Mining Incidents

HOME PIT AND MILL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy Casey
Hinesburg, Chittenden County, VT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4300110

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2005–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
23
significant & substantial
$25,763
proposed penalties
$25,763
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 10,625 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,487 1 0 95.4
2025 Q2 10,310 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,787 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,131 2 1 179.7
2024 Q2 7,066 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,994 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,554 8 1 692.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 30, 2019 VT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was traveling up the meadow road to load a truck. While driving up the road, EE shook the bucket to make sure it was clean. The bucket contacted the ground and made the loader suddenly stop and propel EE into the windshield.

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2022 · 1 incident

August 8, 2022 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking for an air leak. They had the operator hold down the brake pedal and proceeded to feel around the brake canister shaft. The operators foot slipped off the pedal and when the shaft retracted it lacerated employee's thumb and finger.

2011 · 1 incident

August 4, 2011 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee was standing on the third step of a 5 step ladder. He was cutting a piece of metal off a truck dump body. He used a bar to finish taking off the metal strip. When the metal came loose employee lost his balance and fell to the floor.

2009 · 1 incident

November 30, 2009 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was working on a tail pulley in the shop. He was using a carbide cut off saw and the blade broke and a piece flew up and hit him in the forehead.

2006 · 2 incidents

November 30, 2006 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

A pin was being removed from a crane's drive chain. The pin would not come out so heat was applied to the pin from both sides of the pin. The injured employee was told to put the torch away, while 2 other employees hammered on the pin. The injured employee returned and bent down on the other side of the track to look at the pin. The pin let go and struck the employee in the chin.

April 10, 2006 VT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was working in the shop and stepped back and tripped over a wooden block. He stopped his fall with his left wrist. He stress-fractured one of the bones.

2005 · 1 incident

April 25, 2005 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was polishing a shaft for a conveyor on a lathe. He was wearing bulky welding gloves at the time of the accident. He put a strip of sand paper completely around the shaft. The paper and his glove cought on the shaft pulling and bending his wrist. Nearby employees shut down the lathe.