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PLANT 1: 62 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rawson Materials · Surface
PUTNAM, Windham County, CT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0600249

PLANT 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
62
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,988
proposed penalties
$6,983
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rawson Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
645
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: 645 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PLANT 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5 outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$5
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $690 in penalties contested before the Commission, $472 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-06.
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.
16.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.9%
reasonably likely or greater
41.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 45.2% low, 54.8% moderate, 0.0% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 33%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$690 proposed, $472 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 2018-03-25.
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 2018-0049 Settlement Rae 2018 $590 → $472
YORK 2012-163M Withdrawal Lesnick 2013 $100 → $0
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: 2021-05-04, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2021-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.87 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. R A Rawson Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 2001
  2. Rawson Materials 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 11
2023 7
2022 7
2021 6
2020 5
2019 4
2018 4
2017 3
2016 6
2015 5
2014 4
2013 7
2012 4
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 7
2006 6
2005 5
2004 4
2003 6
2002 4
2001 5
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT 1 sits in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 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.
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 95,829
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,564
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 3,106 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,157 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,402 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,298 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,229 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,159 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,469 1 0 288.3
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,503 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,285 2 0 466.7
2023 Q4 3,179 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,615 2 1 553.3
2023 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,855 2 0 700.5
2022 Q4 3,439 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,429 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 561 2 0 3565.1
2022 Q1 94 1 0 10638.3
2021 Q4 2,452 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,092 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,310 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,177 2 0 1699.2
2020 Q4 1,581 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,617 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,348 3 0 1277.7
2020 Q1 1,412 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,862 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 953 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 575 1 0 1739.1
2018 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,129 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,431 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,552 3 0 1933.0
2017 Q4 1,804 4 0 2217.3
2017 Q3 387 4 0 10335.9
2017 Q2 973 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 564 3 1 5319.1
2016 Q4 1,918 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,365 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,125 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,972 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,063 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,570 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,078 2 1 962.5
2015 Q1 2,858 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,780 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,139 2 0 935.0
2014 Q2 2,766 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,750 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,335 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,283 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,639 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,601 2 0 1249.2
2012 Q3 2,033 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,501 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,294 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,914 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,752 4 1 1453.5
2011 Q1 2,350 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,686 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,521 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,575 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,790 3 0 1075.3
2009 Q4 2,777 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,656 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,326 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,432 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,215 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,330 3 0 900.9
2008 Q1 3,247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,109 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,555 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,463 1 0 224.1
2007 Q1 4,393 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,102 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,029 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,274 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,332 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,138 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,347 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,495 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,554 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,994 6 2 3009.0
2004 Q1 4,026 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,009 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,204 2 0 624.2
2003 Q2 2,567 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,874 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,976 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,909 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,818 1 0 354.9
2002 Q1 2,990 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,718 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,940 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,260 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,980 2 1 1010.1
2000 Q4 1,833 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,759 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,947 1 0 513.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 26, 2024 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rawson Materials · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Miner pulled shoulder while pulling on large wrench to loosen bolts on cone crusher for maintenance.

2010 · 1 incident

January 13, 2010 CT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rawson Materials · Struck by falling object

Clamp slipped on plate, which fell on leg and sprained ankle. Plate was being welded in body of haul truck.

2006 · 1 incident

October 18, 2006 CT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rawson Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was attempting to remove a shaft with an eight pound sledge hammer, when the hammer slipped and struck his left pointer finger

2002 · 1 incident

November 20, 2002 CT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rawson Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A HOPPER GRATE RAIL BECAME DISLODGED. EE ATTEMPTED TO PUT BACK IN PLACE AND HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED AS IT SLID BACK INTO PLACE.

1989 · 1 incident

January 5, 1989 CT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Rawson Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

STEEL PLATE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG.