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HUDSON VALLEY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Gansevoort, Saratoga County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3000897

HUDSON VALLEY PIT has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1989–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
119
citations
30
significant & substantial
$18,802
proposed penalties
$18,651
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
600
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: 600 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HUDSON VALLEY PIT has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 2,800 1 0 357.1
2025 Q3 2,455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,741 5 1 2871.9
2025 Q1 2,332 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,506 6 1 2394.3
2024 Q3 2,758 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,159 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,956 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,675 5 1 1869.2
2023 Q3 2,789 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,567 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,617 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,894 12 2 6335.8
2022 Q3 2,189 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,188 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,662 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,634 6 4 2277.9
2021 Q3 2,474 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,046 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 976 2 0 2049.2
2020 Q4 1,769 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,828 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,985 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,638 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,193 5 3 2280.0
2019 Q3 2,147 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,980 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,152 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,643 8 5 4869.1
2018 Q2 2,018 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,596 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,754 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,220 5 0 2252.3
2017 Q2 2,068 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,837 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,000 2 1 1000.0
2016 Q3 2,345 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,226 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,703 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,049 7 3 2295.8
2015 Q3 2,931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,839 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,785 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,566 2 0 779.4
2014 Q3 2,760 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,680 3 1 1119.4
2014 Q1 1,517 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,424 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,084 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,087 1 0 479.2
2013 Q1 1,245 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,031 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,987 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,335 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,379 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,045 1 0 489.0
2011 Q3 2,308 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,055 3 1 1459.9
2011 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,824 2 0 1096.5
2010 Q3 2,382 5 3 2099.1
2010 Q2 2,878 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,295 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,590 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,671 2 0 748.8
2009 Q2 2,834 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,192 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,277 2 0 878.3
2008 Q3 2,594 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,472 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,291 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,609 6 1 2299.7
2007 Q3 2,878 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,724 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,845 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,606 4 0 1534.9
2006 Q3 2,660 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,927 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,375 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,683 1 1 372.7
2005 Q3 2,343 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,462 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,598 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,173 6 1 2761.2
2004 Q3 2,692 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,625 4 0 1523.8
2004 Q1 1,626 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,282 3 0 1314.6
2003 Q2 2,323 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,561 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,175 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,390 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,275 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,061 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,823 5 1 2742.7
2001 Q3 1,575 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,103 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,292 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,684 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,449 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,992 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,295 4 0 1742.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2025 · 1 incident

2024 · 1 incident

2018 · 2 incidents

July 3, 2018 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was fueling the loader when fuel splashed in EE's face, going into EE's eye

April 9, 2018 NY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Standard threshold shifts in both ears.

2014 · 1 incident

1999 · 2 incidents

December 29, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I WAS WALKING TO THE CAR AFTER I TOOK WATER SAMPLE AT THE HUDSON VALLEY SAND PIT WHEN I TWISTED MY LEFT FOOT ON A UNEVEN SURFACE.

1998 · 1 incident

September 24, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING TAIL PULLEY ON #4 CONVEYOR WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF MACHINE. HIS RIGHT ARM GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED HIM IN. PULLEY STOPED BY THE TWO BY FOUR EE WAS USED TO CLEAN THE BELT, SO HE COULD GET HIS BODY OUT OF BEEN WAY. THEN EE PULLED HIMSELF INTO LOADER DROVE UP TO OFFICE THEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

1997 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

FELL OFF A CONCRETE (TEMPORARY)PLATFORM WHILE TAKING A VLAVE APART AND BROKE HIS RIGHT LEG.

May 12, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RAISING PIPE W/ BLOCK AND TACKLE THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN CABLE AND PULLEY.

1993 · 1 incident

July 12, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD PICKED UP SOME OIL ON HIS SHOE POSSIBLY IN THE AREA OF THE OIL BARRELS. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO CLIMB THE LADDER OF HIS LOADER, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE FLOOR, TWISTING HIS RI GHT KNEE.

1991 · 1 incident

April 19, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PIT OPERATING A LOADER, WHEN AT LUNCH TIME HE EXCHANGE WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND INSTEAD OF WALKING UP TO OFFICE AREA, HE GOT A RIDE IN THE CAB OF ONE OF OUR TRUCKS AND WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE CAB AT THE SCALE HOUSE. HE INJURED (SPRAINED) HIS RIGHT ANKLE. (HE DID THO CONTINUE TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY).

1990 · 1 incident

September 27, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS JOB AS A ELECTRICIAN WHEN HE SUDDENLY COULDN'T BREATHE EASILY. TURNED WHITE (PALE) IN THE FACE AND WAS CLUTCHING HIS CHEST.

1989 · 1 incident

January 31, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS COMING OFF THE LOADER HE WAS OPERATING HE ALLEDGEDLY SLIPPED WHILE COMING OFF THE LOADER. WE WERE NOT INFORMED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING 271, BY HIS WIFE THAT HE COULD NOT GET O UT OF BED AND THAT HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED SOME THING IN HIS BACK.

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