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HALFMOON PIT: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R J Valente Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Roderick J Valente
Troy, Saratoga County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003048

HALFMOON PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
42
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,281
proposed penalties
$4,281
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See R J Valente Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
180
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: 180 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HALFMOON PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-11-01.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.8% low, 78.6% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2001-11-21, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-11-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.52 0.60 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. R J Valente Gravel 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HALFMOON PIT sits in Saratoga 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.
Saratoga County, New York · Population 237,075
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$99,653
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
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 465 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 550 6 2 10909.1
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 450 1 0 2222.2
2004 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 480 12 3 25000.0
2004 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 500 14 4 28000.0
2003 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 460 8 3 17391.3
2001 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2000 Q1 160 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.