Mining Incidents

Quarry No 1-Woodbury: 56 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Woodbury, Litchfield County, CT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0600017

Quarry No 1-Woodbury has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
56
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,078
proposed penalties
$6,078
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
541
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: 541 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarry No 1-Woodbury has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $385 in penalties contested before the Commission, $385 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
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.
5.4%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
5.4%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 46.4% low, 50.0% moderate, 3.6% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$385 proposed, $385 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 2015-12-04.
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 2015-89M Settlement Moran 2016 $285 → $285
YORK 2009-15M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $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: 2023-10-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Aluminum oxide fumes4
  • Arsenic fumes4
  • Beryllium fumes4
  • Cadmium oxide fumes4
Show the individual readings (72)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Drill Operator, Rotary
2014-08-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.99 10 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.58 0.11 Truck Driver
2009-05-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2008-11-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 2.71 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-11-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 3.05 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-29 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Zinc oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Iron oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Iron oxide fumes 0.1 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-29 Iron oxide fumes 0.03 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
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.

Quarry No 1-Woodbury recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Connecticut, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.12 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 18.83 18.83 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. O & G Industries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 7
2024 7
2023 5
2022 7
2021 8
2020 9
2019 8
2018 7
2017 9
2016 10
2015 10
2014 11
2013 10
2012 9
2011 4
2010 5
2009 7
2008 9
2007 10
2006 11
2005 10
2004 12
2003 11
2002 9
2001 12
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quarry No 1-Woodbury sits in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 452,303
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,365
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
2026 Q2 2,126 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,544 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,588 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,726 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,823 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,193 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,514 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,482 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,183 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,445 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,077 1 0 481.5
2023 Q3 1,650 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,613 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,290 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,426 1 0 291.9
2022 Q3 3,698 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,275 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,854 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,402 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,230 1 0 309.6
2021 Q1 1,032 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,377 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,012 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,871 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,127 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,889 1 0 257.1
2019 Q3 4,058 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,785 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 578 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,722 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,434 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,997 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 387 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,273 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,977 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,226 3 0 574.1
2017 Q1 1,546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,183 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,478 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,444 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,526 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,465 2 0 447.9
2015 Q3 4,319 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,609 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,127 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,593 4 0 870.9
2014 Q3 4,890 2 0 409.0
2014 Q2 3,671 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,368 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,038 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,787 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,513 1 0 284.7
2013 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,465 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,279 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 794 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,005 1 0 332.8
2011 Q3 918 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,163 3 0 2579.5
2011 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,370 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,282 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,418 2 0 585.1
2010 Q1 936 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,155 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,797 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,785 2 0 528.4
2009 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,106 2 0 391.7
2008 Q3 4,419 8 0 1810.4
2008 Q2 4,857 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,422 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,527 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,747 3 1 522.0
2007 Q2 4,738 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,688 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,378 3 1 557.8
2006 Q3 5,357 3 1 560.0
2006 Q2 5,212 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,867 5 0 1027.3
2005 Q4 5,356 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,273 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,444 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,552 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,141 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,643 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,370 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,884 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,509 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,853 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,742 1 0 267.2
2002 Q4 5,877 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,193 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,965 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,059 3 0 980.7
2001 Q4 5,647 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,657 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,373 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 21,419 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,781 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,115 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,973 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,739 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

1989 · 1 incident

September 20, 1989 CT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
O & G Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

PILE UPON WHICH THE DRIVER WAS BACKING ONTO GAVE WAY CAUSING EUCLID TO FLIP ONTO ITS BODY AND ROOF.

1987 · 2 incidents

March 31, 1987 CT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O & G Industries Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING O6T OF EUCLID TRUCK I.NAME SLIPPED ON MUD & TWISTED HIS RT.FOOT & KNEE

March 30, 1987 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O & G Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BUILDING 5 BLOCK WELL I.NAME WAS TRYING TO STEADY ONE OF THE BLOCKS WHENHE FELT BACK PAIN

1985 · 1 incident

November 7, 1985 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
O & G Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONVEYOR STOPPED WHILE CHECKING THE CAUSE CONVEYOR STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS CATCHING MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN DRIVE BELT. CUT MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND