Mining Incidents

Morrone Trucking Sand & Gravel Inc.: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Morrone Trucking Sand & Gravel Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Joseph A Morrone
Carolina, Washington County, RI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3700201

Morrone Trucking Sand & Gravel Inc. has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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 2007
26
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,592
proposed penalties
$2,240
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,352 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
26
inspections on record
317
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: 317 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Morrone Trucking Sand & Gravel Inc. has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $243 in penalties contested before the Commission, $243 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-05.
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.
26.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
61.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.5% low, 88.5% moderate, 0.0% 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 · 4% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$243 proposed, $243 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 2013-08-20.
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 2013-207M Default Lesnick 2014 $243 → $243
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: 2019-02-06, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-02-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2011-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.78 0.84 0.93 Screen/Scalper Operator
2009-12-10 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. Morrone Trucking Sand & Gravel Inc 2007 to 2013
  2. Copar Quarries of RI LLC 2013 to 2014
  3. Armetta LLC 2014 to 2016
  4. Morrone Trucking Sand & Gravel Inc. 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 2
2018 4
2017 2
2016 1
2015 3
2014 7
2013 11
2012 5
2011 5
2010 6
2009 4
2008 5
2007 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Morrone Trucking Sand & Gravel Inc. sits in Washington County, Rhode Island, 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.
Washington County, Rhode Island · Population 130,073
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,478
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 Q1 843 1 0 1186.2
2018 Q4 1,470 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,421 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,248 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,262 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 780 1 0 1282.1
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 780 2 0 2564.1
2016 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 780 1 0 1282.1
2015 Q2 818 5 4 6112.5
2015 Q1 921 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,805 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,865 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,465 1 1 405.7
2014 Q1 2,627 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,987 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,382 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,742 3 1 632.6
2013 Q1 933 2 0 2143.6
2012 Q4 1,498 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 428 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,396 1 1 716.3
2012 Q1 920 2 0 2173.9
2011 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,405 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 847 2 0 2361.3
2011 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,985 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,370 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,339 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,392 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,481 1 0 403.1
2009 Q3 1,912 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 871 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 899 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 927 1 0 1078.7
2008 Q3 2,133 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 762 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,022 1 0 494.6
2007 Q4 2,442 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,376 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,744 1 0 573.4

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.