Mining Incidents

Nordberg Track Crusher: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

N. A. Manosh Corp. · Surface
Controlled by Nick Manosh
Morrisville, Lamoille County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300634

Nordberg Track Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,596
proposed penalties
$1,596
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
23
inspections on record
203
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: 203 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nordberg Track Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-27.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 53.3% low, 46.7% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 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 2013-07-12.
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 2013-182M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $200 → $200
YORK 2011-26M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
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: 2017-11-14, 8 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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. H. A. Manosh Corp. 2005 to 2019
  2. N. A. Manosh Corp. 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 2
2019 1
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Nordberg Track Crusher sits in Lamoille County, Vermont, 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.
Lamoille County, Vermont · Population 26,036
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,897
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
2021 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 649 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 167 2 1 11976.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 352 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,427 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 776 1 0 1288.7
2017 Q3 1,163 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 746 1 0 1340.5
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 556 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,187 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 819 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,231 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,359 3 1 2207.5
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,000 2 0 2000.0
2014 Q3 1,275 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 956 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,090 3 0 2752.3
2013 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,170 1 0 854.7
2010 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,080 1 0 925.9
2009 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 900 1 1 1111.1
2007 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 600 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.