Mining Incidents

MATT'S GRAVEL: 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

MATT'S GRAVEL · Surface
Controlled by Julia A Matt
TABERG, Oneida County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003415

MATT'S GRAVEL has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8 outstanding across 2 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 2009
28
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,479
proposed penalties
$4,018
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $461 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
22
inspections on record
233
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: 233 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MATT'S GRAVEL has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$8
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $824 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-30.
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.
21.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $824 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 2010-12-02.
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 2010-313M Settlement Koutras 2011 $915 → $462
YORK 2011-48M Default Lesnick 2011 $362 → $362
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: 2021-07-01, 5 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-07-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2016-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2011-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. MATT'S GRAVEL 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2002 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MATT'S GRAVEL sits in Oneida 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.
Oneida County, New York · Population 229,645
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,819
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
2025 Q2 20 2 0 100000.0
2025 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 133 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 139 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 16 1 0 62500.0
2021 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 151 1 1 6622.5
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 257 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 34 1 0 29411.8
2018 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 193 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 144 1 0 6944.4
2017 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 201 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 236 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 146 2 0 13698.6
2014 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 56 1 0 17857.1
2011 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 49 1 0 20408.2
2010 Q3 167 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 152 2 1 13157.9
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 171 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 168 13 3 77381.0
2002 Q3 90 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.