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GS Aggregates Freedom Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

GS Aggregates LLC · Surface
Delevan, Cattaraugus County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3001582

GS Aggregates Freedom Mine has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1988–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
167
citations
31
significant & substantial
$111,382
proposed penalties
$67,547
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43,835 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See GS Aggregates LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
85
inspections on record
1,508
inspection hours
11.1
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.
167 citations across 1,508 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GS Aggregates Freedom Mine has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 2 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.
$111K
proposed penalties
$68K
current assessed
$68K
paid to date
$13
outstanding
159 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $71K in penalties contested before the Commission, $27K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-31.
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.
18.9%
significant & substantial
1.8%
high negligence or reckless
18.9%
reasonably likely or greater
53.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 34.8% low, 63.4% moderate, 1.8% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 100%
80%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
62%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$71K proposed, $27K 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 2020-09-29.
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 2012-112M Settlement Paez 2012 $52K → $20K
YORK 2020-0095 Settlement 2021 $18K → $7K
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: 2026-08-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
38
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz20
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (38)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.62 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.57 0.54 Utility Man
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.86 0.47 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2022-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.48 0.81 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Cleanup Man
2018-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2016-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.51 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2014-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.43 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.43 0.49 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.53 0.30 Lab Technician
2007-07-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.29 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.59 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.96 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 1.46 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.36 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.51 0.29 Lab Technician
2003-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.5 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2003-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.73 0.62 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.87 0.77 Utility Man
2003-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.77 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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.

GS Aggregates Freedom Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.66 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 8.58 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 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. Spencer & Haley Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Freedom Gravel Products Inc 1989 to 1991
  3. Tcg Materials (New York) Inc 1991 to 1999
  4. Blue Circle Aggregates Inc 1999 to 2001
  5. Lafarge North America Incorporated 2001 to 2009
  6. Lafarge Mid Atlantic, LLC 2010 to 2010
  7. Lafarge North America, Inc. 2010 to 2017
  8. Holcim Quarries NY, INC 2018 to 2023
  9. GS Aggregates LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 4
2023 5
2022 6
2021 6
2020 4
2019 7
2018 7
2017 9
2016 7
2015 8
2014 8
2013 7
2012 8
2011 8
2010 8
2009 5
2008 9
2007 11
2006 11
2005 13
2004 12
2003 9
2002 9
2001 10
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GS Aggregates Freedom Mine sits in Cattaraugus County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Cattaraugus County, New York · Population 76,479
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,248
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 5,124 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,838 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,713 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,389 3 0 683.5
2025 Q2 3,808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,746 1 0 267.0
2024 Q4 2,116 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,631 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,503 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,491 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,250 1 1 444.4
2023 Q3 1,575 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,212 2 0 622.7
2023 Q1 2,578 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,269 5 0 2203.6
2022 Q3 3,381 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,882 1 0 257.6
2022 Q1 1,955 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,034 1 0 491.6
2021 Q3 3,736 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,605 1 0 217.2
2021 Q1 783 5 0 6385.7
2020 Q4 2,208 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,227 10 3 3098.9
2020 Q2 1,909 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,651 1 0 605.7
2019 Q4 2,061 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,768 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,232 8 4 1529.1
2019 Q1 2,538 5 1 1970.1
2018 Q4 2,918 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,662 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,616 7 2 1516.5
2018 Q1 2,845 1 0 351.5
2017 Q4 3,580 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,687 7 1 1230.9
2017 Q2 5,572 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,175 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,299 1 0 303.1
2016 Q3 4,881 3 0 614.6
2016 Q2 5,261 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,025 1 1 330.6
2015 Q4 3,867 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,566 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,227 5 1 956.6
2015 Q1 2,688 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,747 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,254 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,414 7 0 1585.9
2014 Q1 2,161 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,625 2 0 1230.8
2013 Q3 4,078 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,784 2 1 528.5
2013 Q1 2,543 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,665 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,802 6 2 1578.1
2012 Q2 6,237 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,391 21 2 4782.5
2011 Q4 2,282 1 1 438.2
2011 Q3 3,566 4 0 1121.7
2011 Q2 6,132 4 1 652.3
2011 Q1 2,090 1 0 478.5
2010 Q4 2,355 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,958 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,246 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,821 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,792 3 0 1074.5
2009 Q3 3,781 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,231 2 0 472.7
2009 Q1 1,134 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,054 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,780 1 0 147.5
2008 Q1 3,514 1 0 284.6
2007 Q4 4,614 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,224 4 0 642.7
2007 Q2 7,674 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,045 2 0 396.4
2006 Q4 3,906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,848 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,469 2 0 236.2
2006 Q1 5,259 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,628 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,242 2 1 216.4
2005 Q2 8,809 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,019 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,862 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,812 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,533 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,863 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,299 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,396 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,860 4 1 583.1
2003 Q1 4,761 2 1 420.1
2002 Q4 5,277 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,679 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,168 1 1 315.7
2001 Q4 4,576 9 3 1966.8
2001 Q3 5,639 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,178 1 0 139.3
2001 Q1 4,986 1 0 200.6
2000 Q3 7,632 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,895 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 23, 2011 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was changing screen material in a triple deck screen when he fell over the hand rail. He fell approximately 56 feet to the ground below.

Reportable incidents

13 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

February 19, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Incorporated · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A IDLER ON A CONVEYER BELT. HE HAD STEPPED ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUSS FRAME 32" OFF THE GROUND. HE LOST HIS GRIP AS HE WAS PULLING THE IDLER AND FELL BACK ONTO PRY BA R THAT HAD STUCK IN RIGHT BUTTOCK CAUSING A LACERATION.

1999 · 1 incident

July 8, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tcg Materials (New York) Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS HELPING THE PLANT OPERATOR TAKE A BRACE OFF A FARM TRACTOR USED FOR CLEANUP. THE BRACE WAS WEDGED, WHEN THE PLANT OPERATOR WENT TO GET A PRYBAR THE BRACE DROPPED AND SMASHED EE'S RI GHT INDEX FINGER. HE NEEDED 6 STITCHES.

1998 · 1 incident

September 15, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tcg Materials (New York) Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING NOZZLE BACK ON PENATRATING OIL AND IT SQUIRTED IN HIS EYE.

1995 · 1 incident

September 23, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tcg Materials (New York) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS ON THE FLATDECK REMOVING A SCREEN WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM NEAR HIS RIB CAGE.

1993 · 1 incident

September 30, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tcg Materials (New York) Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TRIPPED BY RE-CYCLE PUMP & LANDED ON RIGHT HAND THERE WAS SOME UNSTABLE GROWTH(ROCKS) CAUSING HIM TO SLIP & FALL

1992 · 1 incident

January 15, 1992 NY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tcg Materials (New York) Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE IN THE MECHANIC'S SHOP, CLOSING THE OVER HEAD DOOR, THE DOOR CAME OFF OF ITS TRACK CAUSING IT TO FALL ON THE EMPLOYEE, HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK.

1991 · 3 incidents

October 5, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tcg Materials (New York) Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CHECKING OIL IN SPEED REDUCERS ON CRUSHING PLANT.WHILE STANDING ON THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF JAW HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING HAND AND THUMB TO BE PINNED BETWEEN IT AND FRAME OF JAW.

February 19, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Freedom Gravel Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING COMPRESSED AIR HOSES WITH NOZZLE TO CLEAN EQUIPMENT PARTS AIR STREAM DEFLECTED AND CARRIED FOREIGN PARTICLE INTO LEFT EYE NO EYE PROTECTION WAS IN USE.

1990 · 2 incidents

August 17, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Freedom Gravel Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CUTTING RUBBER BELTING,KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO EMPL LOWER LEFT LEG LEAVING A GASH ABOUT 1" LONG 3/4"DEEP.STITCHES INSIDE AND OUT -TOTAL OF 5.

January 23, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Freedom Gravel Products Inc · Struck by flying object

DRIVING AN E-2 OUT INTO A BROKEN BOLT IN BACK HOE TRACK FRAME WITH A BALL PEEN HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF E-Z OUT & FLEW INTO HIS RT EYE

1989 · 1 incident

March 25, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Freedom Gravel Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMBANKMENT BEHIND & UNDERNEATH TRUCKS REAR AXLE SETTLED CAUSING REAR AXLE TO DROP ENOUGHT TO TIP TRUCK OVER BVACKWARD WHILE IT WAS DUMPING ITS LOAD OF OVERBURDEN. DOZER OPERATOR FROM HIS VEHIC LE MOTIONED FOR TRUCK TO STOP ABOUT 10' FROM EDGE OF BANK. APPARENTLY STILL LEFT REAR AXLE ON FRES FILL WHEN DRIVER BEGAN DUMPING LOAD REST OF FILL SLID RESULTING IN TRUCK TIPPING OVER. TRUCK

1988 · 1 incident

July 18, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Spencer & Haley Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING CONC. SLAB AND WALL WITH LARG AIR HAMMER. CONCRETE BROKE AWAY AIR HAMMER DESCENDED. EMPLOYEE STRAIGHTENED UP TO MAINTAIN BALANCE AND CONTROL OF AIR HAMMER. NO INJURY WAS NOTED AT THIS TIME, BUT APPARENTLY, PULLED MUSCLE BEHIND KNEE. WALKING WAS PAINFUL THE NEXT MORNING. 2 1/2 DAYS REST RELIEVED PAIN.