Mining Incidents

Metso LT 106: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dale E. Percy, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dana T Percy Jr
Lowell, Orleans County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300607

Metso LT 106 has $5K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
37
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,688
proposed penalties
$4,533
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $155 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
27
inspections on record
260
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: 260 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Metso LT 106 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $305 in penalties contested before the Commission, $150 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-08.
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.
24.3%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
24.3%
reasonably likely or greater
40.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.4% low, 62.2% moderate, 5.4% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$305 proposed, $150 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 2005-09-27.
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 2005-144M Settlement Hodgdon 2006 $305 → $150
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: 2020-10-22, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.44 0.30 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. Dale E. Percy, Inc 2004 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 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Metso LT 106 sits in Orleans County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Orleans County, Vermont · Population 27,492
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,426
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 Q1 511 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 522 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,556 1 0 642.7
2024 Q3 751 1 0 1331.6
2024 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 752 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 620 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,022 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,049 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 738 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 382 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 718 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 187 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 513 2 0 3898.6
2020 Q3 720 1 0 1388.9
2020 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 327 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 737 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 453 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 675 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 406 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 785 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 306 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 895 2 0 2234.6
2017 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 699 1 0 1430.6
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 467 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 569 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 99 1 0 10101.0
2015 Q4 405 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 657 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 808 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 453 2 0 4415.0
2014 Q3 562 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 460 1 0 2173.9
2014 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2 1 0 500000.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,282 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 725 2 0 2758.6
2010 Q3 487 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 353 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 229 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 421 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 321 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 407 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 150 1 1 6666.7
2007 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 393 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 982 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,145 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,009 6 3 5946.5
2005 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 686 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 890 10 4 11236.0

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.