POWNAL PIT Metal/Non-Metal
SEAN O'DONOVAN
· Surface
Controlled by
Sean O'Donovan
Pownal,
Bennington County,
VT
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300391
POWNAL PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 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 2016
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$2,081
proposed penalties
$1,930
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
117
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.Rate withheld: 117 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 PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 53191.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100000.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 6535.9 |
| 2023 Q2 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 183 | 4 | 0 | 21857.9 |
| 2022 Q2 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 474 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 314 | 1 | 0 | 3184.7 |
| 2020 Q2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 8620.7 |
| 2017 Q3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 17857.1 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 493 | 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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