Mining Incidents

Palmer Paving Corp Warren Quarry: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Palmer Paving Corp · Surface
Controlled by Peckham Industries Inc
HOLYOKE, Hampden County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901115

Palmer Paving Corp Warren Quarry has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
25
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,726
proposed penalties
$2,726
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
27
inspections on record
316
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: 316 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Palmer Paving Corp Warren Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-05.
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.
16.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 4.0% none, 32.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 4.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-11-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.14 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. MOUNT TOM ROCK, LLC 2002 to 2020
  2. Palmer Paving Corp. 2020 to 2021
  3. Palmer Paving Corp 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 1
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 4
2014 2
2013 2
2012 0
2011 0
2010 4
2009 6
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 6
2004 5
2003 3
2002 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Palmer Paving Corp Warren Quarry sits in Hampden 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.
Hampden County, Massachusetts · Population 462,853
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,535
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 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,677 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,880 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,165 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,878 1 0 532.5
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 1,832 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,729 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 467 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,051 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,334 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,649 1 0 606.4
2017 Q1 845 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,856 3 1 1616.4
2016 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,502 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,309 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,305 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 903 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 994 2 0 2012.1
2014 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 962 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 978 1 0 1022.5
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 289 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 306 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,100 2 0 645.2
2009 Q2 2,268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,139 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,387 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,496 1 0 668.4
2008 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,231 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,516 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,184 2 0 915.8
2007 Q1 1,349 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,234 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,349 4 0 1702.9
2006 Q2 1,612 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,104 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,601 1 1 384.5
2005 Q2 2,167 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,715 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,486 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,657 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,063 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,479 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,207 3 0 935.5
2003 Q2 1,313 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,847 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 797 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.