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Master Screen: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pitcherville Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Norman Brown
WINCHENDON, Worcester County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901087

Master Screen has $1K 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 2000
20
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,473
proposed penalties
$1,473
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
146
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: 146 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Master Screen has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-31.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
65.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.0% low, 90.0% moderate, 5.0% 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: 2005-12-21, 20 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-12-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Pitcherville Sand & Gravel Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 1
2007 3
2006 4
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Master Screen 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
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 1,230 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,810 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,730 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,810 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,150 4 1 1860.5
2006 Q3 2,110 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 2,550 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,340 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,080 1 0 925.9
2005 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 655 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 540 3 2 5555.6
2004 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 650 1 0 1538.5
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 720 1 0 1388.9
2003 Q3 780 1 0 1282.1
2003 Q2 600 2 0 3333.3
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1,170 5 0 4273.5
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,110 2 2 1801.8
2000 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,080 0 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.