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Cascade Valley: 67 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sanford Stone LLC · Surface
Controlled by George W Sanford
Damascus, Broome County, NY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3003487

Cascade Valley has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
2008–2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
67
citations
20
significant & substantial
$19,502
proposed penalties
$18,287
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,215 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
31
inspections on record
328
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: 328 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2021-12-13.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Cascade Valley has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-08.
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.
32.3%
significant & substantial
22.6%
high negligence or reckless
32.3%
reasonably likely or greater
41.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.3% low, 66.1% moderate, 22.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2021-12-14, 4 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.3 1.00 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.37 0.41 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2005-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.49 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.51 0.59 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Star Stone Quarries Inc 2005 to 2017
  2. Sanford Stone LLC 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 1
2020 0
2019 1
2018 1
2017 5
2011 0
2010 2
2009 0
2008 5
2007 6
2006 7
2005 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cascade Valley sits in Broome County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Broome County, New York · Population 197,738
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,059
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 20 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 1 0
2019 Q3 0 1 0
2019 Q2 495 1 0 2020.2
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,004 3 0 1497.0
2017 Q3 2,354 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 767 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 418 7 3 16746.4
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,743 5 0 2868.6
2008 Q3 3,916 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,450 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 539 5 2 9276.4
2007 Q4 1,788 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,924 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,438 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 762 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,171 3 0 946.1
2006 Q3 6,340 7 4 1104.1
2006 Q2 2,845 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,988 2 2 501.5
2005 Q3 10,086 6 2 594.9
2005 Q2 2,946 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

September 2, 2010 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Stone Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting stone and putting/stacking stone on pallet. Individual was working next to a recut saw which uses water and the area was wet.

2008 · 1 incident

June 7, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Star Stone Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating dump truck on unlevel terrain, while dumping load, truck began to rock and the truck tipped over. Employee failed to position vehicle on level ground. Employee injured leg and ribs.