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30 X 42 PORTABLE #1: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Salvatore E Cherenzia
WESTERLY RI, Washington County, RI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3700188

30 X 42 PORTABLE #1 has $8K 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
14
Years on record
1999–2005
Latest incident
Nov 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
35
citations
17
significant & substantial
$7,942
proposed penalties
$7,942
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cherenzia Excavation Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
157
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: 157 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

30 X 42 PORTABLE #1 has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-20.
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.
48.6%
significant & substantial
8.6%
high negligence or reckless
48.6%
reasonably likely or greater
68.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 91.4% moderate, 8.6% 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: 2002-05-16, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 1.28 0.46 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.84 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 0.71 0.89 Truck Driver
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.51 0.25 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.

30 X 42 PORTABLE #1 recorded 12.94 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
12.94
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Rhode Island, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.12 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2005 * 12.94 0.00 0.000
2004 * 26.22 0.00 0.000
2003 * 7.65 7.65 0.000
2002 * 17.12 8.56 0.000
2001 * 6.30 6.30 0.000
2000 * 19.93 9.96 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Cherenzia Excavation Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 16
2004 18
2003 14
2002 13
2001 20
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

30 X 42 PORTABLE #1 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
2005 Q4 9,911 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,953 6 2 670.2
2005 Q2 8,459 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,582 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,814 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,761 18 10 2319.3
2004 Q2 7,488 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,450 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 7,704 3 3 389.4
2003 Q3 7,310 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,995 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,143 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,699 1 0 175.5
2002 Q3 6,839 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,381 4 0 541.9
2002 Q1 3,445 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,875 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,171 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,695 3 2 345.0
2001 Q1 6,004 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,666 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,315 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,891 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2005 · 3 incidents

November 1, 2005 RI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting tension rails from his company pick up truck when he felt a pain in his lower back

October 11, 2005 RI · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING DRILL BITS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN HIS EYE

August 17, 2005 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Struck against stationary object

Assisting blaster, handing him a loading pole, blaster pulled out of employee's hand causing a splinter in left middle finger.

2004 · 4 incidents

August 2, 2004 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE OPENED THE BACK OF HIS MACHINE (LOADER) AND WAS STUNG BY SEVERAL BEES.

July 20, 2004 RI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN 8 X 12 FOOT CHANNEL IRON WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK.

July 13, 2004 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS RE-ENTERING HIS MACHINE (LOADER) WHEN HE SLIPPED AND BANGED HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

April 9, 2004 RI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing a cheek plate on a crusher while pulling the cheek plate it gave way and hit the ee on the right hand and forehead.

2003 · 1 incident

March 28, 2003 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL JOB DUTIES WHICH INCLUDE BENDING AND LIFTING, HE BENT OVER TO LIFT A PIECE OF STEEL AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK

2002 · 2 incidents

June 20, 2002 RI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRIVING A BUSHING WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE BUSHING STARTED TO FALL. HE CAUGHT IT WITH HIS FREE HAND AND STRUCK HIS FREE HAND WITH THE SLEDGEHAMMER.

May 7, 2002 RI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PERFORMING HIS NORN JOB DUTIES WHICH INCLUDE BENDING, LIFTING, ETC. THE FOLLOWING MORNING HE WOK WITH LOWER BACK PAIN.

2001 · 1 incident

March 26, 2001 RI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Fall from machine

EE STATED HE WAS STANDING ON LOWER BRAME OF CONVEYOR APPROX 3 TO 3 1/2 FEET OFF THE GROUND. HE HAD JUST FINISHED HOOKING UP RIGGING AND JUMPED TO THE GROUND WHEN HE HEARD HIS RIGHT LEG SNAP. E E CLAIMS HE JUST LANDED WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT ON THE RIGHT LEG AND HE ACKNOWLEDGES HE SHOULD HAVE USED A STEP LADDER.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2000 RI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS STANDING ON LOW BED TRAILER REMOVING CHAINS FROM BUCKET ON FRONT END LOADER. AS HE WAS GOING TO REMOVE A MANHOLE COVER UNIT, THE PLANKING ON LOW BED(WHICH WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN) GAVE WAY FORCING MAN TO FALL 1 1/2 FEET THROUGH DECKING.

May 27, 2000 RI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WALKING ON JOBSITE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL IN IT.

1999 · 1 incident

July 20, 1999 RI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BUCKET OF OIL AND HE FELT A PINCH IN HIS LOWER BACK.