Mining Incidents

J Santoro Pit & Plant: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

J Santoro Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ronald Gendron
JOHNSTON, Providence County, RI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3700065

J Santoro Pit & Plant has $9K 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 2001
68
citations
11
significant & substantial
$8,722
proposed penalties
$7,890
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $832 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
26
inspections on record
371
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: 371 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

J Santoro Pit & Plant has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-19.
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.
16.2%
significant & substantial
17.6%
high negligence or reckless
23.5%
reasonably likely or greater
61.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.6% low, 64.7% moderate, 17.6% 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.
14 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 86%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 14%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2011-06-21.
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 2011-230M Settlement Koutras 2012 $2K → $1K
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: 2015-04-30, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.76 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-15 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. J Santoro Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 10
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

J Santoro Pit & Plant sits in Providence County, Rhode Island, 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.
Providence County, Rhode Island · Population 658,977
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$78,204
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 46 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6 2 0 333333.3
2024 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 35 3 0 85714.3
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 35 1 0 28571.4
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 100 1 0 10000.0
2014 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 75 1 0 13333.3
2012 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 145 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 40 12 2 300000.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 460 6 3 13043.5
2010 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 20 2 0 100000.0
2008 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 85 4 0 47058.8
2007 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 380 5 0 13157.9
2007 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 725 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 70 4 1 57142.9
2005 Q3 850 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 88 2 0 22727.3
2004 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 360 5 0 13888.9
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 40 1 0 25000.0
2003 Q2 420 1 0 2381.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 480 11 1 22916.7
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 500 7 4 14000.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 300 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.