Mining Incidents

Track Jaw Crusher LT 105: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Douglas R Casella
Middlebury, Addison County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300424

Track Jaw Crusher LT 105 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,377
proposed penalties
$1,977
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
172
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: 172 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Track Jaw Crusher LT 105 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
25 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-04.
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.
24.0%
significant & substantial
16.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.0%
reasonably likely or greater
44.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.0% low, 68.0% moderate, 16.0% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 52% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 2002-10-18.
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
YORK20030014M Settlement Hodgdon 2003 $2K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Route 5 Sand & Gravel Inc 1989 to 1990
  2. Route 5 Sand & Gravel 1990 to 2000
  3. Casella Construction Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2011 0
2010 0
2009 3
2008 4
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Track Jaw Crusher LT 105 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.
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
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 215 1 0 4651.2
2009 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 133 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 349 2 0 5730.7
2007 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 157 3 0 19108.3
2004 Q3 238 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 75 2 0 26666.7
2003 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 595 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,892 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 332 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 490 3 0 6122.4
2000 Q2 838 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.