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WALLINGFORD QUARRY: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

TROY MINERALS · Surface
Controlled by Stephen M Chmielewski
Wallingford, Rutland County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300064

WALLINGFORD QUARRY has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
106
citations
5
significant & substantial
$16,228
proposed penalties
$16,228
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See TROY MINERALS's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
1,025
inspection hours
10.3
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.
106 citations across 1,025 inspection hours.
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: 2015-01-14.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

WALLINGFORD QUARRY has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
103 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
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.
4.8%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
4.8%
reasonably likely or greater
38.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.0% none, 47.6% low, 49.5% moderate, 1.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2023-03-28, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (36)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2020-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-03-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.49 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Shovel Operator
2018-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Mechanic
2018-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 1.79 0.40 Truck Driver
2015-06-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.9 10 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2015-01-15 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Copper fumes 7.06 300 0.02 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Iron oxide fumes 0.56 20 0.03 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Lead fumes 13.24 450 0.03 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Manganese fumes 0.04 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-15 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2011-08-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1 0.13 Truck Driver
2010-01-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.92 0.14 Shovel Operator
2006-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-02-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 10 0.04 Belt Crew
2004-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2004-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

WALLINGFORD QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Vermont, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.88 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 9.55 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. White Pigment Corp 1950 to 1980
  2. White Pigment Corp 1980 to 1985
  3. Shelburne Limestone Corp 1985 to 2015
  4. Troy Minerals 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 7
2023 7
2022 7
2021 7
2020 7
2019 9
2018 8
2017 8
2016 7
2015 8
2014 9
2013 8
2012 7
2011 6
2010 5
2009 5
2008 7
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 7
2003 7
2002 9
2001 12
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WALLINGFORD QUARRY sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Rutland County, Vermont · Population 60,484
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,778
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 5,059 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,180 3 0 717.7
2025 Q4 4,442 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,816 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,935 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,720 7 0 1881.7
2024 Q4 3,799 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,002 2 0 499.8
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,049 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,037 3 0 743.1
2023 Q4 3,798 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,285 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,222 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,777 1 0 264.8
2022 Q4 3,033 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,869 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,720 3 0 806.5
2022 Q1 2,991 1 0 334.3
2021 Q4 3,884 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,351 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,076 5 1 1625.5
2021 Q1 2,872 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,611 3 0 830.8
2020 Q3 3,928 5 0 1272.9
2020 Q2 3,705 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,296 8 0 1862.2
2019 Q4 4,335 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,704 5 0 1062.9
2019 Q2 4,681 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,619 3 0 829.0
2018 Q4 3,961 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,479 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,753 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,552 5 0 1407.7
2017 Q4 4,145 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,696 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,384 2 0 456.2
2017 Q1 3,802 1 0 263.0
2016 Q4 3,988 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,859 1 0 259.1
2016 Q2 7,033 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,401 2 0 588.1
2015 Q4 3,018 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,982 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,349 4 0 544.3
2015 Q1 4,913 2 1 407.1
2014 Q4 5,099 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,604 3 0 535.3
2014 Q2 5,466 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,792 3 0 626.0
2013 Q4 4,980 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,954 4 1 807.4
2013 Q2 5,076 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,893 2 0 408.7
2012 Q4 5,151 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,904 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,801 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,117 1 0 242.9
2011 Q4 3,819 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,189 1 0 313.6
2011 Q2 3,155 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,076 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,103 1 0 322.3
2010 Q3 3,570 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,226 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,927 2 1 683.3
2009 Q4 3,157 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,054 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,235 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,096 1 1 323.0
2008 Q4 4,028 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,067 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,207 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,419 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,381 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,365 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,554 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,335 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,390 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,022 1 0 330.9
2006 Q2 3,570 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,213 1 0 311.2
2005 Q4 3,343 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,461 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,544 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,058 2 0 654.0
2004 Q4 3,629 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,991 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,981 5 0 1256.0
2004 Q1 3,270 5 0 1529.1
2003 Q4 3,631 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,541 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,284 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,090 4 0 978.0
2002 Q4 3,696 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,451 2 0 449.3
2002 Q2 6,765 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,085 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,897 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,566 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,846 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,345 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,086 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,726 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 30, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White Pigment Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GUS WAS DRILLING AT THE TOP OF A 45 FT FACE HE APPARENTLY FELL OVER THE EDGE TO HIS DEATH AT THE BOTTOM. HE WAS NOT USING A SAFETY ROPE.

Reportable incidents

18 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2021 · 1 incident

August 16, 2021 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Troy Minerals · Struck against stationary object

EE was re-assembling the base on the sunstrike breaker. EE removed left hand from the bolts and caught right hand on the corner, causing a 2-3" laceration that required stitches.

2018 · 1 incident

December 18, 2018 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Troy Minerals · Struck against a moving object

The 769C haul truck was backing up to the 3450 excavator to be loaded. As the truck was backing up, it struck the raised bucket of the excavator, which jarred the operator, causing neck pain to the operator.

2007 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

February 5, 2004 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO TRUCK, SLIPPED OFF & FELL ON HIS BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

August 27, 2002 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Fall onto or against objects

GREASING CRUSHER, FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE,

1999 · 1 incident

January 8, 1999 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OIL DRILL WHEN HE LOST FOOTING ON TRACK AND FLEL ON BACK. TRACK WAS ICE AND SNOW COVERED.

1997 · 1 incident

June 23, 1997 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Struck by flying object

AFTER CHANGING STEEL DRILL ROD, EE STARTED THE DRILL. STEEL FRAGMENT FLEW FROM COUPLING AND PENETRATED HIS ABDOMEN.

1995 · 3 incidents

December 21, 1995 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Fall from machine

REMOVING HOOD OVER EXCAVATOR MOTOR FOR MAINTENANCE. FELL OFF EQUIPMENT RECEIVED GAST CUT ON SCALP PLUS INJURED VERTABRAE.

May 17, 1995 VT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Flash burns (welding)

HE WAS WELDING INSIDE A BIN SO HE COULD REBUILD IT. HE HAD HIS WELDING MASK ON. BEING A RESTRAINED SPACE AND BY CHECKING HIS WORK THE ARC HIT THE WALL CAUSING THE FLASH. BURN CORNEAL. THE RT O NE MORE SEVERE.

April 6, 1995 VT · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TRANSFERRING ANFO FROM MAGAZINE TO TRAILER TWISTED BACK WHILE LIFTING 50LB BAGS OF ANFO

1991 · 1 incident

June 17, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL OPERATING AIR TRACK DRILL.STARTING TO CHANGE DRILL STEEL.AT THIS POINT THE CHAIN THAT HOLDS HAMMER BROKE ALLOWING HAMMER TO FALL STRIKING HIM ON FOREARM.

1990 · 2 incidents

December 10, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler OTHER
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS REPAIRING CONVEYOR BELT. GUST OF WIND BLEW PARTICLE OF DIRT INTO EYE.

January 31, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REPLACE A BRACKET ON A VIBRATING SCREEN AFTER COMPLETING JOB HE REMOVED HIS PROTECTIVE GOGGLES BRUSHED OFF HIS FOREHEAD AND WITHOUT REALIZING IT BRUS HED TINY PARTICLE OF SLAG INTO HIS EYE.

1987 · 1 incident

July 20, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IN CRUSHER-CHAI3 FALL SLIPPED OFF ROCK.HOOK CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN HOOK AND POST ON FEEDER.

1986 · 1 incident

May 6, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Fall onto or against objects

BOLTS PROTRUDIN1 FROM FLOOR-WHILE GOING AROUND MILL TO UNPLUG HE TRIPPED OVER BOLTS, FELL INTO A WALL.

1985 · 1 incident

October 18, 1985 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shelburne Limestone Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL WEDGE ATACHED TO A LONG ROD ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER (JAW) THE WEDGE BROKE FROM ROD EMP RFETRIEVED IT FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND DROP IT ON HEEL OF HIS RIGHT FOOT

1984 · 1 incident

August 25, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
White Pigment Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACING STONE UNDER SHOVEL TRACK TO LINE PIN HOLE UP. SHOVEL MOVED GETTING THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACK & STONE.

1983 · 1 incident

May 4, 1983 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White Pigment Corp · Fall from ladders

STEPPING FROM LADDER EE FELL WHEN LADDER TIPPED, LANDING ON BLOCK OF WOOD. EE BRUISED MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE, BRUISED ELBOW & LOWER LEG.