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Coopers Plains Pit: 57 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David J Dalrymple
Coopers Plains, Steuben County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3002426

Coopers Plains Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1984–2021
Latest incident
May 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
57
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,783
proposed penalties
$6,635
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $148 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
659
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: 659 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Coopers Plains Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-07.
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.
22.8%
significant & substantial
1.8%
high negligence or reckless
24.6%
reasonably likely or greater
64.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.3% low, 78.9% moderate, 1.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
YORK20000001M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $2K → $1K
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: 2024-05-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
Show the individual readings (25)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 1.03 0.71 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.5 0.34 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2017-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.58 0.43 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2011-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.73 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.68 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.55 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.54 0.46 Dredge/Barge Operator
2002-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.56 0.34 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.72 0.25 Truck Driver
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.

Coopers Plains Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.08 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 6.30 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 8.26 8.26 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Lycoming Silica Sand Company 1979 to 1988
  2. General Crushed Stone Company 1988 to 1996
  3. Scl Ventures L L C 1996 to 2002
  4. Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 25
2025 26
2024 26
2023 26
2022 24
2021 25
2020 17
2019 17
2018 13
2017 12
2016 12
2015 13
2014 12
2013 13
2012 13
2011 16
2010 10
2009 12
2008 18
2007 26
2006 17
2005 20
2004 16
2003 10
2002 8
2001 13
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Coopers Plains Pit sits in Steuben County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Steuben County, New York · Population 93,034
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,740
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 10,500 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,411 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,044 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,442 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,425 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,772 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,595 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,428 2 1 212.1
2024 Q1 4,376 1 0 228.5
2023 Q4 7,992 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 12,124 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,171 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,448 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,248 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,116 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,357 1 0 106.9
2022 Q1 4,768 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,152 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,985 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,452 2 0 211.6
2021 Q1 5,174 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,414 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,470 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,885 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,418 2 0 369.1
2019 Q3 8,976 1 0 111.4
2019 Q2 6,692 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,868 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,678 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,310 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,488 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,234 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,246 2 0 276.0
2017 Q1 4,405 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,556 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,353 2 0 213.8
2016 Q2 6,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,405 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,605 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,968 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,941 2 1 288.1
2015 Q1 2,457 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,770 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,995 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,667 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,183 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,296 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,392 2 0 270.6
2013 Q2 6,366 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,607 1 0 383.6
2012 Q4 5,206 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,484 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,359 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,522 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,386 6 4 939.6
2011 Q3 10,817 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 10,888 3 0 275.5
2011 Q1 2,875 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,633 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,579 2 0 233.1
2010 Q2 6,178 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,952 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,363 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,723 2 0 259.0
2009 Q2 7,968 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,446 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,558 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,314 1 0 88.4
2008 Q2 10,779 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,605 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 11,084 1 0 90.2
2007 Q3 16,605 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,965 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,559 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,952 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,796 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,645 1 0 93.9
2006 Q1 2,153 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,479 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 15,501 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,377 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,868 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,964 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,974 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,038 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,016 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,307 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,540 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,353 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,686 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,570 5 1 1094.1
2002 Q2 5,031 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,706 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,775 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 12,935 11 2 850.4
2001 Q2 9,597 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 876 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,485 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,368 7 4 836.5
2000 Q1 1,796 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2021 · 1 incident

May 14, 2021 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While moving the manlift employee caught head between conveyor frame and manlift control panel causing laceration to head that required stitches.

2019 · 1 incident

October 30, 2019 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee reported on 10/31/2019 that they had allegedly strained their right shoulder while using a hose at conveyor on 10/30/2019. Went to ER and was released to return to work: 11/1/2019 went to ortho and was given 2 weeks off.

2015 · 1 incident

June 12, 2015 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee slipped and fell against handrail of crusher and injuring right bicep muscle

2013 · 1 incident

June 28, 2013 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was getting out of skid steer, slipped on step and fell fracturing his left forearm. Ground was muddy.

1998 · 1 incident

March 25, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Scl Ventures L L C · Fall onto or against objects

THE INJURED WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE SCREEN MAINTAINANCE. WHILE PERFORMING HIS ASSIGNED JOB DUTIES HE STUMBLED & HIS RIGHT CHEEK CONTACTED A SCREEN SUPPORT MEMBER. HE NEEDED 5 STITCHES TO HIS RI GHT CHEEK.

1996 · 1 incident

October 14, 1996 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Scl Ventures L L C · Fall from machine

WORKING ON TRACK PAD ON 4500 MANITOWOC. WAS LOOKING OUT FRONT WINDOW. LEANED ON FRONT WINDOW ANDIT SLID DOWN. LOST BALANCE AND FELL.

1992 · 2 incidents

May 16, 1992 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
General Crushed Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING STONES FROM PLATE STONE POPPED PINCHING MIDDLE FINGER OF R HAND BETWEEN TOOL AND BIN WALL

April 27, 1992 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE A BARREL FULL OF BOLTS AND NUTS WAS IMPROPERLY POSITIONED,CAUSING A TWISTING OF THE BACK AND APPARENT MUSCLE STRAIN.

1990 · 3 incidents

August 16, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE DRAGLINE ON THE NIGHT SHIFT.HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE MAIN CLUTCH LEVER AND CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT WRIST.

January 9, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Crushed Stone Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING WORK TO BE COMPLETED ON THE JAW CRUSHER AND WAS MOVING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER TO THE OTHER. THERE WAS A COATING OF FROST OR ICE ON THE EQUIPMENT AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 5 FEET TO THE GROUND.

1989 · 1 incident

February 15, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
General Crushed Stone Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING MANTLE ON CONE CRUSHER AND WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER.

1986 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 BREAKING ROCKS ON THE FEEDER GRID. THE MATERIAL WAS WET. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE GRID. HIS LEG WENT THROUGH A HOLE, CATCHING HIS LEFT KNEE AND CAUSING A CONTUSION AND A MI NOR CUT. IT ALS2 SLIGHTLY AGGRAVATED HIS ELFT SHOULDER (CONTUSION). NORMALLY THE LOADER CLEANS OFF OVERSIZE MATERIAL. QUITE OFTEN, HOWEVER, THE LOADER IS DOWN, AND EMPLOYEE MUST BREAK OVERSIZ

July 1, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING THE DRAGLINE, WHEN HE ALLEGES HE WENT TO KNUCKLE IN THE DRAGLINE AND FELT HIS BACK SNAP POP BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES. HE CHANGE JOBS WITH LOADER OPERATOR TO SEE IF HE COU LD FINISH THE D5Y, BUT HE COULD NOT. HE SUFFERED UPPER BACK AND NECK PAIN WITH ASSOCIATED HEADACHE AND PAIN HWICH EXTENDS INTO THE CHEST AREA.CAUSING PAIN WHEN BREATHING.

1984 · 1 incident

August 13, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A LOADER, WHEN A CYLINDER CABLE SLIPPED. THE CYLINDER FELL ON EMPLOYEE\S LEFT RING FINGER, SMASHING IT. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.