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J & G HADEKA SLATE QUARRY: 133 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary Hadeka
Poultney, Rutland County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300013

J & G HADEKA SLATE QUARRY has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1984–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
133
citations
45
significant & substantial
$20,564
proposed penalties
$20,564
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
82
inspections on record
1,185
inspection hours
11.2
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.
133 citations across 1,185 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

J & G HADEKA SLATE QUARRY has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
130 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $946 in penalties contested before the Commission, $946 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-03.
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.
34.1%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
34.1%
reasonably likely or greater
65.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.8% low, 81.8% moderate, 8.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$946 proposed, $946 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-09-16.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2010-348M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $946 → $946
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-08-18
42%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
54
samples
50
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5121 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (54)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-02-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.75 0.98 1.79 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-02-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.98 0.84 1.17 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-02-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.25 1.08 1.16 Jackhammer Operator
2014-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.22 1.06 1.15 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 0.76 1.07 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 0.61 1.05 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 0.66 1.15 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 0.58 1.40 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.29 0.64 2.02 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.45 0.86 1.69 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.78 0.72 1.08 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 0.74 1.03 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-03-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.1 0.7 1.57 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-12-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 4.19 0.67 6.25 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.16 0.81 1.43 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.67 1.39 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.9 0.68 1.32 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.2 0.63 1.90 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.52 1.58 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.87 1.07 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 0.86 1.26 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2026-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Operator
2023-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.04 0.22 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.87 0.24 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-02-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 1.24 0.70 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.52 0.56 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.68 0.65 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.67 0.49 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.69 0.74 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.6 0.55 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.5 0.42 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.92 0.20 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.58 0.18 Backhoe Operator
2008-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.62 0.79 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.45 0.64 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.86 0.81 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.88 0.56 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.73 0.93 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.63 0.73 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-12-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.89 0.62 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.47 0.38 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.49 0.53 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.93 0.73 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.87 0.39 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.57 0.82 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.63 0.71 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.46 0.85 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.77 0.75 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.46 0.65 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.84 0.37 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.82 0.80 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 5
2015 6
2014 6
2013 5
2012 5
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 8
2003 8
2002 9
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

J & G HADEKA SLATE QUARRY sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Rutland County, Vermont · Population 60,484
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,778
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
2026 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 188 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 728 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 791 1 0 1264.2
2023 Q2 654 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 748 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 731 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 674 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 667 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 910 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 785 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 692 1 1 1445.1
2020 Q4 870 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 985 1 1 1015.2
2020 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 608 1 1 1644.7
2019 Q4 601 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 836 2 0 2392.3
2019 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 758 1 0 1319.3
2018 Q4 1,005 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,166 2 1 1715.3
2018 Q2 1,177 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 971 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,251 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 839 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,524 2 0 1312.3
2016 Q4 990 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,697 5 0 2946.4
2016 Q2 1,893 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,293 2 1 1546.8
2015 Q4 1,634 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,794 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,658 2 0 1206.3
2015 Q1 1,569 3 1 1912.0
2014 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,785 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,358 2 1 1472.8
2014 Q1 1,692 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,752 1 0 570.8
2013 Q3 1,660 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,841 1 0 543.2
2013 Q1 1,649 2 0 1212.9
2012 Q4 1,719 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,817 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,998 7 1 3503.5
2012 Q1 1,813 6 3 3309.4
2011 Q4 1,770 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,707 1 1 585.8
2011 Q2 1,713 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,089 1 0 478.7
2010 Q4 1,872 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,776 5 4 2815.3
2010 Q1 1,900 10 6 5263.2
2009 Q4 3,044 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,884 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,917 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,892 3 0 1037.3
2008 Q4 3,183 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,842 5 2 1301.4
2008 Q2 3,244 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,503 12 5 3425.6
2007 Q4 3,388 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,797 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,767 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,637 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,366 4 0 1188.4
2006 Q3 3,807 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,792 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,085 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,266 5 3 1530.9
2005 Q3 2,973 5 2 1681.8
2005 Q2 3,196 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,275 2 0 879.1
2004 Q4 2,900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,988 10 3 2004.8
2004 Q2 4,601 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,279 10 3 2337.0
2003 Q4 4,931 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,677 1 1 213.8
2003 Q2 3,973 1 0 251.7
2003 Q1 4,042 6 2 1484.4
2002 Q4 5,153 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,419 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,316 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,277 4 1 1220.6
2001 Q2 3,289 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,872 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,315 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,860 4 1 1398.6
2000 Q2 2,537 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,727 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2011 · 1 incident

April 27, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The block saw bound up and the feed crank pulled employee's arm causing shoulder pain. He is finding it painful to move his right arm. He was diagnosed with a bone spur in his shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

July 15, 2004 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Struck against stationary object

The employee was climbing the hill of the pit in a haul truck to dump rubbish at the grout pile. He tried to downshift on an incline and lost momentum to climb the hill. The truck rolled back to the quarry floor and slipped off the road causing it to tip on it's side. The employee jumped from the truck and sprained or fractured his wrist and had minor skin scrapes.

2003 · 1 incident

July 21, 2003 VT · Metal/Non-Metal
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · -

UNKNOWN--NOT SURE--FILED FOR RECORD KEEPING- SPRAINED LEG, NOT SURE WHEN, HOW OR WHERE

1994 · 1 incident

February 18, 1994 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Struck by flying object

AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR AN AIR LEAK ON BRAKE CYLINDER RESULTED IN THE SPRING LOADED SECTION OF THE CYLINDER TO FLY APART GRAZING THE VICTIMS RIGHT HAND. VICTIM SUFFERED A CUT ON TOP OF MAIN PINK Y FINGER KNUCKLE WHICH REQUIRED 16 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

1985 · 1 incident

January 11, 1985 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A GLASS JUG OF WATER, AS HE OPENED THE SECOND ENTRANCE DOOR - DOG JUMPED ON HIM, CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE HE FELL OVER AND LANDED ON BROKEN GLASS FROM WATER JUG

1984 · 2 incidents

November 19, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Struck by falling object

A STONE FELL ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND AS HE WAS TAKING IT OFF OF A PALLET, CAUSING A BRUISE AS IT HIT HIS HAND.

August 28, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hadeka Slate Flooring Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME SAID NOTHING TO ME AT 10:30AM OF WHICH TIME HE CLAIMS HE WAS INJURED. HE LEFT AT NOON TO GO TO HIS FATHERS HOUSE & CALLED IN AT 12:30 STATING HE HURT HIS SHOULDER REMOVING A STONE FR OM ROLLS TO GROUND LEVEL. APPROX 20" DROP TO GROUND LEVEL.