Mining Incidents

Wilton Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Norman Brown
BILLERICA, Middlesex County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901086

Wilton Pit has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K outstanding across 5 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 2000
110
citations
49
significant & substantial
$86,951
proposed penalties
$33,278
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $53,673 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
390
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: 390 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wilton Pit has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K outstanding across 5 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$84K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$50K
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-22.
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
2014 Q4 465 4 2 8602.2
2014 Q3 1,280 10 6 7812.5
2014 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,460 7 4 4794.5
2013 Q3 1,620 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,785 2 1 1120.4
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 2,160 13 8 6018.5
2012 Q3 1,660 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,525 9 2 5901.6
2012 Q1 1,650 32 18 19393.9
2011 Q4 1,436 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,590 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,640 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,876 4 1 2132.2
2010 Q4 1,620 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,862 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,440 4 2 2777.8
2009 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,610 4 0 1532.6
2008 Q2 2,610 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,350 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2007 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,925 2 0 1039.0
2006 Q3 1,875 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,620 2 0 1234.6
2005 Q3 1,890 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,755 3 1 1709.4
2005 Q1 1,740 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,560 4 1 2564.1
2004 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,540 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 600 1 0 1666.7
2003 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,080 2 1 1851.9
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 460 5 2 10869.6
2000 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 540 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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