Mining Incidents

HAMMERSMITH GRAVEL MINE: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

WILLIAM J. HAMMERSMITH QUALITY CONSTRUCTION · Surface
Controlled by William J Hammersmith
Berlin, Rensselaer County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003654

HAMMERSMITH GRAVEL MINE has $355 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$355
proposed penalties
$355
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
24
inspections on record
193
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: 193 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HAMMERSMITH GRAVEL MINE has $355 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.
$355
proposed penalties
$355
current assessed
$355
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 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 2023-08-29.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 66.7% low, 33.3% moderate, 0.0% 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 · 33% 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 2009-10-07.
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 2010-7M 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: 2016-10-05, 9 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. William J. Hammersmith Quality Construction 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HAMMERSMITH GRAVEL MINE sits in Rensselaer County, New York, 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.
Rensselaer County, New York · Population 160,341
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,663
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 75 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 116 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 106 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 141 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 114 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 164 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 177 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 126 1 0 7936.5
2010 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 214 1 0 4672.9
2009 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 64 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.