Mining Incidents

RICE PIT: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Thomas Keegan & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Terrence Keegan
No Haven, New Haven County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600226

RICE PIT 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 2001
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,079
proposed penalties
$2,079
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
27
inspections on record
284
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: 284 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RICE PIT 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
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-14.
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.
17.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.4%
reasonably likely or greater
47.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.4% low, 82.6% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2016-11-15, 9 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
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. Thomas Keegan & Sons Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 1
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RICE PIT 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
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 127 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9 1 0 111111.1
2019 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 194 1 0 5154.6
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 159 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 35 1 0 28571.4
2017 Q3 177 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 151 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 181 1 0 5524.9
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 581 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 456 2 0 4386.0
2012 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 570 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 309 3 2 9708.7
2011 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 405 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 329 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 469 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 321 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 627 2 0 3189.8
2009 Q1 363 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 725 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 690 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 444 2 0 4504.5
2007 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 600 1 0 1666.7
2007 Q2 799 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 815 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 929 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 344 1 0 2907.0
2005 Q4 479 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 282 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 260 1 0 3846.2
2004 Q3 415 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 372 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 320 3 0 9375.0
2003 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 307 4 2 13029.3

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.