WHILE TESTING AND SERVICING A NEWLY INSTALLED TOLSMITH 24" DOUBLE SCREW SAND WASHER, THE VICTIM'S CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED, PULLING HIM INTO THE RING AND PINION GEARS LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE SAND WASHER.
Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal
Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit has had 1 fatality among 60 reportable incidents since 1987. MSHA has proposed $65K in penalties since 2000, with $12K outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 60
- Years on record
- 1987–2016
- Latest incident
- Jun 2016
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.ⓘ
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit has $65K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.ⓘ
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)
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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: 2020-02-12, 6 years ago
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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.- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
- Respirable dust, <.1mg4
- Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
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| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-12 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2018-12-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2011-06-21 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.45 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2011-06-21 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Laborer, Bullgang | ||
| 2010-07-21 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.18 | 1.23 | 0.15 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2010-07-21 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.39 | 1.73 | 0.23 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2010-07-21 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2010-07-21 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.42 | 2.17 | 0.19 | Laborer, Bullgang |
| 2010-07-21 | Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.15 | Laborer, Bullgang |
Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
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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 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2013 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2012 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2011 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2010 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2009 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2008 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2007 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
- Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to present
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2012 | 20 |
| 2011 | 20 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2008 | 14 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2006 | 19 |
| 2005 | 20 |
| 2004 | 26 |
| 2003 | 24 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2000 | 17 |
| 1999 | 20 |
| 1998 | 16 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1995 | 12 |
| 1994 | 16 |
| 1993 | 13 |
| 1992 | 15 |
| 1991 | 14 |
| 1990 | 16 |
| 1989 | 16 |
| 1988 | 23 |
| 1987 | 25 |
| 1986 | 26 |
| 1985 | 24 |
| 1984 | 13 |
| 1983 | 12 |
Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit sits in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
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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.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 3,267 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 2,728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,376 | 1 | 0 | 420.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,468 | 3 | 0 | 671.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,558 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,593 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 3,931 | 2 | 0 | 508.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,696 | 5 | 1 | 1352.8 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,708 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,993 | 3 | 0 | 751.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,484 | 1 | 0 | 287.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 3,814 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,956 | 1 | 0 | 252.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,893 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,578 | 3 | 0 | 655.3 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,944 | 2 | 0 | 404.5 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 5,543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,723 | 2 | 1 | 423.5 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,315 | 2 | 1 | 463.5 |
| 2019 Q4 | 4,403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,408 | 2 | 0 | 369.8 |
| 2019 Q2 | 4,968 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 4,391 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 4,522 | 1 | 0 | 221.1 |
| 2018 Q3 | 4,264 | 1 | 0 | 234.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 4,558 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 4,052 | 4 | 1 | 987.2 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 5,125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 4,408 | 2 | 1 | 453.7 |
| 2016 Q4 | 5,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 4,115 | 5 | 2 | 1215.1 |
| 2016 Q2 | 5,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 4,003 | 4 | 2 | 999.3 |
| 2015 Q4 | 5,310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,372 | 2 | 0 | 457.5 |
| 2015 Q2 | 4,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 4,483 | 2 | 0 | 446.1 |
| 2014 Q4 | 5,904 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 6,710 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 6,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 5,853 | 2 | 1 | 341.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 5,954 | 7 | 2 | 1175.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 6,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 5,529 | 4 | 1 | 723.5 |
| 2013 Q1 | 5,747 | 3 | 1 | 522.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 7,789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 9,453 | 12 | 4 | 1269.4 |
| 2012 Q2 | 9,301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 7,476 | 7 | 1 | 936.3 |
| 2011 Q4 | 9,953 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 11,710 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 10,548 | 6 | 2 | 568.8 |
| 2011 Q1 | 6,664 | 1 | 0 | 150.1 |
| 2010 Q4 | 6,535 | 4 | 1 | 612.1 |
| 2010 Q3 | 7,309 | 25 | 5 | 3420.4 |
| 2010 Q2 | 8,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 7,413 | 4 | 0 | 539.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 5,615 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 5,447 | 11 | 6 | 2019.5 |
| 2009 Q2 | 7,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 4,592 | 6 | 1 | 1306.6 |
| 2008 Q4 | 6,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 8,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 7,853 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 6,801 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 6,938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 7,933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 7,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 7,898 | 2 | 0 | 253.2 |
| 2006 Q4 | 9,088 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 9,169 | 8 | 0 | 872.5 |
| 2006 Q2 | 8,601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 7,781 | 3 | 2 | 385.6 |
| 2005 Q4 | 7,932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 8,901 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 8,039 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 7,020 | 5 | 1 | 712.3 |
| 2004 Q4 | 9,121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 9,670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 11,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 8,373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 10,215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 9,707 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 8,414 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 7,897 | 2 | 1 | 253.3 |
| 2002 Q4 | 7,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 8,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 9,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 8,954 | 7 | 2 | 781.8 |
| 2001 Q4 | 8,224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 8,534 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 8,016 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 9,032 | 1 | 0 | 110.7 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,757 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 9,117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 9,514 | 11 | 4 | 1156.2 |
| 2000 Q1 | 6,839 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
59 on file (excluding fatalities above)2016 · 1 incident
Employee slipped going down a ladder. Handrails were in place, but gravity off the fall caused employee to smack forehead causing a small laceration that required stitches.
2006 · 2 incidents
Employee states - wasn't watching and stepped on a piece of steel and rolled ankle.
Cutting skirting with utility knife it slipped on rubber and cut his leg.
2004 · 3 incidents
repairing crusher..chain slipped around wrist(left).
Wet walkway; EE slipped and twisted right knee.
HE SHUT HIS FINGER IN LOADER DOOR.
2003 · 1 incident
EE WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK-JUMPED DOWN & FELL AGAINST CAGE HOUSING TANKS.
2002 · 4 incidents
EE WAS TRYING TO FREE A ROCK THAT GOT CAUGHT IN THE CHUTE. HE SLIPPED AND BRUISED A RIB.
A PIECE OF STONE FLEW AND HIT HIS TOOTH, CAUSINGIT TO CRACK.
A PIECE OF STEEL FELL AND BRUISED HIS RT. THIGH.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP A LADDER WHEN HE TRIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS KNEE AND SHIN.
2001 · 4 incidents
WHILE WELDING THE EMPLOYEE GOT WELDERS FLASH IN HIS EYES.
HE INJURED HIS HAND WHILE SHOVELING SQAND. HE SPRAINED HIS HAND AND PULLED A MUSCLE.
EE INJURED 3 RIBS WHEN HE WAS CLIMING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE LAODER. HE FELL OFF AND LANDED INTO AN OIL DRAIN BUCKET.
SLIPPED ON ICE AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON EDGE OF STATIONARY PLANT.
2000 · 4 incidents
EE WAS MOVING EQUIPMENT & GOT HIT IN FOREHEAD WITH A CABLE
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH GRATE AT PLANT SITE.
SHOVELING OUT A TAIL PULL AND HE HEARD SOMETING SNAP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
REMOVING HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM TRANSMISSION WHEN PUMP SLID OUT OF PTO DRIVE CATCHING RIGHT WRIST/ HAND BETWEEN BUCKET AND PUMP, SQUISHING RIGHT HAND/WRIST. NO BROKEN BONES, ONLY BRUISED WRIST.
1999 · 5 incidents
EE STEPPED OFF TRUVCK ONTO SOFT SAND & ROLLED ANKLE.
EE INDICATED HE TWISTED HIS BODY & HAD PAIN IN HIS RIB CAGE AREA.
EE WAS ROLLING ROCKS, WHEN HIS MIDDLE RIGHT FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCKS. CASUING FRACTURE AND LACERATION.
EE HAD RETURNED TO LIGHT DUTY LOR A LEFT SHOULDER INJURY, STATING HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT ELBOW OVER COMPENSATING FOR HIS INJURED SHOULDER.
EE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES OF PLANT MAINTENANCE WHEN HE SUSTAINED PAIN TO THE LEFT SHOULDER & ELBOW
1998 · 6 incidents
WHILE MOVING LADDER, EE STEPPED INTO A RUT IN THE GROUND AND TWISTED AND FRACTURED RIGHT FOOT.
REPETATIVE LIFTING RESULTING IN PAIN IN RIGHT LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE LAID HIS RIGHT HAND ON RAIL WHEN A ROCK FELL ON IT, CAUSING CONTUSION.
LOWER BACK PAIN--DAMAGE TO 3 DISCS DUE TO REPEATED MOTION & VIBRATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS.
EE WAS CLEANING OFF THE TRUCK. HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE TRUCK, CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT HAND.
EE STATES HE WAS WALKING FROM THE TRUCK TO THE SCALE AND SLIPPED AND PACKED SNOW FALLING ON HIS BACK. WALKING FROM THE TRUCK TO THE SCALE HOUSE.
1997 · 2 incidents
WHILE CLIMBING SCALPING PLANT, HIT FOREHEAD ON] PIECE OF STEEL AND CUT RIGHT FOREHEAD ABOVE EYE
EE ALLEGES TO HAVE GOTTEN FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE WHILE RUNNING PLANT. HE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT TO ANYONE. WENT TO OPHTHALMOLOGIST 2 DAYS LATER.
1996 · 3 incidents
RIGHT PINKY FINGER LACERATED WHILE LIFTING SCREEN ONTO TRUCK.
WHILE LOOSENING ROCK ON CRUSHER WITH CROW BAR, CROW BAR SLIPPED AND CAME BACK AND HIT RIGHT HAND
WHILE STANDING ON BELT, FELL BACKWARDS ABOUT 3 FEET AND HIT LEFT SHOULDER.
1995 · 2 incidents
LEFT FOREARM LACERATED WHILE CLEANING ROCK CRUSHER.
STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK USING SHOVEL FRESULTING IN A MUSCLE SPASM & 4 DAYS LOST WORK
1994 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN GARAGE. HOT PIECE OF METAL FELLON TOP OF FOOT & BURNED IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CONVEYOR BELTS AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN MOVING THE WHEELBARROW FULL OF GRAVEL.
EE HAD A SMALL PEBBLE GO INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
DEVELOPED CARPAL T UNNEL SYNDROME DIAGNOSED IN NOVEMBER 1993 NO LOST TIME THUS FAR
1993 · 3 incidents
EE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TAILGATE AND TRUCK BODY.
EE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IT SKIDDED ON ICE AND HAD A MINOR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN STRIKING EE ON THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEG WHEN CLIMBING OUT OF DUMP TRUCK
1991 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PERFORMING NARMAL DUTIES AS A TRUCK DRIVER.
EMPL CAUGHT FLASH WHILE ASSISTING ON WELDING JOB.
1990 · 1 incident
WHILE CLIMBING OFF LADDER OF LOADER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL TOWARDS THE GROUND LANDING ON H IS FEET
1989 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A SHAFT.
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A PIECE OF STEEL AND S SLEDGEHAMMER.
SLIPPED ON ICE FELL TO GROUND
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING DAILYU MAINTENANCE ON LOADER MISSED A STEP ON LADDER & FELL SIX FT.TO THE GROUND
1988 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF A PARKED PICK UP TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED THIRD FINGER ON RIGHT HAND & CUT FOURTH FINGER ON RT.HAND WHILE REPAIRING BUCKET ON EXCAVATOR
DOOR OF LOADER CLOSED ON LOADER OPERATORS LEFT HAND DUE TO NEGLIGENCE OF THE LOADER OPERATOR
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING STEEL; SLEDGEHAMMER BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD.
1987 · 4 incidents
EMP WAS SERVICI3G A LOADER AND SLIPPED, EMP FELL TO GROUND
EMPLOYEE FELL W2ILE CARRYING A BUCKET UP STAIRS.
SUBJECT FELL IN8IDE PLANT WHILE CHECKING EQUIPMENT PULLING MUSCLEDS IN LEFT SHOULDER
SUBJECT CAUSED 5 LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRING SUTURES WHILE USING A PRY BAR TO LOOSEN A STONE CAUGHT IN JAW CRUSHER.CRUSHING OPERATION WAS NOT OPERATING AT TIME OF INJURY.