Mining Incidents

PEGSON XA400: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

DAVID CHAVES EXCAVATING INC · Surface
Controlled by David M Chaves
Londonderry, Windham County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300560

PEGSON XA400 has $2K 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 2001
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,471
proposed penalties
$2,471
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
32
inspections on record
249
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: 249 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PEGSON XA400 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-01.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.0% low, 76.2% moderate, 4.8% 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: 2024-03-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-03-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2007-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.51 0.86 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.54 0.94 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. David Chaves Excavating Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PEGSON XA400 sits in Windham County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Windham County, Vermont · Population 45,913
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,021
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 122 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 116 1 0 8620.7
2025 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 179 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 159 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 218 2 1 9174.3
2021 Q3 199 3 0 15075.4
2021 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 142 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 151 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 213 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 201 2 0 9950.2
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 189 1 0 5291.0
2016 Q2 188 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 179 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 182 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 209 1 0 4784.7
2014 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 132 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 367 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 353 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 173 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 349 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 227 1 1 4405.3
2010 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 95 1 0 10526.3
2009 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 377 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 401 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 149 1 0 6711.4
2008 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 302 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 186 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 269 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 364 2 0 5494.5
2007 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 431 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 435 1 0 2298.9
2006 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 737 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 873 3 0 3436.4
2005 Q1 169 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 546 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 403 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 355 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 298 1 0 3355.7
2003 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 191 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 125 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 215 1 1 4651.2
2001 Q3 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.