Mining Incidents

Woburn Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Onyx Corporation · Surface
Controlled by John D Durkin
Woburn, Middlesex County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901283

Woburn Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59 outstanding across 0 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 2019
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,406
proposed penalties
$4,347
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
11
inspections on record
204
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: 204 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Woburn Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$59
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-02-01.
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
2021 Q4 3,050 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,109 3 0 964.9
2021 Q2 3,252 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,240 3 0 925.9
2020 Q4 3,210 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,845 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,964 1 1 252.3
2020 Q1 3,861 3 1 777.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 4,739 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,787 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,490 4 1 1146.1

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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