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STARKSBORO PIT: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Colton
Addison County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300302

MSHA record for STARKSBORO PIT (mine ID 4300302). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Ownership history
  1. G R Orvis Stone Products 1978 to 1988
  2. R J Colton Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

STARKSBORO PIT sits in Addison County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Addison County, Vermont · Population 37,497
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$88,478
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

November 3, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Colton Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

MUD ACCUMLATING ON A CONVEYOR BELT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED WHEN IT IS RAINING PARTIALLY ATTENTION AND CARE NEEDS TO BE PAID TO THE SLIPPERY CONDITION THAT PERSISTS EVIDENTLY THIS CARE WAS NOT TAK EN EE SLIPPED OFF OF THE CONVEYOR AND FOOT HIT A ROCK IN THE GROUND.

June 15, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Colton Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE CRUSHER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE EMPLOYEE EVIDENTLY WRENCHED HIS BACK

June 13, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Colton Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS WALKING ON I BEAM ON ROCK CRUSHER CLIMBING DOWN FROM TIGHTENING BOLTS SLIPPED ON BEAM & FELL STRADLING BEAM. HIS GROIN SPECIFICALLY TESTICLES WERE INJURED.

January 16, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
R J Colton Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

COMPLAINED OF BACK / LEG PAIN. HAD PREV. BEEN AWAY FORM WORK IN 11-28-88 FOR SMAE TYPE OF SYMPTNS. CHANGED EQUIP TO ANOTHE GBUCKET LOADER. SENTTO IMM. CARE HEALTH CLINIC.

1988 · 3 incidents

November 28, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
R J Colton Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE RETURNED FROM TANKSGIVING VACATION COMPLAINING OF BACK STRAIN. WORKED FOR APPROX. 4 HOURS ON LOADER UNTIL REPORTED TO SUPPERVISOR.

September 24, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Colton Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING WAS CLIMBING ON BOARD HIS BULLDOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND HIT HIS ELBOW