Mining Incidents

R. E.TUCKER, INC. - BERLIN PIT: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R.E. Tucker Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Sherri Tucker
Northfield, Washington County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300408

R. E.TUCKER, INC. - BERLIN PIT has $7K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
51
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,393
proposed penalties
$5,510
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,883 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
32
inspections on record
321
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: 321 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

R. E.TUCKER, INC. - BERLIN PIT has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-14.
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.
22.9%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
22.9%
reasonably likely or greater
52.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.9% low, 60.4% moderate, 16.7% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record
  • Settled 20 · 100%
100%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $3K 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 2014-11-04.
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 2011-85M Settlement Koutras 2012 $3K → $2K
YORK 2015-0022 Settlement Paez 2015 $2K → $1K
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: 2017-05-03, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-05-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.07 0.14 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. R.E. Tucker Inc. 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 2
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

R. E.TUCKER, INC. - BERLIN PIT sits in Washington County, Vermont, 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.
Washington County, Vermont · Population 59,958
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,853
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
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8 3 0 375000.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 650 1 0 1538.5
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 432 1 0 2314.8
2015 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 350 16 4 45714.3
2014 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 60 1 0 16666.7
2013 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 350 1 0 2857.1
2012 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 400 7 3 17500.0
2010 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 40 3 0 75000.0
2010 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 300 2 0 6666.7
2008 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 760 3 2 3947.4
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,500 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 250 3 0 12000.0
2005 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 325 1 1 3076.9
2004 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,120 2 0 943.4
2003 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 400 6 1 15000.0
2002 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,820 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 480 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.