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White Rock Quarry: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rawson Materials · Surface
WESTERLY, Washington County, RI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3700192

White Rock Quarry has $11K 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
2004–2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
72
citations
18
significant & substantial
$10,758
proposed penalties
$10,758
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rawson Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
42
inspections on record
490
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: 490 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

White Rock Quarry has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-11.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
18.1%
high negligence or reckless
29.2%
reasonably likely or greater
47.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 69.4% moderate, 18.1% 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: 2021-02-11, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2007-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 2.38 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2005-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.04 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.93 0.10 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.11 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.65 0.69 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-08-01 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.
Ownership history
  1. Cherenzia Excavation Inc 2000 to 2018
  2. Rawson Materials 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 1
2021 1
2020 4
2019 3
2018 5
2017 7
2016 6
2015 8
2014 9
2013 7
2012 6
2011 8
2010 9
2009 8
2008 9
2007 9
2006 10
2005 11
2004 11
2003 8
2002 8
2001 7
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

White Rock Quarry sits in Washington County, Rhode Island, 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.
Washington County, Rhode Island · Population 130,073
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,478
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
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 341 1 0 2932.6
2020 Q4 1,329 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,272 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 1,146 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,461 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,117 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 930 1 0 1075.3
2019 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,831 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,140 1 1 467.3
2018 Q1 584 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,121 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,553 3 0 1175.1
2017 Q2 3,470 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,383 1 0 723.1
2016 Q4 2,887 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,601 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,619 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,220 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,791 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,208 4 0 950.6
2015 Q1 2,578 2 0 775.8
2014 Q4 4,507 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,894 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,495 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,483 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,608 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,669 3 0 1124.0
2013 Q2 2,738 3 1 1095.7
2013 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,503 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,331 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,972 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,357 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,606 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,994 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,121 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,606 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,605 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,119 5 2 1603.1
2009 Q4 3,896 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,698 2 2 425.7
2009 Q2 4,089 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 929 3 0 3229.3
2008 Q4 2,076 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,802 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,017 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,748 3 1 800.4
2007 Q4 4,481 4 1 892.7
2007 Q3 4,093 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,301 7 1 1320.5
2007 Q1 3,609 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,663 5 1 1072.3
2006 Q3 4,493 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,723 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,937 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,134 4 2 967.6
2005 Q3 4,898 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,542 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,484 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,813 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,494 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,774 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,570 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,701 5 1 1351.0
2003 Q3 3,973 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,896 5 1 1726.5
2003 Q1 2,227 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,172 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,671 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 314 3 1 9554.1
2001 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,747 3 1 1092.1
2001 Q2 999 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 159 3 1 18867.9
2000 Q4 7,934 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

June 26, 2006 RI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Applying pressure with a pry bar to position a motor mount, he felt a pain in his left shoulder causing a left should strain.

2004 · 1 incident

March 23, 2004 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOWBED DRIVER WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE PREMISIS. HE LIFTED LOWBED DECK WITH GOOSNECK, WHEN BRAKE SECURING LIFT DECK FAILED & SHIFTED & FELL DOWN. EE COULD NOT MOVE HIS FOOT COMPLETLY OUT OF THE WAY. DECK OF LOWBED FELL ON EE'S RIGHT FOOT BREAKING HIS BIG TOE.