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GraRok, LLC: 44 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

GraRok, LLC · Surface
Great Ben, Jefferson County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003574

GraRok, LLC has $11K 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
2017
Latest incident
Jun 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
44
citations
15
significant & substantial
$11,041
proposed penalties
$11,041
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See GraRok, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
33
inspections on record
384
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: 384 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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-07-22.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

GraRok, LLC has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-11.
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.
35.7%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
35.7%
reasonably likely or greater
64.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.9% low, 71.4% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-02-02.
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 2010-160M Settlement 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2026-06-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Helper
2020-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Helper
2017-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-07-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.53 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Tug Hill Construction Co. Inc. 2007 to 2016
  2. GraRok, LLC 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 5
2023 5
2022 6
2021 7
2020 6
2019 7
2018 10
2017 7
2016 4
2015 4
2014 5
2013 6
2012 5
2011 4
2010 5
2009 4
2008 1
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GraRok, LLC sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, New York · Population 116,130
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,978
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 2,930 1 0 341.3
2026 Q1 277 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,268 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,255 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,846 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 761 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,150 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,757 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,737 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,557 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,270 1 0 440.5
2023 Q3 3,372 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,729 3 1 804.5
2023 Q1 490 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,079 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,236 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,499 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,279 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,184 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,951 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,061 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,814 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,290 3 0 1310.0
2020 Q3 2,612 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,942 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,549 1 0 645.6
2019 Q4 2,390 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,225 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,015 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,083 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,829 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,337 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,219 1 0 237.0
2018 Q1 2,760 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 992 6 0 6048.4
2017 Q3 4,100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,061 14 7 4573.7
2017 Q1 832 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,231 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,485 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,110 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,552 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,873 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,449 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 351 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,517 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,160 4 3 1851.9
2014 Q2 1,417 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,804 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,952 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,158 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,612 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,316 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,712 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,026 3 2 1480.8
2012 Q1 559 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,729 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,112 1 1 473.5
2011 Q2 2,070 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,653 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,375 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,946 3 0 1541.6
2009 Q3 1,787 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 109 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 818 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 284 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

June 22, 2017 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
GraRok, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee attempted to free a lodged rotor on the Terex crusher, entered the feeder, dislodged the rock, the rotor then turned trapping EE in the machine.