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POTSDAM STONE & CONCRETE: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Graymont Ltd
POTSDAM, St Lawrence County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000950

POTSDAM STONE & CONCRETE has $1K 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
5
Years on record
1987–2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,388
proposed penalties
$892
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $496 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See GRAYMONT MATERIALS (NY) INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
9
inspections on record
99
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: 99 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POTSDAM STONE & CONCRETE has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$892
current assessed
$892
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $993 in penalties contested before the Commission, $497 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-03-23.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
YORK20020029M Settlement Barbour 2002 $993 → $497
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: 2002-07-24, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.86 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.66 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Driver
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. Bicknell Brothers Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Potsdam Stone & Concrete-Div/Graystone Mtrls Inc 1986 to 2004
  3. GRAYMONT MATERIALS (NY) INC. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 2
2006 8
2005 7
2004 7
2003 7
2002 6
2001 7
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POTSDAM STONE & CONCRETE 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
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 1,771 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,785 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,824 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,057 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,349 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,594 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,594 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 4,910 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,886 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,303 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,396 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,555 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,642 2 0 1218.0
2003 Q4 2,205 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,541 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,609 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,634 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,094 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,175 2 0 386.5
2002 Q2 3,983 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,643 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,594 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,700 4 1 851.1
2001 Q2 3,803 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,049 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,447 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,496 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,227 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,012 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2000 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

1987 · 2 incidents

July 22, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Potsdam Stone & Concrete-Div/Graystone Mtrls Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

OPER TRYING TO 6NPLUG SHOOT ON CRUSHER.GLOVE CAUGHT IN BELT PULLING ARM THROUGH.