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POTTER PIT: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

JOPO GRAVEL LLC · Surface
Controlled by John (Jack) L Potter
SCIO, Allegany County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003504

POTTER PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
20
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,806
proposed penalties
$1,806
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
30
inspections on record
295
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: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POTTER PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-06.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.0% low, 90.0% moderate, 5.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2022-09-22, 3 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-01 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. JOPO FARMS 2005 to 2020
  2. JOPO GRAVEL LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POTTER PIT sits in Allegany 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.
Allegany County, New York · Population 47,027
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,233
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 764 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 534 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 748 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 572 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 804 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 770 1 0 1298.7
2024 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 622 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 812 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 617 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 718 1 0 1392.8
2019 Q1 145 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 344 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 748 1 0 1336.9
2016 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 552 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 514 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 381 1 0 2624.7
2014 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 562 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 304 1 0 3289.5
2013 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 335 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 542 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 338 1 0 2958.6
2011 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 126 1 1 7936.5
2010 Q3 273 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 182 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 182 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 51 1 0 19607.8
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 204 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 82 12 5 146341.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

August 2, 2005 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
JOPO FARMS · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS CLEANING UPPER RETURN IDLER ROLLER WHILE STANDING ON RAISED BUCKET OF 950E PAYLOADER. UPPER LEFT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN IDLER ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT ON RETURN SIDE OF POWER SCREEN MARK II. MACHINE WAS TURNED OFF, 911 CALLED, ROLLER REMOVED. HE WAS TAKEN VIA AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL.