Mining Incidents

Sam Clark Rd./Welch Rd. Pit: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

NorthEast Earth Mechanics, Inc. · Surface
Pittsfield, Belknap County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700335

Sam Clark Rd./Welch Rd. Pit has $386 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 2000
3
citations
2
significant & substantial
$386
proposed penalties
$386
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sam Clark Rd./Welch Rd. Pit has $386 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.
$386
proposed penalties
$386
current assessed
$386
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-07-29.
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.
66.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
66.7%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% 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: 2000-11-08, 25 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2000-11-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader 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. Northeast Earth Mechanics Inc 1998 to 2005
  2. NorthEast Earth Mechanics, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 5
2004 6
2003 9
2002 12
2001 2
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sam Clark Rd./Welch Rd. Pit sits in Belknap County, New Hampshire, 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.
Belknap County, New Hampshire · Population 64,300
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$87,983
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
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 2,139 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,705 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 670 1 1 1492.5
2004 Q2 1,890 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 716 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,034 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 1,493 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 708 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 923 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 551 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 679 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 795 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 726 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 665 2 1 3007.5
2000 Q3 747 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 355 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.