Mining Incidents

Town Of Barre Pit: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Town Of Barre · Surface
Controlled by Town Of Barre-VT
Williamstown, Washington County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300223

Town Of Barre Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
14
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,760
proposed penalties
$1,760
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
26
inspections on record
238
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: 238 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Town Of Barre Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-27.
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.
7.1%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
7.1%
reasonably likely or greater
21.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 71.4% low, 21.4% moderate, 7.1% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $60 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 2004-12-28.
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 2005-25M Dismissal Lesnick 2005 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Town Of Barre 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 3
2023 4
2022 5
2021 5
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 3
2014 5
2013 6
2008 1
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Town Of Barre Pit sits in Washington County, Vermont, 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.
Washington County, Vermont · Population 59,958
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,853
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 132 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 229 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 152 1 0 6578.9
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 127 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 241 1 0 4149.4
2023 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 243 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 351 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 249 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 201 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 203 1 0 4926.1
2020 Q2 627 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 383 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 142 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 255 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 326 1 1 3067.5
2018 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 139 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 296 1 0 3378.4
2017 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 356 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 203 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 358 1 0 2793.3
2015 Q3 459 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 339 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 305 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 223 1 0 4484.3
2014 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 381 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 371 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 364 4 0 10989.0
2013 Q3 476 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 119 2 0 16806.7
2008 Q4 328 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 321 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 737 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 322 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 421 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 283 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 215 1 0 4651.2
2004 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 589 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 357 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

May 26, 1994 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Town Of Barre · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PREPARING EQUIPMENT TO SCREEN SAND. EE STATES HE WAS SLIDING SCREEN ONTO BUCKET WHEN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK