Mining Incidents

Pownal Gravel Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Pownal, Bennington County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300269

Pownal Gravel Pit has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
74
citations
36
significant & substantial
$25,924
proposed penalties
$22,270
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,654 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
378
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: 378 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pownal Gravel Pit has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-07-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2017 Q2 1,121 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 951 3 1 3154.6
2016 Q3 1,261 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,272 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 285 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 657 7 3 10654.5
2015 Q3 1,275 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 710 4 0 5633.8
2014 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 923 3 2 3250.3
2013 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 435 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 925 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,650 5 3 3030.3
2012 Q2 1,324 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,530 1 0 653.6
2011 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,300 1 0 769.2
2011 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 658 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,430 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,430 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,155 15 14 12987.0
2009 Q3 1,410 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 880 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,660 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2008 Q2 1,830 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 750 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,420 1 1 704.2
2007 Q3 1,820 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,820 2 1 1098.9
2006 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,325 2 0 1509.4
2005 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,040 9 3 8653.8
2004 Q1 125 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 940 2 0 2127.7
2003 Q2 960 3 2 3125.0
2003 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,560 13 6 8333.3
2001 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,032 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 40 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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