Mining Incidents

O'DONOVAN PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sean O'Donovan
Petersburg, Rensselaer County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003207

O'DONOVAN PIT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
45
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,905
proposed penalties
$6,905
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
25
inspections on record
210
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: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

O'DONOVAN PIT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 1 0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 46 1 0 21739.1
2022 Q3 104 13 2 125000.0
2022 Q2 153 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 20 5 0 250000.0
2018 Q3 125 2 0 16000.0
2018 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 24 2 0 83333.3
2017 Q1 0 1 0
2016 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 208 11 3 52884.6
2011 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 180 7 4 38888.9
2003 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 306 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 80 1 0 12500.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 472 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

January 16, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Petersburg Sand & Gravel · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE WAS OBSERVING THE MINING COMPANY'S HILIFT DIGGING MATERIAL FROM THE SHOT TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY UNDETONATED MATERIAL IN THE STON PILE. WITH THE HILIFT OUT OF THE AREA, EE WASLKED TO THE EN D OF THE STONE PILE WITH A 10-15' ROCK BANK ON HIS LEFT. BEFORE HE REACHED THE END, A 2' X 2' X 4' ROCK SLID OUT OF THE BANK AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG INSIDE BELOW THE KNEE.

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