Mining Incidents

KISER SAND & GRAVEL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roger R Heroux
MILFORD, Otsego County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003169

KISER SAND & GRAVEL has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
76
citations
18
significant & substantial
$11,912
proposed penalties
$10,894
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,018 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
391
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: 391 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KISER SAND & GRAVEL has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 628 1 1 1592.4
2025 Q3 861 3 1 3484.3
2025 Q2 804 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,129 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,505 2 0 1328.9
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 409 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,178 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,332 1 0 428.8
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,090 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,413 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 887 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,512 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,304 3 2 2300.6
2021 Q1 620 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,408 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,180 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 799 3 1 3754.7
2019 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 529 4 0 7561.4
2018 Q3 1,333 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 875 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 730 3 1 4109.6
2017 Q3 1,090 3 0 2752.3
2017 Q2 1,103 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 402 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 790 2 0 2531.6
2016 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 567 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,211 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 846 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 373 3 1 8042.9
2014 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 677 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 964 2 1 2074.7
2013 Q2 556 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 678 6 1 8849.6
2012 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 786 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 664 2 0 3012.0
2011 Q3 539 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 838 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 359 1 0 2785.5
2010 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 897 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 813 7 3 8610.1
2009 Q3 541 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 493 14 5 28397.6
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 283 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 493 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 484 2 0 4132.2
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 305 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 536 3 0 5597.0
2007 Q2 423 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 791 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 196 2 0 10204.1
2005 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 389 4 0 10282.8
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 285 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 562 3 1 5338.1
2003 Q2 377 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 430 2 0 4651.2
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 379 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

October 3, 2013 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kiser & Son Excavating LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee (injured) pulled up and parked pickup truck directly behind the operating excavator. As he was getting out of truck the excavator backed into the pickup pinching him in between-acknowlegement of his presence was not made. Eye contact with excavator operator as per company policy

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