Mining Incidents

GEORGETOWN SAND AND GRAVEL CO, INC: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy A Pybus
GEORGETOWN, Essex County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900311

GEORGETOWN SAND AND GRAVEL CO, INC has $8K 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
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,968
proposed penalties
$7,968
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
86
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: 86 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GEORGETOWN SAND AND GRAVEL CO, INC has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-01.
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.
48.1%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
48.1%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.7% low, 85.2% moderate, 11.1% 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
YORK 2004-12M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $4K → $4K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Georgetown Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Georgetown Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GEORGETOWN SAND AND GRAVEL CO, INC sits in Essex County, Massachusetts, 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.
Essex County, Massachusetts · Population 807,258
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$99,431
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
2003 Q4 847 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,134 14 5 12345.7
2003 Q2 1,139 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,026 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,152 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,126 7 5 6216.7
2002 Q2 1,012 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,077 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 1,613 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,744 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,560 3 1 1923.1
2001 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,600 5 2 3125.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

November 5, 1987 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgetown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE SWINGING 5 SLEDGEHAMMER THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON A ROCK RESULTING IN A LACERATION WHICH IN TURN BECAME INFECTED