Mining Incidents

LEE PIT: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fifield Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bruce Fifield
Ft. Ann, Washington County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002942

LEE PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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 2000
23
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,399
proposed penalties
$503
paid to date
21% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,896 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
146
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: 146 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LEE PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$503
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-29.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
63.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 90.9% moderate, 4.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Fifield Sand & Gravel Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 0
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LEE PIT sits in Washington County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washington County, New York · Population 60,883
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,342
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
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 371 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 276 4 1 14492.8
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 277 1 0 3610.1
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 462 11 4 23809.5
2003 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 439 4 0 9111.6
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 140 3 1 21428.6
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 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.