Mining Incidents

Unity Stone Quarry: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Julian Materials LLC · Surface
Unity, Sullivan County, NH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2700459

Unity Stone Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $264 outstanding across 2 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 2012
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,591
proposed penalties
$3,192
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $399 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
13
inspections on record
184
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: 184 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Unity Stone Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $264 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$264
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-06-09.
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.
22.6%
significant & substantial
12.9%
high negligence or reckless
22.6%
reasonably likely or greater
38.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.3% low, 54.8% moderate, 12.9% 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 · 42% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 77%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 23%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2013-02-20.
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 2013-101M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $1K → $1K
YORK 2013-60M Default Lesnick 2013 $493 → $493
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Unity Stone Quarry 2012 to 2023
  2. Julian Materials LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Unity Stone Quarry sits in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, 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.
Sullivan County, New Hampshire · Population 43,529
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,929
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
2025 Q2 596 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 331 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 225 1 0 4444.4
2020 Q1 158 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 211 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 255 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 210 1 0 4761.9
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 300 4 0 13333.3
2018 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 107 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 41 1 0 24390.2
2014 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 36 10 2 277777.8

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.