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
KISER SAND & GRAVEL Metal/Non-Metal
HEROUX EXCAVATING INC
· Surface
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
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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
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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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
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| 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 file2013 · 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
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