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MCCARTHY QUARRY: 56 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Fred Whitridge
Poultney, Rutland County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300350

MCCARTHY QUARRY has $6K 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
5
Years on record
1994–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,501
proposed penalties
$5,501
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Evergreen Slate Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
918
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: 918 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MCCARTHY QUARRY has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $56K in penalties contested before the Commission, $28K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-28.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
1.8%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 39.3% low, 58.9% moderate, 1.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
YORK20000084M Settlement Bulluck 2001 $56K → $28K
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: 2016-08-17, 10 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz223 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.61 1.13 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 0.48 1.52 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 0.54 1.50 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Operator
2016-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.48 0.42 Cutting Mach Operator
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.51 0.51 Utility Man
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.58 0.79 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.68 0.19 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.54 0.46 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.5 0.36 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.51 0.61 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.36 0.56 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.71 0.23 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.87 0.31 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.59 0.53 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.54 0.43 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.52 0.35 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.52 0.85 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.73 0.19 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.53 0.25 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.51 0.33 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.49 0.90 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.39 0.95 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.

MCCARTHY QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.

Injury rate, 2017
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In Vermont, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.98 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Calder Slate Company 1980 to 1986
  2. Slate Products Inc 1986 to 1988
  3. U S Slate Inc 1988 to 1988
  4. Red Slate Company Inc 1988 to 1991
  5. Western Slate Inc 1991 to 2018
  6. Evergreen Slate Company Inc 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 3
2018 3
2017 26
2016 29
2015 33
2014 27
2013 21
2012 20
2011 19
2010 30
2009 30
2008 33
2007 35
2006 35
2005 32
2004 37
2003 34
2002 34
2001 41
2000 34
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MCCARTHY 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
2019 Q2 2,195 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,479 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,349 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,616 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 11,458 1 0 87.3
2016 Q4 10,470 2 0 191.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 14,296 1 0 69.9
2016 Q2 15,585 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 13,402 2 0 149.2
2015 Q4 19,335 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 14,236 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 13,246 1 0 75.5
2015 Q1 12,743 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 12,728 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 11,599 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 10,573 1 0 94.6
2014 Q1 11,712 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,841 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 10,494 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,491 1 0 105.4
2013 Q1 10,934 1 0 91.5
2012 Q4 9,862 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,657 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,205 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8,808 10 1 1135.3
2011 Q4 8,880 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,692 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,005 1 0 124.9
2011 Q1 7,530 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 12,844 2 0 155.7
2010 Q3 12,082 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 14,111 1 0 70.9
2010 Q1 15,285 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 15,487 3 1 193.7
2009 Q3 13,621 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12,363 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 14,650 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 19,280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 17,209 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 17,020 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 15,774 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 18,829 4 0 212.4
2007 Q3 19,075 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 21,874 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 21,290 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 21,024 4 1 190.3
2006 Q3 22,391 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 19,337 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,030 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 19,307 3 1 155.4
2005 Q3 19,860 1 0 50.4
2005 Q2 17,993 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 16,975 2 0 117.8
2004 Q4 20,194 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 21,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 21,938 1 1 45.6
2004 Q1 20,752 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 18,387 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 18,077 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 18,412 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 16,582 7 1 422.1
2002 Q4 15,222 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 15,971 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,028 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 19,532 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 23,203 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 21,472 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 21,989 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 20,516 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 20,018 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 18,598 4 1 215.1
2000 Q2 16,621 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 15,864 3 1 189.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 18, 2005 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Slate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TRIED TO DISLODGE A PIECE OF SLATE THAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRIMMING MACHINE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FOOT OPERATED PEDAL CAUSING THE BLADE TO SHOOT BACK DAMAGING HIS RIGHT HAND. HE FAILED TO SHUT OFF THE POWER TO THE MACHINE BEFORE TRYING TO DISLODGE THE SLATE. THERE WAS A LACERATED TENDON DAMAGE.

2001 · 1 incident

December 4, 2001 VT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Western Slate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRIMMING A PIECE OF SLATE. THE PIECE OF GATE THAT WAS BEING TRIMMER SHATTERN AND PULLED HIS LEFT HAND AND THE MACHINE. THE MIDDLE A PINKY FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND WERE BROKE ALONG WITH S OME LACERATIONS.

1999 · 2 incidents

1994 · 1 incident

September 22, 1994 VT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Slate Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CLEANING RUBBISH FROM UNDERNEATH A TRIMMING MACHINE WITH A SHOVEL, THE EMPLOYEE LOST THE SHOVEL DOWN THE SLATE CHUTE. HE WENT TO GRAB THE SHOVEL AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON A SHATE C HIP.