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Sandwich Plant: 172 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

P A Landers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Louise Landers
Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1901054

Sandwich Plant has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2019–2021
Latest incident
Feb 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
172
citations
56
significant & substantial
$84,016
proposed penalties
$62,584
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See P A Landers Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
62
inspections on record
924
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: 924 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-12-12.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Sandwich Plant has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$84K
proposed penalties
$63K
current assessed
$63K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
168 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $38K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-07.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
15.5%
high negligence or reckless
34.5%
reasonably likely or greater
61.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.9% low, 66.7% moderate, 15.5% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 18 · 90%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 5%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 5%
75%
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 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$38K proposed, $16K 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 2023-08-09.
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 2012-62M Settlement Harner 2014 $26K → $12K
YORK 2013-105M Settlement Steele 2013 $5K → $2K
YORK 2013-106M Settlement Steele 2013 $4K → $466
YORK 2012-63M Settlement Harner 2014 $2K → $1K
YORK 2017-0046 Settlement Moran 2017 $552 → $400
YORK 2023-0113 Default 2023 $518 → $518
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: 2024-01-23
27%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz246 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.52 1.23 2.05 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-08-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 0.38 2.29 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.44 1.52 Belt Cleaner
2009-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 0.39 1.85 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.3 1.47 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 0.35 2.51 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.18 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.54 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.44 0.68 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.49 0.37 Truck Driver
2017-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.74 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.58 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.53 0.53 Belt Cleaner
2011-08-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.45 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.49 0.49 Cleanup Man
2009-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.38 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Truck Driver
2009-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.41 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.31 0.84 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.44 0.27 Truck Driver
2004-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.73 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 1.94 0.36 Screen/Scalper Operator
2002-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.43 0.44 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. P A Landers Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 11
2024 9
2023 13
2022 9
2021 6
2020 5
2019 5
2018 6
2017 6
2016 5
2015 6
2014 7
2013 10
2012 10
2011 8
2010 6
2009 6
2008 7
2007 10
2006 13
2005 12
2004 7
2003 9
2002 12
2001 11
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sandwich Plant sits in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 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.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts · Population 230,073
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,452
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 3,572 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,998 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,657 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,732 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,761 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,576 1 0 279.6
2024 Q4 3,247 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,900 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,460 1 0 406.5
2024 Q1 1,799 4 1 2223.5
2023 Q4 3,356 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,954 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,472 3 0 2038.0
2023 Q1 1,905 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 714 10 4 14005.6
2022 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 831 3 0 3610.1
2022 Q1 1,666 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,147 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,678 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,155 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 868 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 68 2 1 29411.8
2020 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 408 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 281 1 0 3558.7
2019 Q3 427 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 626 2 0 3194.9
2019 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 737 5 3 6784.3
2018 Q1 462 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 678 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 759 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 128 2 0 15625.0
2016 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 523 3 2 5736.1
2016 Q2 991 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 847 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,192 2 0 1677.9
2015 Q3 833 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 704 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 327 2 1 6116.2
2014 Q4 1,351 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,019 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,048 2 0 1908.4
2014 Q1 1,457 2 0 1372.7
2013 Q4 1,256 3 1 2388.5
2013 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,434 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 953 2 0 2098.6
2012 Q4 2,323 4 2 1721.9
2012 Q3 1,651 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,074 4 2 3724.4
2012 Q1 889 3 0 3374.6
2011 Q4 1,535 14 5 9120.5
2011 Q3 1,337 11 4 8227.4
2011 Q2 1,812 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,285 6 3 4669.3
2010 Q4 2,029 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,474 7 3 4749.0
2010 Q2 892 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 464 2 1 4310.3
2009 Q2 652 10 3 15337.4
2009 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 571 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,474 4 0 2713.7
2007 Q3 2,360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,903 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 96 2 0 20833.3
2006 Q3 2,340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,476 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 914 7 2 7658.6
2005 Q4 1,744 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,939 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,886 9 4 4772.0
2005 Q1 217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,614 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,471 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 93 11 4 118279.6
2004 Q1 827 1 0 1209.2
2003 Q4 54 1 0 18518.5
2003 Q3 1,768 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,695 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 354 4 3 11299.4
2002 Q4 811 2 0 2466.1
2002 Q3 793 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 721 6 1 8321.8
2002 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 445 6 5 13483.1
2001 Q3 641 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 638 8 1 12539.2
2001 Q1 251 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 621 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 1 incident

February 8, 2021 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P A Landers Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

loader operator was unlocking gate to perform snow removal and slipped and fell on r ankle breaking tibia and fracturing fibula treated at cape cod hospital taken by ambulance.

2019 · 1 incident

August 7, 2019 MA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P A Landers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was climbing up the loader and strained left knee. There were no changes or alterations to EE's machine.