Mining Incidents

Lima-1: 79 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Evans Brothers LLC · Surface
WOLFBORO, Carroll County, NH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2700435

Lima-1 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $618 outstanding across 2 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 2010
79
citations
13
significant & substantial
$14,017
proposed penalties
$11,548
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,469 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
422
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: 422 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lima-1 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $618 outstanding across 2 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$618
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-14.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
16.2%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
52.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.2% low, 71.6% moderate, 16.2% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $2K 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 2016-11-30.
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 2017-0038 Settlement Paez 2017 $2K → $695
YORK 2014-5M Settlement Moran 2015 $2K → $2K
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: 2022-04-13, 4 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
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. Evans Brothers LLC 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 3
2023 4
2022 3
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lima-1 sits in Carroll County, New Hampshire, 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.
Carroll County, New Hampshire · Population 51,259
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$82,961
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 980 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,455 4 1 2749.1
2025 Q2 1,455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 972 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 972 3 0 3086.4
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 980 4 0 4081.6
2023 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 965 2 0 2072.5
2022 Q3 965 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 965 5 0 5181.3
2022 Q1 325 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 368 4 1 10869.6
2021 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 208 3 0 14423.1
2020 Q4 980 4 0 4081.6
2020 Q3 980 2 0 2040.8
2020 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,190 5 1 4201.7
2019 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 180 1 0 5555.6
2018 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 720 4 1 5555.6
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 235 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 550 1 0 1818.2
2017 Q2 282 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 338 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 437 2 1 4576.7
2016 Q2 426 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 427 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 826 5 1 6053.3
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 765 15 3 19607.8
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 767 9 3 11734.0
2013 Q2 765 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 523 4 1 7648.2
2012 Q2 523 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 488 1 0 2049.2
2011 Q2 509 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 475 1 0 2105.3
2010 Q2 265 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 132 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0

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.