Mining Incidents

NUS Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel Lally
PORTLAND, Middlesex County, CT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0600595

NUS has $16K 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
4
Years on record
1988–1999
Latest incident
Jul 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
124
citations
31
significant & substantial
$15,573
proposed penalties
$15,573
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
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.

NUS has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
123 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 818 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 531 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 235 5 0 21276.6
2023 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 819 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 506 7 2 13834.0
2023 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 243 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 627 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 483 4 0 8281.6
2022 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 195 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 675 7 0 10370.4
2021 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 419 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 291 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 627 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,494 3 0 2008.0
2019 Q3 745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 850 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 869 4 1 4603.0
2018 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,853 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,080 10 2 2451.0
2017 Q3 3,035 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,005 10 2 1665.3
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,130 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,764 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,949 5 3 1010.3
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,798 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,751 6 3 1043.3
2015 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 385 5 0 12987.0
2014 Q2 269 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 130 3 1 23076.9
2012 Q3 5,532 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,952 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,503 2 0 570.9
2011 Q4 7,022 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,272 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,077 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,317 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,426 3 0 356.0
2010 Q3 8,684 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,725 11 4 1423.9
2010 Q1 3,816 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,797 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,012 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,965 3 1 604.2
2009 Q1 895 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,061 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,838 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,012 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,426 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,201 1 0 161.3
2007 Q3 5,929 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,764 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,747 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,018 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,856 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,827 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,113 6 4 1173.5
2005 Q3 4,481 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,743 6 2 1265.0
2005 Q1 2,794 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,988 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,770 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,370 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,548 4 1 1569.9
2003 Q4 4,064 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,020 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,912 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,495 2 0 1337.8
2002 Q4 3,478 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,051 4 0 1311.0
2002 Q2 3,136 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,045 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,118 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,383 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,924 11 5 3762.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 3,391 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,389 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 597 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

January 6, 1992 CT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hubert E Butler Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AXLES FROM BOX TRAILER WHICH WAS TO E USED FOR STORAGE. EMPLOYEE TORCHED A STRESS POINT CAUSING TRAILER FLOOR TO TIP SLIGHTLY. HIS LEFT ARM WAS RESTING ON TOP OF ONE OF SEVERAL TIRES, THEREBY BEING PINNED BETWEEN THE TRAILER DECK AND TIRE.

1990 · 1 incident

October 26, 1990 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hubert E Butler Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING GASKET FROM FILTER,KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT HAND.EMPL TAKEN TO HOSP FOR SUTURES AND RELEASED.NO PERMANENT DAMAGE EXPECTED.NO LOSS OF TIME INCURRED.EMPL RETURNED REGULA R DUTIES.

1988 · 1 incident

May 23, 1988 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hubert E Butler Construction Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE TAPPING CHISEL WITH HAMMER, FOREIGN BODY FLEW INTO EYE. FOREIGN BODY REMOVED BY EYE SURGEON.

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