Mining Incidents

VARIN'S PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sue A Sinnamon
Bolton, Chittenden County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300637

VARIN'S PIT has $4K 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 2005
22
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,937
proposed penalties
$2,897
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,040 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
30
inspections on record
296
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: 296 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VARIN'S PIT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-29.
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
2025 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 737 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 443 1 0 2257.3
2023 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,564 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 737 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 527 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,233 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 962 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 825 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,466 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 840 2 1 2381.0
2019 Q3 1,635 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 790 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,489 1 0 671.6
2018 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,094 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,378 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,197 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 724 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,154 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 778 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 702 1 1 1424.5
2015 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 920 2 0 2173.9
2014 Q3 1,160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 762 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 792 1 0 1262.6
2013 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 792 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 761 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 792 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,824 1 0 548.2
2011 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 896 2 0 2232.1
2010 Q3 1,664 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 720 5 3 6944.4
2009 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 736 2 1 2717.4
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 704 1 0 1420.5
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 704 1 1 1420.5
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,065 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 490 2 1 4081.6
2005 Q3 982 0 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.

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