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Arsenal Stone Metal/Non-Metal

John Vespa Inc · Surface

Controlled by Jon Vespa

WATERTOWN, Jefferson County, NY · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 3003130

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2002–2005
Latest incident: Oct 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$10,585

proposed penalties

$9,417

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 Q3	1,880	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,920	1	520.8
2025 Q1	160	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,136	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,508	0	0.0
2024 Q1	80	0	0.0
2023 Q4	1,080	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,568	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

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 24, 2005 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

John Vespa Inc · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT A CHUTE ABOVE THE HAMMER MILL. HE CLIMBED UP ON THE CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS WET & HAD SOME MATERIAL ON IT, HE THEN LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL APPROX. 8'.

2004 · 1 incident

June 24, 2004 NY · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

John Vespa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PART.

2002 · 1 incident

July 1, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

John Vespa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 100 LB BEARING AND CARRIED UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS TO THE WASH PLANT.