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Plourde Sand Allenstown Quarry: 44 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Oscar P Plourde
ALLENSTOWN, Merrimack County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700320

Plourde Sand Allenstown Quarry has $4K 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
2
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,862
proposed penalties
$3,834
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
250
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: 250 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plourde Sand Allenstown Quarry has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-29.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
72.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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: 2004-12-15, 21 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz62 over
  • Aluminum oxide fumes1
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.26 0.36 3.50 Cleanup Man
2004-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 0.38 1.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-15 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Cadmium oxide fumes 3.92 100 0.04 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Cobalt fumes 1.96 300 0.01 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Copper fumes 1.96 300 0.01 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Iron oxide fumes 1.32 20 0.07 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Lead fumes 1.96 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Manganese fumes 0.16 5 0.03 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Titanium dioxide fumes 0.03 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.73 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.02 0.12 Backhoe Operator
2004-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 1.87 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-15 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.1 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2004-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.69 0.83 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. Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 9
2009 0
2008 2
2007 5
2006 4
2005 7
2004 13
2003 0
2002 1
2001 3
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plourde Sand Allenstown Quarry sits in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, 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.
Merrimack County, New Hampshire · Population 155,018
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$93,944
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q3 5,074 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,176 1 0 459.6
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 2,025 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,370 9 0 6569.3
2007 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 787 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 875 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 909 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 879 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,659 2 0 1205.5
2005 Q3 2,544 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,213 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,132 2 0 938.1
2004 Q3 2,375 13 8 5473.7
2004 Q2 839 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 641 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 1 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 1 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 834 3 0 3597.1
2001 Q3 829 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,033 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,608 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,669 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,817 1 0 550.4
2000 Q2 1,734 2 0 1153.4
2000 Q1 750 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

May 30, 2000 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING A BRUISE TO LEFT ARM.