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Middleton: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John (Roddy) Rice
Granville, Washington County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003534

Middleton has $260 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$260
proposed penalties
$260
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vermont Multicolor Slate Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
10
inspections on record
102
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: 102 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Middleton has $260 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.
$260
proposed penalties
$260
current assessed
$260
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-04.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2011-08-17, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.5 0.26 Backhoe Operator
2011-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2007-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2007-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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. Ritchie Bros. Slate Co., Inc. 2006 to 2009
  2. Mohawk Red International Slate Co Inc 2009 to 2014
  3. Vermont Multicolor Slate Quarries Inc 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Middleton sits in Washington County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washington County, New York · Population 60,883
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,342
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
2015 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 449 1 0 2227.2
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 647 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 980 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,766 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 792 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 1 0
2008 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,056 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,102 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 343 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 674 1 0 1483.7
2006 Q3 930 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,098 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.