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ROUTE 32 PLANT: 114 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lawrence Becker
Willington, Tolland County, CT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0600445

ROUTE 32 PLANT has $83K 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
4
Years on record
1996–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
114
citations
17
significant & substantial
$83,257
proposed penalties
$69,660
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,597 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See BECKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
589
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: 589 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ROUTE 32 PLANT has $83K 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.
$83K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $68K in penalties contested before the Commission, $55K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
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.
14.9%
significant & substantial
10.5%
high negligence or reckless
14.9%
reasonably likely or greater
52.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.8% low, 52.6% moderate, 10.5% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$68K proposed, $55K 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 2024-04-14.
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 2024-0046 Settlement Moran 2024 $68K → $54K
YORK 2010-273M Settlement Harner 2013 $400 → $400
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: 2023-08-03, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
  • Cadmium oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-12-08 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-12-08 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-11-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 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. Becker Construction Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 5
2023 6
2022 6
2021 5
2020 5
2019 7
2018 7
2017 7
2016 7
2015 7
2014 6
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 7
2006 7
2005 8
2004 7
2003 6
2002 7
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ROUTE 32 PLANT sits in Capitol 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.
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 969,029
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$91,541
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 1,702 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,610 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,983 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,578 3 0 1901.1
2025 Q2 1,539 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,060 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,115 3 0 1418.4
2024 Q3 2,319 2 0 862.4
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,145 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,208 21 6 9510.9
2023 Q4 2,611 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,928 6 2 2049.2
2023 Q2 2,821 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,406 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,696 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,675 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,655 4 0 1506.6
2022 Q1 2,403 4 0 1664.6
2021 Q4 2,601 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,601 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,473 4 0 1617.5
2021 Q1 2,006 4 0 1994.0
2020 Q4 2,517 6 2 2383.8
2020 Q3 2,326 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,509 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,706 3 0 1758.5
2019 Q4 2,371 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,798 3 0 1072.2
2019 Q2 2,909 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,982 3 0 1006.0
2018 Q1 2,530 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,984 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,955 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,075 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,735 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,031 5 1 1649.6
2016 Q3 3,147 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,024 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,486 4 0 1609.0
2015 Q4 2,864 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,804 1 0 356.6
2015 Q2 2,585 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,492 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,289 3 1 912.1
2014 Q3 3,252 1 0 307.5
2014 Q2 2,903 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,914 1 0 522.5
2013 Q4 2,792 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,997 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,258 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,099 3 0 2729.8
2012 Q4 2,206 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,166 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,808 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,627 3 1 1843.9
2011 Q4 2,232 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,453 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,275 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,618 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,981 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,447 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,490 4 0 1606.4
2010 Q1 2,030 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,845 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,778 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,639 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,740 1 0 365.0
2008 Q3 3,057 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,925 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,231 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,073 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,260 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,144 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,659 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,597 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,851 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,936 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,229 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,106 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,928 2 0 509.2
2005 Q1 3,256 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,768 1 0 265.4
2004 Q3 4,348 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,203 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,199 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,874 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,797 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,725 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,161 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,663 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,954 5 1 1264.5
2002 Q2 3,579 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,449 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,606 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,765 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,516 6 3 1706.5
2000 Q3 3,674 2 0 544.4
2000 Q2 3,680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,341 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

February 8, 2024 CT · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator MACHINERY
Becker Construction Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Victim positioned self between boom of backhoe and stairs. Backhoe operator was looking away and preparing to move backhoe. Machine boom swung slightly toward victim (who was facing away), pinning victim between boom and stairway. Operator moved boom away, freeing victim. Victim suffered crush to chest and upper left arm, resulting in 3 fractured ribs and fractured sternum.

2010 · 1 incident

April 1, 2010 CT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Becker Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using hand shovel to smooth dirt surface (not digging), foot slipped, and employee strained/sprained back.

1996 · 2 incidents

August 1, 1996 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Becker Construction Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE MEN WERE DISMANTLING THE CRUSHER. WHILE MOVING A CABLE, EE FELL AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER. IT HAD RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE, THE DECKING WAS STILL DAMP.

January 29, 1996 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Becker Construction Company · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS TRYIN GOT JUMP-START CRANE, SLIPPED AND STEPPED TO GROUND, STEPPING INTO A RUT, TWISTED ANKLE WITH SEEVERE PAIN. TESTS SHOW SMALL FRACTURE NEAR HEEL, INJURED WEARING A CAST.