Mining Incidents

RCS Westford Metal/Non-Metal

A.D. Makepeace Co. · Surface
carver, Barnstable County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901227

RCS Westford has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Mar 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
21
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,564
proposed penalties
$2,564
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
15
inspections on record
159
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: 159 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RCS Westford has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-05.
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
2019 Q3 790 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,338 3 0 2242.2
2019 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 333 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 366 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 50 3 0 60000.0
2017 Q4 722 2 0 2770.1
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 785 6 3 7643.3
2017 Q2 1,005 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 544 1 1 1838.2
2016 Q4 615 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 785 2 1 2547.8
2016 Q1 1,123 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 598 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 686 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 740 1 0 1351.4
2015 Q1 1,074 2 1 1862.2
2014 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 593 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 655 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 870 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 686 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 806 1 1 1240.7
2012 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

March 7, 2014 MA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A.D. Makepeace Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing large rocks from belt. The belt was stopped. The belt moved a little when rock hit the belt and another rock rolled down belt and hit left hand between 2 rocks. Employee fractured left ring finger tip.

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