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Parishville Pit: 39 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Parishville, St Lawrence County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3002783

Parishville Pit 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
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
39
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,941
proposed penalties
$4,941
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Parishville Sand & Gravel Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
29
inspections on record
363
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: 363 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Parishville Pit 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
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $212 in penalties contested before the Commission, $212 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
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.
18.4%
significant & substantial
7.9%
high negligence or reckless
18.4%
reasonably likely or greater
63.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.2% low, 78.9% moderate, 7.9% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$212 proposed, $212 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 2009-12-14.
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 2010-113M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $212 → $212
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: 2023-05-02, 3 years ago
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 0.5 1.76 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2011-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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. Torrington Sand & Stone 1987 to 2009
  2. Parishville Sand & Gravel Inc. 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Parishville Pit sits in St. Lawrence County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
St. Lawrence County, New York · Population 107,796
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$61,900
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 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 292 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 630 2 1 3174.6
2021 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 630 5 0 7936.5
2020 Q2 630 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 540 1 0 1851.9
2019 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 222 1 0 4504.5
2018 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,010 2 0 1980.2
2017 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 222 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 830 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 222 4 0 18018.0
2015 Q3 222 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 222 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 222 2 1 9009.0
2014 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 990 2 0 2020.2
2014 Q1 510 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 990 2 0 2020.2
2013 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 380 3 1 7894.7
2011 Q3 1,470 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,470 5 1 3401.4
2011 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 750 1 0 1333.3
2009 Q3 750 5 2 6666.7
2009 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

June 18, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Torrington Sand & Stone · Struck against stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON THE DEISTER VIBRATING SCREEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE CROSSING THE ROCK BOX, REACHING TO HOLD HIMSELF FROM SLIPPED ANYMORE, HE GRABBED THE SHARP EDGE OF THE SCREEN CLOTH AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND (PALM).