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Porter's Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Austin Sand & Gravel · Surface

Controlled by Michael D Austin

Waverly, Tioga County, NY · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3002409

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2003–2019
Latest incident: Apr 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$10,289

proposed penalties

$9,538

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1,617	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,122	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,168	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,235	2	1619.4
2024 Q4	2,202	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,905	1	344.2
2024 Q2	3,096	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,400	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 5, 2019 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Porters' Sand & Gravel · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hearing, standard threshold shift as per audiogram.

2017 · 1 incident

August 7, 2017 NY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Porters' Sand & Gravel · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hearing, standard threshold shift as per audiogram results.

2003 · 3 incidents

October 15, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Porters' Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNBOLTING NEW ENGINE BLOCK FROM SHIPPING PALLETTWHEN IT TIPPED OVER PINCHING THE LEFT HAND FINGER/ PALM AREA.

August 4, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY

Porters' Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

WHILE HE WAS STANDING BY MANNING THE SANDBLASTER THE PRESSURE FORCED THE LOCKING FORKS LOOSE AND BLEW THE LID OFF THE TOP OF THE MACHINE FORCING SAND OUT, PELTING HIS FOREARMS FROM WRIST TO EL BOW CAUSING SKIN ABRASION REQUIRING TREATMENT.

June 21, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Porters' Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

EE CLAIMS WHILE HE WAS SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT ON #6, THE MATERIAL LET LOOSE FASTER THAN HE WAS AND CAUGHT HIS SMALL FINGER KNUCKLE ON HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN THE BELTING & THE WOODEN BLOCK FLEW BACK AT HIM, TEARING THE SKIN OPEN ON THE KNUCKLE NEEDING STITCHES TO CLOSE IT.