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JONES QUARRY: 60 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

K-D Stone · Surface
Controlled by Nelson Dunster
Poultney, Rutland County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300494

JONES QUARRY has $9K 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
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
24
significant & substantial
$9,460
proposed penalties
$8,374
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,086 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See K-D Stone's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
443
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: 443 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

JONES QUARRY has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $658 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-25.
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.
40.7%
significant & substantial
15.3%
high negligence or reckless
40.7%
reasonably likely or greater
62.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.8% low, 78.0% moderate, 15.3% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 86%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
64%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $658 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 2009-07-08.
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 2009-158M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $658
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: 2012-07-18, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.1 0.20 Truck Driver
2009-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.03 0.17 Backhoe Operator
2003-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-04-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 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. K-D Stone 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

JONES 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
2015 Q1 213 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 543 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 575 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 567 2 0 3527.3
2014 Q1 521 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 532 4 2 7518.8
2013 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 958 2 1 2087.7
2012 Q3 500 4 2 8000.0
2012 Q2 1,004 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,094 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,076 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 884 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,536 6 4 3906.2
2009 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,034 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,058 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,034 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 562 4 0 7117.4
2007 Q3 1,392 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,533 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 916 2 0 2183.4
2006 Q3 1,542 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,536 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,044 4 1 3831.4
2005 Q3 964 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 848 13 6 15330.2
2005 Q1 746 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 509 7 5 13752.5
2004 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,050 7 2 6666.7
2003 Q3 1,062 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 521 1 0 1919.4
2003 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 504 1 0 1984.1
2002 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 477 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,034 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 992 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 523 3 1 5736.1
2000 Q1 1,092 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

January 20, 2005 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
K-D Stone · Struck by powered moving object

DUMP TRUCK WAS LEAVING THE QUARRY WITH A LOAD OF STONE WHEN IT LOST TRACTION AND SLID BACK DOWN ROAD. EE WAS WALKING UP OUT OF THE QUARRY & WAS STRUCK BY TRUCK.