incident

March 30, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO MINERS WERE TRYING TO REMOVE A MUFFLER FROM A MACK TRUCK. THE MUFFLER WAS STUCK AND HE WAS PULLING ON THE MUFFLER TO REMOVE IT. THE MUFFLER SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT SI DE OF THE HEAD.

1988 · 1 incident

December 14, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED WAS SLIDING THE AXLE OF A 966C FRONT END LOADER INTO THE HOUSING WHILE PUSHING THE AXLE IN THE PAM OF HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE AXLE AND THE HOUSING.THE INJURED WAS NOT USIN G THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED BY HIS SUPERVISOR WHEN THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

1987 · 3 incidents

December 21, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME HAD LIFT9D THE GRIZZLY & ENTERED THE HOOPER ABOVE THE MAIN FEEDER HE WAS CLEARING OUT HOOPER SO THAT MATERIAL WOULD NOT FREEZE IN OVER NIGHT I.NAME WAS NOT WEARING HIS HARD HAT & HAD N OT CAREFULLY CL9ARED OFF THE GRIZZLY A ROCK FELL FROM THE GRIZZLY STRIKING I.NAME ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES

August 26, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS CHAN1ING CARRIER ROLLS ON A 60 FT CONVEYOR AS HE WAS TIGHTENING DOWN ONE OF THE ROLLS THE WRENCH SLIPPED ON THE NUT CAUSING HIS ARM TO JERK BACK HIS LEFT ELBOW HIT THE CONVEYOR FRAM EWORK I.NAME WE3T TO THE DR WHERE THEY HAD TO DRAIN SOME FLUID TO REDUCE SWELLING

August 5, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE WAS CLIMBING3DOWN THE LADDER COMING FROM THE PORTA WASH SCREEN. ON THE THIRD RUNG DOWN THE HEEL ON HIS WORK BOOT BROKE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE CATWALK AT THE TOP OF THE LA DDER. HE LANDE8 ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW CHIPPING THE BONE.

1984 · 1 incident

August 14, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE TRYING TO LINE UP BOLTS ON A BUCKET EXTENSION ON A BOBCAT THE BOBCAT OPERATOR INADVERTATLY BUMPED A STACK OF PUNCH PLATES. THE PUNCH FELL ON THE BACK OF THE RT. LEG OF THE WORKER WHO WA S TRYING TO HELP LINE UP THE HOLES. THE PLATES STRUCK THE CALF AREA OF T HE RT. LEG CRACKING AMINOR BONE. .

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