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Vermont Aggregates, LLC: 126 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Scott D Ireland
Williston, Chittenden County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300705

Vermont Aggregates, LLC has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2011–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
126
citations
24
significant & substantial
$25,721
proposed penalties
$25,721
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
47
inspections on record
740
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: 740 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-09-12.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Vermont Aggregates, LLC has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
114 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 2025-09-04.
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.
19.2%
significant & substantial
8.8%
high negligence or reckless
19.2%
reasonably likely or greater
28.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 34.4% low, 56.8% moderate, 8.8% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
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 2016-03-15.
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 2011-272M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $1K
YORK 2016-0068 Settlement Miller 2016 $112 → $112
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-12-15, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Shovel Operator
2021-04-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 Backhoe Operator
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-09-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Shovel Operator
2015-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.49 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.92 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Vermont Aggregates, LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Vermont, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 8
2023 6
2022 8
2021 8
2020 11
2019 8
2018 8
2017 8
2016 6
2015 6
2014 5
2013 7
2012 8
2011 6
2010 7
2009 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Vermont Aggregates, LLC sits in Chittenden County, Vermont, 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.
Chittenden County, Vermont · Population 168,831
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,310
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
2026 Q2 3,933 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,055 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,645 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,826 3 0 784.1
2025 Q2 902 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,842 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,011 3 0 747.9
2024 Q3 4,010 1 0 249.4
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,660 7 2 2631.6
2023 Q4 3,739 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,385 8 1 2363.4
2023 Q2 3,365 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,927 2 0 1037.9
2022 Q4 3,214 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,630 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,074 6 1 1472.8
2022 Q1 1,907 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,046 6 1 1189.1
2021 Q3 4,082 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,969 4 1 1347.3
2021 Q1 3,435 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,812 6 3 880.8
2020 Q3 6,827 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,841 5 1 1032.8
2020 Q1 3,832 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,956 3 1 605.3
2019 Q3 5,730 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,898 1 0 204.2
2019 Q1 3,550 2 0 563.4
2018 Q4 4,618 2 0 433.1
2018 Q3 5,919 3 0 506.8
2018 Q2 5,538 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,639 2 0 757.9
2017 Q4 4,588 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,039 5 2 992.3
2017 Q2 5,290 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,757 4 1 1064.7
2016 Q4 2,677 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,619 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,204 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,423 3 0 1238.1
2015 Q4 3,806 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,866 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,657 4 1 1505.5
2015 Q1 2,381 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,737 2 0 730.7
2014 Q3 3,555 3 0 843.9
2014 Q2 3,506 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,855 2 0 700.5
2013 Q4 3,693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,903 4 0 1024.9
2013 Q2 3,412 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,743 2 0 729.1
2012 Q4 4,669 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,796 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,131 1 0 194.9
2012 Q1 2,626 3 2 1142.4
2011 Q4 4,113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,977 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,715 4 1 1473.3
2011 Q1 1,987 7 3 3522.9
2010 Q4 4,941 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,622 6 2 1067.2
2010 Q2 4,521 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,533 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,012 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,134 2 0 638.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 23, 2019 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reported the injury happened over time and not due to any one specific activity.

2016 · 2 incidents

March 2, 2016 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REPORTED EE BELIEVES EE's SHOULDER WAS INJURED OVER TIME WORKING ON THE CRUSHER. NO ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT WAS REPORTED.

January 19, 2016 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED EE WAS EXITING THE CONNEX BOX STORAGE TRAILER WHEN EE SLIPPED ON SNOW/ICE CAUSING EE TO CATCH SELF IN A SPLIT.

2015 · 3 incidents

November 12, 2015 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS BACK ON PART OF THE CRUSHER. HE ALSO REPORTED BENDING AND LIFTING CONTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY. HE HAS A BACK STRAIN.

October 29, 2015 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER JAW WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

April 6, 2015 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated he was removing a bolt from the cone, located on the ground, when the bolt broke off causing him to step backward rolling his ankle.

2014 · 3 incidents

December 19, 2014 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING WITH THE CRUSHER WHEN HE BANGED HIS KNEE ON THE CRUSHER.

September 16, 2014 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE IS NOT SURE HOW HE INJURED HIS SHOULDER, BUT CAN FEEL A SNAP ON OCCASION AND IT PAINFUL WHEN IT HAPPENS.

August 5, 2014 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

Employee reported he was exiting the loader when he lost his grip on the right side of the ladder. He swung around backwards holding on with his left hand. His lower back hit the frame of the loader. Injury is a lumbar strain.

2013 · 1 incident

January 29, 2013 VT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GREASING A MACHINE WHEN HE WENT TO RETRIEVE ANOTHER TUBE OF GREASE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRAINING HIS CHEST

2011 · 6 incidents

August 5, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON LOADER WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN ABDOMEN AREA.

July 27, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PUTTING A MATT ON THE SCREEN WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOWER DECK OF CRUSHER HITTING SHIN ON UPPER DECK OF CRUSHER.

July 7, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE LOOSENING BOLTS ON CRUSHER STRAINED LOWER BACK.

May 4, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Fall from machine

Employee stated he was changing screens. He had failed to fasten the chain at the point of egress losing his balance at said point and fell to the ground.

March 17, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE stated he was shoveling dirt under the conveyor belt,twisted and felt a pop in his shoulder.