Mining Incidents

O'donnell Sand & Gravel: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mary O'Donnell
Kingston, Plymouth County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901011

O'donnell Sand & Gravel has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988. MSHA has proposed $1K in penalties since 2000.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,187
proposed penalties
$1,187
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $0 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
79
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: 79 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

O'donnell Sand & Gravel has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-08-06.
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.
21.4%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
58.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 91.7% moderate, 8.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. O'Donnell Sand & Gravel 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 2
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 9
1999 10
1998 10
1997 11
1996 11
1995 26
1994 16
1993 16
1992 18
1991 17
1990 17
1989 20
1988 28
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

O'donnell Sand & Gravel sits in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 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.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts · Population 531,889
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$109,698
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2004 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,488 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,408 2 0 1420.5
2003 Q2 1,364 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,323 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 1,798 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,708 5 1 2927.4
2001 Q3 1,880 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,408 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,132 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,032 2 0 496.0
2000 Q2 4,240 7 2 1650.9
2000 Q1 4,496 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

May 6, 1995 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O'Donnell Sand & Gravel · Struck by falling object

UNEVEN GRADE CONTRIBUTED TO A MANHOLE COVER FALLING OVER INTO THE EMPLOYEE LEG RESULTING IN A SLIGHT FRACTURE.

Show 2 earlier incidents

1990 · 1 incident

August 20, 1990 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O'Donnell Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO START GENERATOR ON THE CRUSHING PLANT. HIS FOOT WAS BETWEEN TWO BATTERIES AND WHEN HE MOVED HE FELT SOMETHING TEAR IN HIS KNEE AREA.

1988 · 1 incident

June 6, 1988 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O'Donnell Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

EXCAVATOR OPERATOR IN DISMOUNTING VEHICLE, LOST HIS GRIP IN DISMOUNTING AND FELL INJURING HIS SHOULDER AND ARM. EMPLOYEE NOT YET RETURNED TO WORK.