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WELLS QUARRY LLC: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

WELLS QUARRY LLC · Surface
Wells, Rutland County, VT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4300014

WELLS QUARRY LLC 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
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
27
significant & substantial
$16,019
proposed penalties
$16,019
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See WELLS QUARRY LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
800
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: 800 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WELLS QUARRY LLC 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
80 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-17.
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.
33.8%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
33.8%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.2% low, 72.5% moderate, 6.2% 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: 2019-09-25, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2019-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Truck Driver
2014-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2008-11-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2008-11-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.89 0.12 Shovel 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hilltop Slate Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Hilltop Slate Inc 1986 to 2024
  3. Wells Quarry LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 4
2018 3
2017 1
2016 5
2015 6
2014 6
2013 7
2012 6
2011 5
2010 4
2009 3
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 2
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WELLS QUARRY LLC 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
2025 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 370 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 380 1 0 2631.6
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 380 3 0 7894.7
2020 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,260 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 988 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,044 4 2 3831.4
2019 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 860 4 0 4651.2
2018 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,022 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 680 6 5 8823.5
2018 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 16 3 0 187500.0
2016 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,740 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,600 3 1 1153.8
2015 Q4 2,600 4 2 1538.5
2015 Q3 2,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,800 5 0 1785.7
2014 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,800 2 0 714.3
2013 Q4 2,680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,830 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,110 1 0 321.5
2013 Q1 2,800 1 1 357.1
2012 Q4 3,400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,400 1 1 416.7
2012 Q1 3,220 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,290 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,808 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,800 5 1 2777.8
2010 Q4 2,100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 830 2 1 2409.6
2010 Q2 3,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,211 1 1 825.8
2009 Q4 1,090 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,220 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 928 2 0 2155.2
2009 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 820 3 0 3658.5
2008 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 964 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,248 3 3 2403.8
2007 Q4 1,860 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,287 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,208 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,680 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,360 6 3 2542.4
2005 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,352 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,260 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,987 1 0 503.3
2004 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,850 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 960 1 0 1041.7
2002 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,128 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,144 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,062 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,504 3 2 1198.1
2001 Q2 2,733 1 0 365.9
2001 Q1 2,856 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,379 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,897 4 3 1380.7
2000 Q2 3,502 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,887 2 0 692.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 1 incident

October 16, 1995 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hilltop Slate Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FINGER ON TRUCK DOOR HANDLE.

1994 · 1 incident

April 6, 1994 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hilltop Slate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

UNKNOWN- EMPLOYEE WAS ON BREAK. WENT FOR A WALK ALONE, APPARENTLY FELL.