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SHELDON SLATE PRODUCTS QRY & MILL #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John M Tatko Jr
Poultney, Rutland County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300033

SHELDON SLATE PRODUCTS QRY & MILL #2 has $6K 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
9
Years on record
1984–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,659
proposed penalties
$5,659
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
58
inspections on record
910
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: 910 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SHELDON SLATE PRODUCTS QRY & MILL #2 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 2,514 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,463 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,543 1 1 393.2
2025 Q1 3,027 1 0 330.4
2024 Q4 3,006 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,896 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,067 1 0 326.1
2024 Q1 3,180 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,968 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,599 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,801 1 0 357.0
2023 Q1 2,532 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,932 1 1 341.1
2022 Q3 2,551 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,567 2 1 779.1
2022 Q1 2,354 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,449 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,509 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,351 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,232 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,228 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,411 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,694 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,516 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,530 1 0 395.3
2019 Q3 2,728 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,849 1 0 351.0
2019 Q1 2,848 1 0 351.1
2018 Q4 2,530 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,310 1 0 432.9
2018 Q2 2,687 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,061 1 0 326.7
2017 Q4 1,135 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,090 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,053 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,433 2 0 1395.7
2016 Q4 1,554 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,599 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,343 3 2 1280.4
2015 Q4 2,731 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,292 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,509 1 0 398.6
2015 Q1 2,037 1 1 490.9
2014 Q4 2,705 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,303 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,477 1 0 403.7
2014 Q1 2,517 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,774 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,965 1 0 508.9
2012 Q4 1,012 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 966 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 164 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,888 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,072 1 0 482.6
2011 Q2 2,062 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,731 1 0 577.7
2010 Q4 2,190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,475 2 0 1355.9
2010 Q2 1,525 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,172 1 0 853.2
2009 Q4 1,751 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,103 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,561 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,530 2 1 790.5
2008 Q4 2,439 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,511 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,100 1 0 322.6
2007 Q4 2,802 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,744 2 0 728.9
2007 Q2 2,594 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,617 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,054 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,491 3 0 1204.3
2006 Q2 2,904 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,101 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,087 2 0 647.9
2005 Q3 3,163 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,810 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,439 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,260 3 0 920.2
2004 Q3 3,153 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,765 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,854 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,967 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,849 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,381 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,456 4 1 897.7
2002 Q4 4,246 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,513 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,947 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,057 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,169 5 0 1199.3
2001 Q3 4,130 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,061 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,727 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,227 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,190 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,226 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,215 7 1 1342.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 13, 2026 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheldon Slate Products Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was placing cutting stock on a pallet with the hoist & clamp: EE placed the pc. of stock on the pallet but misjudged where the pallet was, and dropped the pc on EE's finger, causing a fracture & laceration to EE's right hand ring finger.

2025 · 1 incident

July 28, 2025 VT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheldon Slate Products Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was sawing a pc of slate, EE was carrying a scrap pc to the rubbish bin when it broke & part of it landed in EE's L foot.

2023 · 1 incident

August 8, 2023 VT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheldon Slate Products Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was moving a piece of slate to the rubbish bin; a piece broke off and fell onto left foot, causing a fracture.

2019 · 1 incident

February 4, 2019 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sheldon Slate Products Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was using a hoist when a rock fell off a pallet on top of left foot.

2015 · 1 incident

January 15, 2015 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sheldon Slate Products Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was working in the yard - he walked around a pallet of slate, slipped on snow covered ice fell.

2001 · 1 incident

August 2, 2001 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tatko Brothers Slate Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A QUARRY DUMP TRUCK FROM ONE END OF THE PIT TOT HE OTHER END TO DUMP A LOAD OF SLATE WASTE. HE TURNED THE TRUCK AROUND AND BACKED UP TO DUMP THE LOAD. THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE BANK AND LANDED ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE. EE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, ANOTHER EE SAW THE TRUCK AND GOT OUR EXCAVATOR OPERATOR TO ASSIST.

1991 · 2 incidents

1984 · 1 incident

March 28, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tatko Brothers Slate Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

A QUARRIED BLOCK OF SLATE HAULED TO SURFACE YARD HAD A DRILL HOLE WITHIN CONTAINING SMALL AMOUNT OF BLACK GRANULAR BLASTING POWDER. UNKNOWN ACTION BY EMPLOYEE CAUSED POWDER TO BURN IN MONTNTAR Y FLARE UP TO FACE - NO WITNESS TO ACCIDENT

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