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Otter River Pit & Plant Metal/Non-Metal

W J Graves Construction Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by John L Fletcher

E TEMPLETON, Worcester County, MA  ·  Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1900597

Otter River Pit & Plant has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

1

Years on record

2022

Latest incident

Oct 2022

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

148

citations

32

significant & substantial

$38,304

proposed penalties

$27,456

paid to date

72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,848 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

58

inspections on record

948

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: 948 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Otter River Pit & Plant has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 7 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$38K

proposed penalties

$28K

current assessed

$27K

paid to date

$151

outstanding

148 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	9,533	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	9,425	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	9,062	4	0	441.4
2025 Q1	7,593	1	0	131.7
2024 Q4	9,007	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	9,358	1	0	106.9
2024 Q2	8,232	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	5,687	1	0	175.8

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	8,173	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	9,126	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	8,499	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	8,155	2	1	245.2
2022 Q4	7,312	4	2	547.0
2022 Q3	8,294	2	0	241.1
2022 Q2	8,319	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	6,205	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	7,386	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	6,780	4	0	590.0
2021 Q2	7,768	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	7,112	1	0	140.6
2020 Q4	8,245	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	10,658	4	0	375.3
2020 Q2	10,409	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	7,391	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	8,934	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	9,858	1	0	101.4
2019 Q2	10,246	4	0	390.4
2019 Q1	8,523	2	0	234.7
2018 Q4	10,294	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	9,742	3	0	307.9
2018 Q2	8,981	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	6,522	6	1	920.0
2017 Q4	6,074	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	4,836	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	6,657	15	3	2253.3
2017 Q1	6,068	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	4,579	2	0	436.8
2016 Q3	5,463	7	4	1281.3
2016 Q2	5,969	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	5,089	2	0	393.0
2015 Q4	4,598	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	5,249	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	4,574	5	3	1093.1
2015 Q1	5,231	1	0	191.2
2014 Q4	5,266	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	5,926	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	3,949	4	1	1012.9
2014 Q1	4,313	2	0	463.7
2013 Q4	4,551	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	5,276	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	4,114	7	2	1701.5
2013 Q1	4,828	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	3,953	3	0	758.9
2012 Q3	4,843	2	0	413.0
2012 Q2	4,608	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	4,339	2	0	460.9
2011 Q4	4,737	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	5,019	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	5,271	6	1	1138.3
2011 Q1	5,162	5	0	968.6
2010 Q4	5,982	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	4,872	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	4,404	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	2,324	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	4,542	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	4,213	4	1	949.4
2009 Q2	4,473	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	2,605	2	0	767.8
2008 Q4	4,822	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	3,851	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	4,118	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	3,007	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	3,549	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	4,537	9	6	1983.7
2007 Q2	4,059	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	2,984	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	3,596	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	4,518	13	3	2877.4
2006 Q2	4,134	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	2,873	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	3,956	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	2,873	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	3,367	3	1	891.0
2005 Q1	2,263	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	3,071	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	3,154	5	2	1585.3
2004 Q2	2,571	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	2,352	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	3,447	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	5,295	6	0	1133.1
2003 Q2	3,957	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	3,119	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	3,468	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	3,280	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	3,331	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	2,907	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	3,496	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	3,312	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	3,557	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	2,509	2	1	797.1
2000 Q4	2,671	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	3,563	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	2,208	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	2,725	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2022 · 1 incident

October 26, 2022 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

W J Graves Construction Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Owner operator truck driver went under vehicle to adjust the brakes, EE was parked on a slight downhill grade and did not use a chock block. The vehicle rolled forward wedging the wheels up against EE's body.

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