Mining Incidents

SOUTHWICK PIT: 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lane Industries Inc
WESTFIELD, Hampden County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900500

SOUTHWICK PIT has $99 in proposed MSHA penalties and $99 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 2004
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$99
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $99 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
54
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: 54 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SOUTHWICK PIT has $99 in proposed MSHA penalties and $99 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.
$99
proposed penalties
$99
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$99
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-22.
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.
100.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
100.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Lane Construction Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SOUTHWICK PIT sits in Hampden 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.
Hampden County, Massachusetts · Population 462,853
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,535
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
2004 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.