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PORTVILLE SAND & GRAVEL: 76 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Portville, Cattaraugus County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3000949

PORTVILLE SAND & GRAVEL has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1983–2016
Latest incident
Apr 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
76
citations
12
significant & substantial
$9,703
proposed penalties
$8,860
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $843 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See I A Construction Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
657
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: 657 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PORTVILLE SAND & GRAVEL has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
15.8%
significant & substantial
5.3%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
44.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.6% low, 67.1% moderate, 5.3% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2015-01-11.
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 2015-0047 Default Lesnick 2015 $100 → $100
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: 2026-06-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.36 0.44 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.42 0.38 Truck Driver
2021-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2021-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2018-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
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.

PORTVILLE SAND & GRAVEL recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below 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 New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.66 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. I A Construction Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 7
2024 7
2023 7
2022 7
2021 7
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 5
2016 6
2015 6
2014 5
2013 5
2012 4
2011 4
2010 2
2009 5
2008 8
2007 8
2006 9
2005 9
2004 8
2003 7
2002 8
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTVILLE SAND & GRAVEL sits in Cattaraugus County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Cattaraugus County, New York · Population 76,479
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,248
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 3,374 4 1 1185.5
2026 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,442 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,975 3 0 754.7
2025 Q2 2,971 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,864 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,452 2 0 579.4
2024 Q3 3,975 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,851 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,168 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,705 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,932 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,699 2 0 540.7
2023 Q1 1,694 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,693 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,518 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,744 3 0 1093.3
2022 Q1 1,995 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,845 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,047 4 0 988.4
2021 Q2 3,640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,503 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,105 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,069 3 0 977.5
2020 Q1 1,917 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,856 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,851 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,424 1 0 292.1
2019 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,225 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,223 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,051 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,437 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,257 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,289 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,269 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,362 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,292 4 3 1745.2
2016 Q3 3,375 1 0 296.3
2016 Q2 3,449 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,455 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,477 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,239 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,085 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,344 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,167 1 0 461.5
2014 Q3 2,614 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,681 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,112 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,227 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,079 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,595 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,085 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 576 1 0 1736.1
2012 Q3 1,539 2 0 1299.5
2012 Q2 2,022 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,442 2 0 819.0
2011 Q2 2,662 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,367 1 0 422.5
2010 Q2 374 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,070 2 0 966.2
2009 Q2 3,010 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,963 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,352 2 0 272.0
2008 Q2 5,028 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,245 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,096 3 0 329.8
2007 Q3 6,956 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,632 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 973 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,440 3 0 872.1
2006 Q3 8,559 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,069 1 0 164.8
2006 Q1 1,226 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,458 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,367 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,115 3 1 421.6
2005 Q1 1,491 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,808 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,815 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,270 1 0 189.8
2004 Q1 871 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,666 2 0 428.6
2003 Q3 5,068 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,485 3 0 546.9
2003 Q1 1,561 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,338 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,399 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,973 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,736 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,572 1 0 280.0
2001 Q3 7,008 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,196 2 1 277.9
2001 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,551 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,578 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,631 7 4 1055.6
2000 Q1 1,964 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2016 · 1 incident

April 26, 2016 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I A Construction Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee passed out and hit head on the concrete floor. EE was transported to Olean General Hospital where they were treated for a laceration to head.

1999 · 1 incident

April 27, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
I A Construction Corp · Struck against a moving object

COMING DOWN RAMP EMPTY, TRUCK VEERED DOWN OVER SIDE OF RAMP, FRONT BUMPER WENT INTO PILE OF GRAVEL.

1995 · 2 incidents

July 28, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I A Construction Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE STANDING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS ARM.

1991 · 1 incident

April 3, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I A Construction Corp · Fall from machine

HE JUMPED OFF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT & TWISTED ANKLE

1990 · 1 incident

April 17, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
I A Construction Corp · Struck by flying object

CUTTING CABLE WITH TORCH AND SPARK OF HOT METAL FLEW INTO EYE.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 17, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I A Construction Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE WORKING UNDER DRAGLINE BELLY PAN SLIPPED OFF BLOCKS AND ONTO RIGHT FOREARM.

June 9, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
I A Construction Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN SAW SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING SMALL TREES

1987 · 1 incident

April 30, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I A Construction Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOCTOR REMOVED 5 SLIVER OF STEEL FROM EYE

1986 · 1 incident

June 18, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
I A Construction Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PRYING ON3CRUSHER BAR SLIPPED SMASHING FINGER.

1984 · 1 incident

August 13, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
I A Construction Corp · Struck by flying object

1 TON JACK KICKED OUT HIT INJ BELOW RIGHT EYE LACERATED SKIN TOOK 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

1983 · 1 incident

August 31, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
I A Construction Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS POUNDING CABLE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW STRIKING HIM IN SHOULDER.