Mining Incidents

Adelman Sand & Gravel Inc: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Adelman Sand and Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Linda Adelman
Bozrah, New London County, CT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0600274

Adelman Sand & Gravel Inc has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
20
significant & substantial
$12,242
proposed penalties
$11,945
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $297 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
441
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: 441 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Adelman Sand & Gravel Inc has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-09.
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.
20.6%
significant & substantial
10.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.6%
reasonably likely or greater
55.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.0% none, 21.6% low, 67.0% moderate, 10.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 78%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 22%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2020-01-26.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2010-228M Settlement Bulluck 2012 $2K → $1K
YORK 2011-122M Withdrawal Moran 2012 $300 → $100
YORK 2020-0042 Settlement Moran 2020 $242 → $242
YORK 2009-243M Settlement 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2024-04-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.54 0.39 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. Seymour'S Sand & Stone Inc 1950 to 1999
  2. Adelman Sand and Gravel 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 6
2014 7
2013 4
2012 5
2011 3
2010 3
2009 4
2008 9
2007 9
2006 9
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Adelman Sand & Gravel Inc sits in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 279,025
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$84,185
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
2026 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 191 1 0 5235.6
2025 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 151 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8 2 0 250000.0
2024 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 19 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 111 5 1 45045.0
2024 Q1 145 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 297 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 39 2 0 51282.1
2022 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 24 3 2 125000.0
2020 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 99 2 0 20202.0
2019 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 190 4 0 21052.6
2019 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 138 2 0 14492.8
2017 Q3 67 2 0 29850.7
2017 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 885 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 776 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 806 9 0 11166.3
2016 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 746 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 735 3 0 4081.6
2015 Q2 726 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 599 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 736 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 916 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 764 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 792 4 0 5050.5
2013 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 666 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 740 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 657 3 2 4566.2
2011 Q4 949 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 690 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,245 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 926 5 1 5399.6
2010 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 996 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 614 3 2 4886.0
2009 Q4 1,089 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,117 4 0 3581.0
2009 Q1 786 7 0 8905.9
2008 Q4 1,018 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,348 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 766 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 890 2 0 2247.2
2007 Q3 1,588 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,110 3 1 2702.7
2006 Q4 1,809 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,284 7 2 5451.7
2006 Q2 1,424 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 679 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 769 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 150 4 2 26666.7
2004 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 387 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 560 2 0 3571.4
2003 Q3 738 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 242 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 418 2 0 4784.7
2002 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 589 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 477 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 534 4 1 7490.6
2001 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 615 4 2 6504.1
2001 Q1 441 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 418 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 579 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 488 8 4 16393.4

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.