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HOPEDALE PLANT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Milford, Worcester County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900358

HOPEDALE PLANT has $4K 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
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Feb 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,779
proposed penalties
$3,779
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rosenfeld Concrete Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
186
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: 186 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HOPEDALE PLANT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-05-13.
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.
18.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.9%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.2% low, 83.8% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2005-08-30, 20 years ago
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 0.68 1.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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
  1. Rosenfeld Washed Sand & Stone Company 1950 to 1985
  2. Rosenfeld Concrete Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 5
2012 6
2007 0
2006 7
2005 7
2004 8
2003 8
2002 7
2001 8
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HOPEDALE PLANT sits in Worcester County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Population 861,664
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$93,561
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
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,120 2 1 1785.7
2013 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 1,026 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,237 3 0 1341.1
2006 Q2 1,555 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,059 3 2 980.7
2005 Q2 1,615 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 657 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,794 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,730 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,906 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 542 2 0 3690.0
2003 Q4 1,062 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,353 3 2 894.7
2003 Q2 3,179 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,335 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,951 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,633 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 821 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,353 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,696 4 0 1483.7
2001 Q2 2,208 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 847 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,758 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,658 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,658 6 2 3618.8
2000 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 6, 1998 MA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosenfeld Concrete Corp · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

WHILE WAITING FOR LOADER, VICTIM CLIMBED SAND PILE AND STARTED HAND SHOVELING CONCRETE SAND INTO THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. WHILE SHOVELING, THE PILE MOVED AND BURIED THE VICTIM BEHIND HIS TRUCK .