Hilltop Slate Inc · Accident type, without injuries
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SOUTH POULTNEY Metal/Non-Metal
HILLTOP SLATE INC
· Surface
Controlled by
Northeast Slate Incorporated
Poultney,
Rutland County,
VT
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300702
SOUTH POULTNEY has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2024
- Latest incident
- Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
33
citations
8
significant & substantial
$28,039
proposed penalties
$15,673
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,366 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
29
inspections on record
338
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: 338 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SOUTH POULTNEY has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$28K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 650 | 3 | 0 | 4615.4 |
| 2025 Q1 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 450 | 6 | 3 | 13333.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 290 | 2 | 0 | 6896.6 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 210 | 3 | 2 | 14285.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,920 | 2 | 1 | 1041.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 382 | 6 | 0 | 15706.8 |
| 2016 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 216 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 320 | 1 | 0 | 3125.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 610 | 2 | 0 | 3278.7 |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2024 · 1 incident
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