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Pelkey Quarry: 71 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Craig E Markcrow
Fair Haven, Rutland County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300616

Pelkey Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2006–2013
Latest incident
May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
71
citations
20
significant & substantial
$16,393
proposed penalties
$14,131
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,262 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
32
inspections on record
556
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: 556 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 Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-05-14.
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.
28.2%
significant & substantial
8.5%
high negligence or reckless
28.2%
reasonably likely or greater
42.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.4% low, 66.2% moderate, 8.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 86%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
57%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-02-24.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2010-172M Settlement Gill 2010 $5K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2013-11-26, 12 years ago
24%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
25
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz256 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (31)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.85 0.7 1.21 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.14 0.82 1.39 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.15 0.73 1.58 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-02-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.9 0.85 1.06 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.31 0.85 1.54 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.04 1.03 1.01 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 1.08 0.53 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.68 0.22 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 2.04 0.31 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.69 0.84 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.64 0.45 Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.78 0.85 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 0.73 0.74 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.64 0.73 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.76 0.88 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.4 0.70 Jackhammer Operator
2011-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.5 0.90 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.64 0.42 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.69 0.55 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.6 0.98 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.72 0.85 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.85 0.68 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.96 0.70 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.2 1.67 0.72 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.85 1.02 0.83 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2006-01-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2006-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2006-01-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Truck Driver
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.

Pelkey Quarry recorded 4.03 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.

Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
4.03
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Vermont, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.39 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2013 * 4.03 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 4.89 4.89 0.000
2010 * 5.42 5.42 0.000
2009 * 22.57 13.54 0.000
2008 * 4.73 4.73 0.000
2007 * 6.00 6.00 0.000
2006 * 6.49 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 19
2013 23
2012 23
2011 20
2010 19
2009 21
2008 20
2007 16
2006 16
2005 17
2004 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pelkey Quarry sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Rutland County, Vermont · Population 60,484
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,778
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
2014 Q3 7,641 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 11,206 6 1 535.4
2014 Q1 10,028 5 1 498.6
2013 Q4 11,527 5 3 433.8
2013 Q3 12,240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 14,575 2 0 137.2
2013 Q1 11,346 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 11,535 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 11,909 5 1 419.9
2012 Q2 13,515 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 11,553 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10,133 2 0 197.4
2011 Q3 10,213 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 10,074 1 0 99.3
2011 Q1 10,498 3 1 285.8
2010 Q4 10,322 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,757 1 0 93.0
2010 Q2 7,848 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,948 1 1 125.8
2009 Q4 11,474 6 4 522.9
2009 Q3 12,090 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 11,811 5 2 423.3
2009 Q1 8,935 5 2 559.6
2008 Q4 11,456 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,825 1 1 84.6
2008 Q2 9,914 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,081 11 1 1211.3
2007 Q4 9,767 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,487 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,707 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,389 2 0 270.7
2006 Q4 8,659 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,358 3 0 358.9
2006 Q2 9,168 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,612 4 1 867.3
2005 Q4 11,441 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,885 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,864 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,709 3 1 309.0
2004 Q4 4,189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,627 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2013 · 1 incident

May 29, 2013 VT · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using the Zip trimmer. Blade caught on his glove and he cut middle and ring finger on right hand. Employee had stitches and cut into the bone on ring finger.

2011 · 1 incident

January 17, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving a 26x18 slab of stone and felt a pain in his groin. Employee saw a doctor the next day. Suspected hernia.

2010 · 1 incident

2009 · 5 incidents

December 10, 2009 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stone slipped while placing stone into rubbish box. Cut went through the glove and cut ring finger on left hand.

August 12, 2009 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A piece of slate went through glove and cut right pinky finger.

May 1, 2009 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

employee was throwing a piece of waste slate into a bin when he misjudged, pinching his L pinky finger between the bin and slate, causing a fracture.

2008 · 1 incident

April 22, 2008 VT · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was drilling hole with track drill when his boot lace got tangled in drill steel and wrapped around causing his Left leg to be pulled into steel before he could stop machine.

2007 · 1 incident

January 29, 2007 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was picking up a stone to discard, when he slipped, causing an abrasion to his Left hand.

2006 · 1 incident