Mining Incidents

TWIN STATE SAND & GRAVEL CO., INC. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Seth Ames
West Lebanon, Grafton County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700070

TWIN STATE SAND & GRAVEL CO., INC. has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1989–2015
Latest incident
Mar 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
51
citations
21
significant & substantial
$55,769
proposed penalties
$40,769
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
25
inspections on record
423
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: 423 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TWIN STATE SAND & GRAVEL CO., INC. has $56K 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 5,764 4 0 694.0
2015 Q1 4,913 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,375 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,348 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,519 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,353 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,348 1 0 157.5
2013 Q3 4,883 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 5,383 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,420 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,450 1 0 155.0
2012 Q3 7,285 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,615 8 3 1050.6
2012 Q1 4,691 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,635 6 2 785.9
2011 Q3 6,533 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,932 4 2 674.3
2011 Q1 4,945 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 9,935 3 0 302.0
2010 Q3 8,747 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,141 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,908 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,300 1 1 120.5
2009 Q3 7,930 5 4 630.5
2009 Q2 6,547 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,979 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,514 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,675 3 1 390.9
2008 Q1 4,211 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,184 2 1 244.4
2007 Q3 8,372 3 0 358.3
2007 Q2 7,960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,992 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,737 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,401 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,019 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,648 3 3 310.9
2005 Q3 9,531 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,620 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,645 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,947 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,947 3 3 377.5
2004 Q1 4,137 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,743 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,505 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,736 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,729 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,221 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,957 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,296 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,372 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,201 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,568 4 1 609.0
2001 Q1 3,428 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,129 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,122 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,948 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,716 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 1, 2007 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was retrieving pry bar from storage area on the ground, when personnel above him lost control of new return roller they were changing out. The return roller fell, striking the employee on the ground. While the employee was wearing proper safety equipment at the time, the impact of the roller resulted in his death.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2015 · 1 incident

March 6, 2015 NH · Metal/Non-Metal lab technician HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee States he is not sure how it happened, but felt discomfort in right eye Friday night, checked his eye, but could see anything, still felt discomfort in eye Saturday night, went to hospital and doctor discovered small piece of metal in eye, removed it, and employee is back to work at full duty

2009 · 1 incident

August 10, 2009 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking tire of welding trailer so it could be unhooked from vehicle. Left "pinkie" finger became pinched between tire of trailer & wheel chock, resulting in injury to pinkie finger, laceration to pinkie finger.

2005 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2005 NH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT MATERIAL WHEN UTILITY KNIFE EMPLOYEE WAS USING CAME FREE FROM MATERIAL HE WAS CUTTING, RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.

October 10, 2005 NH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating crusher plant facilities, when he noticed that there appeared to be some spillage from one of the conveyor belts carrying material from crusher to stockpile, upon inspection saw that rubber skirting was out of place, Employee tried to push on rubber skirting with metal prybar, resulting in prybar getting caught between the conveyor and roller, kick back

2000 · 1 incident

1994 · 1 incident

1990 · 2 incidents

December 28, 1990 NH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

2 EE WORKING TOGETHER RELINING TRUCK BODY HAD TRUCK BODY RAISED EE A WENT TO MOVE TRUCK FORWARD TO FACILITATE PLACING STEEL EE B STEPPED IN FRONT OF REAR DUALS ON DRIVER SIDE JUST AS EE A RELE ASED CLUTCH TRUCK THESE KNOCKED DOWN EE B AND BEFORE EE A COULD STOP AND BACK UP DRVE UP EE B S LEG.

April 25, 1990 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HIT BUMP BOUNCED IN SEAT SEAT BELT WAS ON. INJURY CRACKED RIB COLLAPSED LUNG. WE BELIEVE RIB INJURY OCCURRED OFF JOB WITNESSES REPORT SEEING INJURED EMPL BEFORE START OF WORK. WE HAVE FILED RE PORT IN CONJUCTION WITH W/C.

1989 · 1 incident

October 28, 1989 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING TOM CONVEYOR BELT WHILE CUTTING OUT OLD BELT KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG

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