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HOFFAY FARM PIT Metal/Non-Metal

RIFENBURG CONSTRUCTION INC · Surface

Controlled by George Rifenburg; John K Rifenburg

West Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, NY · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 3002858

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2003
Latest incident: Jul 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$10,192

proposed penalties

$10,192

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	1,426	1	701.3
2025 Q3	2,321	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,145	0	0.0
2025 Q1	180	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,313	1	432.3
2024 Q3	2,445	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,954	0	0.0
2024 Q1	313	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

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

July 15, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

Rifenburg Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING A LOADER IN GRAVEL BANK, MINING 50' FACE OF GRAVEL. OPERATOR HAS FULLY LOADED BUCKET IN RAISED POSITION, STARTS TO BACK AWAY FROM FACE, DOES NOT SEE MATERIAL FALL FROM FACE OVER FILLING BUCKET CAUSING LOAD TO PITCH FORWARD. OPERATOR SLIDES FORWARD IN SEAT, CHEST CONTACTED STEERING WHEEL, FOREHEAD CONTACTED WINDSHIELD.