Mining Incidents

Portable Sand Screen C659: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pike Industries Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
BELMONT, Belknap County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700276

Portable Sand Screen C659 has $745 in proposed MSHA penalties and $15 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$745
proposed penalties
$630
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $115 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
144
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: 144 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Sand Screen C659 has $745 in proposed MSHA penalties and $15 outstanding across 3 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.
$745
proposed penalties
$645
current assessed
$630
paid to date
$15
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-18.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
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.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 27% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 67%
67%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $100 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 2016-02-17.
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 2008-43M Withdrawal Lesnick 2008 $100 → $0
YORK 2011-223M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $100 → $0
YORK 2016-0065 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $100 → $100
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: 2004-10-21, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.69 0.15 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. Pike Industries Inc 1987 to 1988
  2. Pike Industries Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 1
2008 3
2007 4
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
2002 2
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Sand Screen C659 sits in Belknap 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.
Belknap County, New Hampshire · Population 64,300
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$87,983
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
2015 Q4 0 2 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 209 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 155 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 286 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 196 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 347 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 466 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 791 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,003 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 929 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 952 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 374 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 896 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 453 1 0 2207.5
2003 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 4 0
2002 Q4 1,133 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 396 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,139 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 389 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 27 3 0 111111.1
2000 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

January 24, 2002 NH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pike Industries Inc · Fall from ladders

SLIPPERY WET CONDITIONS. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FRON THE LOADER LADDER, SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT LEG.