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Plymouth Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Colton
Windsor County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300294

MSHA record for Plymouth Quarry (mine ID 4300294). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Sailer Brothers Construction Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Plymouth Stone Inc 1986 to 1989
  3. R J Colton Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Plymouth Quarry 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

August 28, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Colton Company Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS CHANGING BELTS ON CONE OF THE CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. NOT A PROBLEM UNTIL MID WEEK (9/5/90). TOLD BY DOCTOR TO STAY OFF FOOT FOR 2 WKS TO LET TOE HE AL (ON 9/10/90).

1987 · 1 incident

August 14, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Plymouth Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TIGHTE3ING LARGE NUT W/A PIPE ON THE END OF A LARGE PIPE WRENCH THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AND THE PIPE HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD