Mining Incidents

PS 17: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gilbert Lopes
Middleboro, Plymouth County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901149

PS 17 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2006
17
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,954
proposed penalties
$1,954
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
17
inspections on record
117
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: 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.

PS 17 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-12-21.
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.
11.8%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
11.8%
reasonably likely or greater
35.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.6% low, 76.5% moderate, 5.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2008-04-16, 18 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.25 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. G Lopes Construction Inc 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 1
2018 2
2017 0
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PS 17 sits in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 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.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts · Population 531,889
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$109,698
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
2020 Q4 1,038 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 534 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 186 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 470 2 0 4255.3
2016 Q3 295 2 0 6779.7
2016 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 465 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 688 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 427 2 0 4683.8
2015 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 477 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 245 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,121 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 22 1 0 45454.5
2011 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 96 1 0 10416.7
2009 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 373 4 1 10723.9
2008 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 455 3 0 6593.4
2008 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 655 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,079 1 1 926.8
2006 Q4 1,303 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,255 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,138 1 0 878.7

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.