Mining Incidents

POLAND SAND & GRAVEL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roger S Rommel
POLAND, Herkimer County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3003460

POLAND SAND & GRAVEL has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
61
citations
1
significant & substantial
$6,233
proposed penalties
$5,757
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $476 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
42
inspections on record
681
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: 681 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POLAND SAND & GRAVEL has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 9 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$298
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-03.
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 1,739 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,871 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,794 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,384 1 0 722.5
2024 Q4 1,584 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,789 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,642 1 0 609.0
2024 Q1 1,484 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,484 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,352 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,347 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,551 1 0 644.7
2022 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,676 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,359 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,504 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,380 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,362 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,256 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,527 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,796 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,330 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,885 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,463 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,056 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,478 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,051 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,573 3 0 1166.0
2018 Q2 1,855 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,258 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,718 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,962 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,493 3 0 858.9
2017 Q1 1,768 1 0 565.6
2016 Q4 3,864 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,976 4 0 803.9
2016 Q2 4,413 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,813 1 0 551.6
2015 Q4 3,949 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,691 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,027 6 1 1489.9
2015 Q1 1,624 1 0 615.8
2014 Q4 4,750 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,629 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,530 1 0 220.8
2014 Q1 1,858 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,491 3 0 859.4
2013 Q3 4,265 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,957 2 0 505.4
2013 Q1 1,718 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,677 4 0 855.2
2012 Q3 4,702 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,677 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,764 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,698 3 0 811.2
2011 Q3 4,232 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,862 3 0 617.0
2011 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,979 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,962 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,809 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,224 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,612 6 0 1661.1
2009 Q3 4,739 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,631 5 0 1377.0
2009 Q1 1,487 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,218 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,921 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,479 2 0 574.9
2008 Q1 2,015 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,331 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,410 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,482 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,644 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,489 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,712 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,789 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,428 3 0 875.1
2005 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,234 1 0 447.6
2005 Q1 2,189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,862 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,401 6 0 1764.2
2004 Q2 2,095 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 21, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
POLAND SAND & GRAVEL LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

lifting 5 gal pail of Hydrulic oil onto loader felt pain in right lower side, dropped pail & fell backwards, employee went to drs. and was told needed to have a hernia operation

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