Mining Incidents

PELKEY PIT: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

M&M EXCAVATING, INC. · Surface
Controlled by Michael O'Neil
Ludlow, Windsor County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300618

PELKEY PIT 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 2004
22
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,908
proposed penalties
$1,908
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
25
inspections on record
294
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: 294 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PELKEY PIT 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
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-14.
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.
4.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
4.5%
reasonably likely or greater
22.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 54.5% low, 45.5% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2017-05-16, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.81 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.53 0.20 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. George B. Tucker, Inc. 2004 to 2024
  2. M&M Excavating, Inc. 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PELKEY PIT sits in Windsor County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Windsor County, Vermont · Population 57,968
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,247
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 32 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 542 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 842 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 988 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 428 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 537 1 0 1862.2
2023 Q2 415 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 529 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 643 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 466 1 0 2145.9
2020 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 465 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 496 2 0 4032.3
2019 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 490 1 0 2040.8
2018 Q2 355 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 472 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 299 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 513 1 0 1949.3
2016 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 285 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 411 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 579 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 67 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 478 3 1 6276.2
2014 Q3 932 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 956 1 0 1046.0
2014 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 865 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,047 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 830 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 903 1 0 1107.4
2012 Q3 991 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 676 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 909 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,228 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 862 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 967 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 887 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 967 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,047 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,147 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,087 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 967 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,087 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 847 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 408 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,087 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 887 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 927 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 887 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 967 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 893 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 744 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 704 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 801 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 718 11 0 15320.3

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.