Mining Incidents

Upper Imperial Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Vermont Quarries Corp. · Underground
Controlled by Fabrizio Ponzanelli
Danby, Rutland County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300574

Upper Imperial Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Upper Imperial Quarry.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
31
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,078
proposed penalties
$2,078
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
27
inspections on record
334
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: 334 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Upper Imperial Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-02-01.
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
2005 Q2 2,502 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,842 2 1 703.7
2004 Q4 2,827 1 1 353.7
2004 Q3 3,309 1 0 302.2
2004 Q2 2,112 1 0 473.5
2004 Q1 2,062 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,700 3 0 1111.1
2003 Q3 2,855 5 1 1751.3
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 1,637 3 0 1832.6
2003 Q1 1,876 6 1 3198.3
2002 Q4 3,561 2 0 561.6
2002 Q3 3,247 5 0 1539.9
2002 Q2 3,534 2 0 565.9

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.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Upper Imperial Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.