Mining Incidents

Belfast Gravel Products Inc Mine: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Belfast Gravel Products Inc · Surface
Controlled by William E Hopkins
BELFAST, NY, Allegany County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003295

Belfast Gravel Products Inc Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $330 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,786
proposed penalties
$2,456
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $330 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
156
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: 156 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Belfast Gravel Products Inc Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $330 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$330
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-13.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
3.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 80.0% moderate, 3.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. O & H Contracting Inc 1999 to 2003
  2. Belfast Gravel Products Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 5
2003 2
2001 4
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Belfast Gravel Products Inc Mine sits in Allegany County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Allegany County, New York · Population 47,027
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,233
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
2011 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 236 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 800 1 0 1250.0
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 880 2 0 2272.7
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 880 3 0 3409.1
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 372 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 380 3 0 7894.7
2006 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 996 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,549 4 2 2582.3
2005 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,369 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,643 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 534 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,280 1 1 781.2
2003 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 994 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,096 5 0 2385.5
2001 Q2 1,728 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,528 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,841 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,731 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 1 incident

April 11, 2000 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O & H Contracting Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING WAS DECK ON PLANT, USING A SHOVEL.

1999 · 1 incident

November 9, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
O & H Contracting Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS CLEANING DEBRIS OFF SCREEN ON SCREENING PLANT WITH A BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED THROUGH SCREEN AND WORKERS/HAND WAS PULLED DOWN AND IMPACTED ON SCREEN. THUMB OF LEFT HAND WAS SPRAINED.