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North East Materials Group LLC: 86 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Harry W Hart
Barre, Washington County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300725

North East Materials Group LLC has $22K 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
10
Years on record
2014–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
86
citations
14
significant & substantial
$22,432
proposed penalties
$18,331
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,101 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See North East Materials Group LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
29
inspections on record
546
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: 546 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-09-23.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

North East Materials Group LLC has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-13.
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.
16.5%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
16.5%
reasonably likely or greater
51.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 37.6% low, 60.0% moderate, 2.4% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 100%
33%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $8K 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 2015-10-14.
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 2016-0010 Settlement Barbour 2016 $12K → $8K
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: 2024-03-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (31)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2024-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Truck Driver
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.62 0.84 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-08 Cobalt fumes 0.71 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Copper fumes 21.18 300 0.07 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-04-08 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Iron oxide fumes 2.09 20 0.10 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Manganese fumes 0.24 5 0.05 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-04-08 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.25 0.13 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.

North East Materials Group LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Vermont, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.67 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 9.17 9.17 0.000
2023 * 6.15 6.15 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 7.34 0.00 0.000
2015 * 19.19 9.59 0.000
2014 * 19.44 9.72 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. North East Materials Group LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 22
2025 27
2024 20
2023 16
2022 13
2021 12
2020 14
2019 12
2018 9
2017 9
2016 10
2015 10
2014 11
2013 6
2012 6
2011 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

North East Materials Group LLC sits in Washington 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.
Washington County, Vermont · Population 59,958
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,853
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 Q2 13,370 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,594 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 12,066 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 16,284 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 13,870 4 1 288.4
2025 Q1 6,332 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,851 4 0 337.5
2024 Q3 14,124 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 10,681 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,987 5 0 715.6
2023 Q4 9,264 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,879 6 1 607.3
2023 Q2 9,634 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,765 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,209 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,135 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,727 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,990 1 0 200.4
2021 Q3 6,883 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,422 3 1 553.3
2021 Q1 1,881 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,547 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,197 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,103 6 0 740.5
2020 Q1 2,365 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 9,571 2 0 209.0
2019 Q2 7,494 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,257 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,629 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,918 3 0 506.9
2018 Q2 4,968 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,748 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,890 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,289 6 0 954.0
2017 Q2 5,561 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,968 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,000 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,536 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,694 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,389 6 0 2511.5
2015 Q4 5,034 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,801 12 2 1764.4
2015 Q1 2,652 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,115 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,594 14 4 2123.1
2014 Q2 5,469 2 1 365.7
2014 Q1 2,395 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,906 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,802 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,893 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,625 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,359 6 2 1786.2
2012 Q2 3,409 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,543 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,316 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,874 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 780 2 1 2564.1
2011 Q1 607 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

June 18, 2024 VT · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor MACHINERY
North East Materials Group LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was cutting plywood with a 7-1/4" Circular Saw when their left hand was placed too close to the operating saw. The blade struck their left hand pinkie finger severing the tip of the finger just past the last knuckle closest to the finer nail.

2023 · 1 incident

October 23, 2023 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
North East Materials Group LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS SETTING TIMING ON THE SCREEN DECK SHAKER WHEELS. EE PUSHED ON A WRENCH TO MOVE THE WHEEL INTO TIME AND EE'S SHOULDER STARTED HURTING VERY BADLY SO EE STOPPED PUSHING.

2022 · 1 incident

May 17, 2022 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
North East Materials Group LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The fines box on the jaw crusher was plugged with rocks. EE was digging out the rocks and cleaning up the cat walk. EE stepped on a rock on the catwalk and rolled an ankle which broke their foot.

2019 · 1 incident

2017 · 1 incident

August 18, 2017 VT · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
North East Materials Group LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on a heavy hydraulic cylinder and when ee tried to rotate it the cylinder slipped towards ee legs so ee grabbed it and a jagged edge pinched ee fingers against the steel on the main equipment.

2015 · 2 incidents

November 4, 2015 VT · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker ELECTRICAL
North East Materials Group LLC · Contact with electrical current

EE was operating the primary crusher and noticed a large steel wheel coming through the feeder. He stopped and locked out the crusher, put on a harness and climbed into the feeder. While removing the steel wheel, he felt what he described as an electrical shock from the lower back to the base of his neck. He restarted the crusher and informed his supervisor of the injury.

June 8, 2015 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North East Materials Group LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was working on a rock box on a conveyor and remained on the catwalk afterward to make sure everything was working properly. A rock bounced on the nearby handrail and hit him in the knee and thigh.

2014 · 2 incidents

June 17, 2014 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North East Materials Group LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was assisting with changing screens on a portable screen plant. Two employees were handling one screen panel weighing approximately 50 pounds when one employee felt pain in lower abdomen. Employee was sent to physician for a check and was diagnosed with an Inguinal Hernia. Consultation with a general surgeon was scheduled and he returned to work on restricted duty.

May 19, 2014 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North East Materials Group LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was changing screens on a screen plant when he bumped his left leg on the corner of a screen panel. The employee continued working because he had no pain or injury from the bump. One week later, on 5/27/2014, the injury was reported to us after a weekend visit to the doctor for pain and swelling on the left leg where it was bumped.