Mining Incidents

Cascade Valley 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.

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.
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
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
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 8 1
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 11 4
2021 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 4 1
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 2 0
2019 Q3 0 1 0
2019 Q2 495 3 1 6060.6
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.

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