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MATERIAL SAND & GRAVEL: 201 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Carl J Clemente
Poland, Herkimer County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3000927

MATERIAL SAND & GRAVEL has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1992–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
201
citations
30
significant & substantial
$68,924
proposed penalties
$52,738
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,186 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Certified Road Constructors Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
1,080
inspection hours
18.6
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.
201 citations across 1,080 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MATERIAL SAND & GRAVEL has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$69K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $36K in penalties contested before the Commission, $20K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-03.
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.
15.2%
significant & substantial
10.2%
high negligence or reckless
15.2%
reasonably likely or greater
60.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.2% low, 75.6% moderate, 10.2% 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.
23 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 23 · 100%
53%
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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
45%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$36K proposed, $20K 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 2016-08-24.
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 2011-248M Settlement Paez 2012 $22K → $13K
YORK 2009-52M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $7K → $2K
YORK 2009-194M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $4K → $3K
YORK 2011-47M Settlement Bulluck 2011 $2K → $500
YORK 2015-0151 Settlement Paez 2016 $807 → $403
YORK 2016-0128 Settlement Paez 2017 $722 → $433
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: 2023-05-23, 3 years ago
4%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
39
samples
28
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz251 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Arsenic fumes3
Show the individual readings (75)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.34 1.24 1.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.9 1.14 0.79 Cleanup Man
2023-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.44 1.49 0.97 Truck Driver
2023-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Truck Driver
2019-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.08 0.36 Truck Driver
2019-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-10-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Copper fumes 0.69 100 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Iron oxide fumes 0.56 10 0.06 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Manganese fumes 0.08 5 0.02 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Iron oxide fumes 0.13 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Manganese fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.62 0.09 Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1.62 0.33 Truck Driver
2017-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.78 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-10-18 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Copper fumes 1.08 100 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Iron oxide fumes 0.45 10 0.05 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Manganese fumes 0.07 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Arsenic fumes 2.16 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-10-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 2.14 0.13 Truck Driver
2016-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 2.37 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Truck Driver
2012-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.17 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2009-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.13 0.40 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.01 1.81 0.56 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.2 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Scale Man
2008-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.05 1.32 0.80 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-01-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.92 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.17 0.37 Truck Driver
2007-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.28 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.76 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.85 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.44 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.54 0.59 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.78 0.28 Truck Driver
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.

MATERIAL SAND & GRAVEL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.08 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 8.40 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Material Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1990
  2. Certified Road Constructors Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 10
2024 11
2023 10
2022 12
2021 12
2020 12
2019 11
2018 9
2017 8
2016 7
2015 7
2014 8
2013 8
2012 7
2011 7
2010 7
2009 6
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
2005 4
2004 3
2003 3
2002 6
2001 6
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MATERIAL SAND & GRAVEL sits in Herkimer County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Herkimer County, New York · Population 59,932
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,858
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 7,353 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,049 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,802 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,257 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,629 7 2 917.6
2025 Q1 3,687 5 1 1356.1
2024 Q4 7,136 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,835 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,927 1 0 144.4
2024 Q1 5,431 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,815 3 0 515.9
2023 Q3 7,264 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,099 2 0 281.7
2023 Q1 3,621 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,200 2 0 322.6
2022 Q3 8,096 2 1 247.0
2022 Q2 9,571 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,275 4 1 758.3
2021 Q4 7,949 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,137 1 0 109.4
2021 Q2 8,427 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,088 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,284 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,117 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,709 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,712 2 0 259.3
2019 Q3 7,999 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,051 2 0 221.0
2019 Q1 4,008 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,295 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,282 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,811 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,063 3 1 592.5
2017 Q3 5,336 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,619 3 1 533.9
2017 Q1 2,963 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,372 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,601 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,811 4 1 688.3
2016 Q1 2,615 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,294 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,842 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,774 16 4 2771.0
2015 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,381 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,424 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,876 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,702 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,581 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,494 2 0 308.0
2013 Q2 5,493 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,579 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,560 3 1 657.9
2012 Q3 5,801 1 0 172.4
2012 Q2 6,241 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,819 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,215 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,906 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,847 17 4 2907.5
2011 Q1 895 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,803 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,089 12 0 1692.8
2010 Q2 4,282 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,424 3 1 2106.7
2009 Q4 4,581 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,508 1 0 181.6
2009 Q2 3,319 10 2 3013.0
2009 Q1 876 2 1 2283.1
2008 Q4 2,568 1 0 389.4
2008 Q3 3,649 10 1 2740.5
2008 Q2 2,852 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 796 7 0 8794.0
2007 Q4 3,058 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,158 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,683 12 1 3258.2
2007 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,988 2 0 669.3
2006 Q3 3,821 12 0 3140.5
2006 Q2 3,211 13 0 4048.6
2006 Q1 1,439 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,343 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,405 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,838 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,371 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,178 4 1 1836.5
2004 Q2 1,611 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 349 2 0 5730.7
2003 Q4 2,304 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,515 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,438 1 0 695.4
2003 Q1 336 1 0 2976.2
2002 Q4 2,121 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,495 6 1 2404.8
2002 Q2 1,963 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,465 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,344 11 2 4692.8
2001 Q3 2,877 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,475 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,605 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,233 11 3 4926.1
2000 Q2 2,457 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 16, 2023 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Certified Road Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While grinding steel with the bench grinder, a piece of the steel broke off, causing the steel to quickly shift up and then down onto employee's hand.

2004 · 1 incident

November 4, 2004 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Certified Road Constructors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING OFF LAST RUNG OF LADDER, STEPPED ON GROUND AND TWISTED KNEE, FELT PAIN IN KNEE IMMEDIATELY.

2002 · 1 incident

March 12, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Certified Road Constructors Inc · Fall from ladders

EE WAS ON LADDER PREPARING TO HOOK CHAINS ON LARGE HOPPER TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION, WHEN HE LEANED OVER TO PICK UP CHAINS THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT ON THE BOTTOM AND EE FELL TO THE GROUND O N LEFT ELBOW AND LEFT ANKLE. HE SUSTAINED LEFT ELBOW DISLOCATION AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

1992 · 1 incident