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: 342 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
RUPERT QUARRY has $594 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.
$594
proposed penalties
$594
current assessed
$594
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-21.
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.
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: 2008-12-17, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-12-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.92
0.20
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-12-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-01-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Backhoe Operator
2008-01-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.66
0.29
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-01-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-08-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.73
0.22
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-08-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-08-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2006-08-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2005-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.2
0.42
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.01
0.32
Cutting Mach Helper
2005-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-05-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.68
0.35
Cutting Mach Helper
2002-05-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-05-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.52
0.22
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-05-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
0
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
3
2005
5
2004
4
2003
4
2002
4
2001
5
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
RUPERT QUARRY sits in Bennington County, Vermont, 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.
Bennington County, Vermont · Population 37,312
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,494
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
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
1,056
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,184
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3
973
1
1
1027.7
2009 Q2
1,153
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,127
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,084
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
992
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,045
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,091
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
554
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
989
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,040
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,168
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,126
1
0
888.1
2006 Q3
1,129
1
0
885.7
2006 Q2
1,623
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,714
2
2
1166.9
2005 Q4
1,871
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,734
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,887
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,253
1
0
443.9
2004 Q4
2,345
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,229
1
0
448.6
2004 Q2
2,183
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,076
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,076
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,055
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,318
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,092
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,971
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,176
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,226
2
0
898.5
2002 Q1
2,124
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,360
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,578
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,003
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,642
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,428
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,335
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,563
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,451
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2002 · 1 incident
September 23, 2002VT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL A PIECE OF SLATE TOWARDS HIM, WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND A JAGGED EDGE CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT PINKY WHICH REQUIRED 3 STICHES.