Mining Incidents

LEWIS PIT: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

M. J. LEWIS CONSTRUCTION · Surface
Controlled by Michael J Lewis
Pownal, Bennington County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300780

LEWIS PIT has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,371
proposed penalties
$3,371
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
14
inspections on record
91
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: 91 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LEWIS PIT has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-16.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 61.9% low, 33.3% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. M. J. Lewis Construction 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 0
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LEWIS PIT sits in Bennington County, Vermont, 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.
Bennington County, Vermont · Population 37,312
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,494
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 158 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 92 1 0 10869.6
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 183 2 0 10929.0
2023 Q2 110 1 0 9090.9
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 67 3 0 44776.1
2021 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 71 3 0 42253.5
2017 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 96 11 4 114583.3

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.