Lowville Pit 1 Metal/Non-Metal
Safford Sand and Gravel INC.
· Surface
Controlled by
Justin Safford
Wattsburg,
Erie County,
PA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3606131
Lowville Pit 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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
89
citations
15
significant & substantial
$12,083
proposed penalties
$7,057
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,026 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
688
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: 688 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lowville Pit 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 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
$12K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-16.
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 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 545 | 3 | 0 | 5504.6 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,065 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 630 | 12 | 3 | 19047.6 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,620 | 2 | 1 | 763.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,640 | 7 | 0 | 2651.5 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 3,770 | 9 | 1 | 2387.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 320 | 1 | 0 | 3125.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 320 | 2 | 1 | 6250.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,120 | 5 | 0 | 1602.6 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,740 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,470 | 1 | 1 | 404.9 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 520 | 2 | 0 | 3846.2 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,314 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,552 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,520 | 10 | 3 | 6578.9 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,700 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,089 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,776 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,157 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,388 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,707 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,915 | 1 | 0 | 343.1 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,385 | 1 | 0 | 419.3 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,717 | 2 | 2 | 736.1 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,963 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,398 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,934 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,458 | 3 | 0 | 1220.5 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,124 | 2 | 0 | 640.2 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,733 | 1 | 0 | 267.9 |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,997 | 1 | 0 | 500.8 |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 4,447 | 2 | 0 | 449.7 |
| 2007 Q2 | 3,891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 3,805 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 4,670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 3,532 | 3 | 0 | 849.4 |
| 2006 Q1 | 3,116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 3,509 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 5,152 | 1 | 0 | 194.1 |
| 2005 Q2 | 3,741 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,091 | 1 | 0 | 916.6 |
| 2004 Q4 | 3,765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 5,123 | 5 | 1 | 976.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 4,720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,970 | 1 | 0 | 336.7 |
| 2003 Q4 | 4,618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 6,748 | 2 | 1 | 296.4 |
| 2003 Q2 | 6,289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 2,611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 3,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 4,034 | 3 | 0 | 743.7 |
| 2002 Q2 | 3,662 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 2,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 4,531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 6,473 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 6,018 | 5 | 1 | 830.8 |
| 2001 Q1 | 2,501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 4,986 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 2,613 | 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.
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The full compliance file on Lowville Pit 1
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.