Pittsfield Sand and Gravel Inc has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1994–2007
Latest incident
Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
71
citations
16
significant & substantial
$12,948
proposed penalties
$12,001
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $947 gap.
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: 498 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pittsfield Sand and Gravel Inc has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-05-22.
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.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 100%
60%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
66%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $2K 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 2012-08-10.
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.
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: 2007-11-28, 18 years ago
40%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz52 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-06-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.12
1.67
Utility Man
2002-11-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.33
1.39
Utility Man
2007-11-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-11-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2004-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-08-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.35
0.77
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-09-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.27
0.70
Utility Man
2002-11-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.27
0.78
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-14
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.
Pittsfield Sand and Gravel Inc recorded 22.95 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
22.95
total case rate
22.95
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Massachusetts, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.81 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
2007 *
22.95
22.95
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
16.81
16.81
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2013
3
2012
5
2011
6
2010
7
2009
6
2008
8
2007
12
2006
17
2005
17
2004
16
2003
17
2002
16
2001
16
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pittsfield Sand and Gravel Inc sits in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts · Population 128,047
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,565
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
2013 Q2
1,581
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,946
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,550
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,920
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,589
5
0
1393.1
2012 Q1
2,278
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,002
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,729
0
0
0.0
Show 46 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2
2,829
3
0
1060.4
2011 Q1
2,286
2
0
874.9
2010 Q4
4,218
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,984
2
0
670.2
2010 Q2
3,839
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,562
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,177
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,880
9
3
4787.2
2009 Q2
1,933
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,164
1
0
859.1
2008 Q4
1,738
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
675
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,877
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,503
1
0
399.5
2007 Q4
6,235
1
0
160.4
2007 Q3
5,805
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,149
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,959
9
4
1293.3
2006 Q4
9,898
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
10,734
6
1
559.0
2006 Q2
11,960
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,858
5
1
636.3
2005 Q4
10,989
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
10,237
5
0
488.4
2005 Q2
10,030
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,347
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
9,062
6
0
662.1
2004 Q3
11,653
3
1
257.4
2004 Q2
10,716
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,322
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
10,776
1
0
92.8
2003 Q3
10,707
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
10,941
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
7,427
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
10,520
4
3
380.2
2002 Q3
10,098
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
9,177
3
1
326.9
2002 Q1
5,904
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,584
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,082
5
2
495.9
2001 Q2
10,330
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,008
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
10,073
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,782
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,461
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,050
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2007 · 3 incidents
December 31, 2007MA · Metal/Non-Metalclerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of salesSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee was getting in his truck at John S. Lane in West Stockbridge MA. He was on the 1st step going up to the 2nd step when his leg & back gave out. The employee fell to the ground.
March 29, 2007MA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was using a magnetic drill. It was snaged, and spun around and hit the him in the left forearm. He should have had the drill attached to a safety strap. He went home after he went to the dr and return to work 3/30/07-light duty. Dr released him 4/5/07
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK. WHEN HE WAS GOING DOWN THE LADDER, HE BUMPED HIS KNEE. BY THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS UNABLE TO USE THE CLUTCH IN HIS TRUCK. EE HAS MISSED WORK SINCE 7/15/02.
May 30, 2002MA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS