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Overlook Drive Quarry: 46 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jon Vespa
Watertown, Jefferson County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3000911

Overlook Drive Quarry has $5K 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
3
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Sep 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
46
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,131
proposed penalties
$5,131
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See John Vespa Incorporated's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
40
inspections on record
412
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: 412 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-07-05.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Overlook Drive Quarry has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $400 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-01.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.6%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.8% low, 82.2% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$400 proposed, $400 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 2012-02-21.
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 2012-98M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $400 → $400
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: 2026-06-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Mechanic
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
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. John Vespa Incorporated 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 4
2017 3
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 7
2012 6
2011 6
2010 5
2009 5
2008 16
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 7
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Overlook Drive Quarry sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, New York · Population 116,130
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,978
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 1,472 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 992 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 704 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,116 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,508 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 756 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,408 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,536 1 0 651.0
2023 Q1 708 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,184 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,232 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,184 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,424 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,202 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,528 2 1 1308.9
2019 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,280 1 0 781.2
2018 Q2 1,488 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 984 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,256 2 0 1592.4
2017 Q1 1,040 1 0 961.5
2016 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,264 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,092 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,850 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,520 1 0 657.9
2015 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,397 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 985 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,315 1 0 432.0
2014 Q1 520 1 0 1923.1
2013 Q4 3,662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,393 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,044 2 0 657.0
2013 Q1 2,195 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,000 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,593 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,504 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,302 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,893 4 0 1382.6
2011 Q3 2,627 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,101 1 0 322.5
2011 Q1 3,425 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,517 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,917 1 0 521.6
2010 Q2 2,555 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,328 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,126 2 0 639.8
2009 Q3 2,900 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,999 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,317 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,253 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,254 2 0 614.6
2008 Q2 2,704 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,834 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,621 1 0 276.2
2007 Q2 2,545 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,081 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,115 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,556 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,705 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,142 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,041 4 1 1315.4
2005 Q3 3,874 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,739 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,656 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,895 4 0 1381.7
2004 Q3 3,888 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,494 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,343 3 0 1280.4
2003 Q4 599 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,029 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,460 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,061 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,558 4 1 1563.7
2002 Q3 2,216 3 0 1353.8
2002 Q2 2,433 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,453 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,772 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,549 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,780 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,477 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,348 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,561 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

September 15, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John Vespa Incorporated · Fall from machine

WITH ALL EQUIPMENT SHUT DOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINT. ON HE GRAVILY TAKE UP ON A CRUSHED STONE CONVEYOR. G.T.O. IS APPROX. 10' ABOVE GROUND. MAINT. CONSISLED OF REMOVING BUILT UP MATERI AL FROM THE ROOLS. IT BEGAN TO RAIN WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING, SO HE DECIDED TO STOP AND GET DOWN. THE RAIN HAD MAKE THE STEEL SLIPPERY, AND THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL 6'-8' TO

1987 · 2 incidents

August 5, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John Vespa Incorporated · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER AND INJURED KNEE.

June 9, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John Vespa Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE REPORTED POS8IBLE MUSCLE STRAIN TO LEFT SIDE OF BACK. HE FELT THE INJURY WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER. PRIOR TO THAT HE WAS LIFTING A ROCK.