Mining Incidents

POWER SCREEN CHIEFTAIN 1400: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

LA FEVER SAND & GRAVEL, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Jonathan LaFever
Bovina Center, Delaware County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3002615

POWER SCREEN CHIEFTAIN 1400 has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,532
proposed penalties
$3,532
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
413
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: 413 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POWER SCREEN CHIEFTAIN 1400 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-15.
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.
23.7%
significant & substantial
5.3%
high negligence or reckless
23.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.3% low, 68.4% moderate, 5.3% 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: 2018-11-08, 7 years ago
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz22 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.04 0.4 2.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.11 0.29 3.83 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-25 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. La Fever Excavating Inc 1981 to 1986
  2. La Fever Excavating Inc 1986 to 2002
  3. La Fever Sand & Gravel, LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POWER SCREEN CHIEFTAIN 1400 sits in Delaware County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Delaware County, New York · Population 44,551
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,226
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 960 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 908 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2023 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2021 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,440 1 0 694.4
2020 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 900 1 0 1111.1
2018 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 900 6 4 6666.7
2015 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 800 3 1 3750.0
2012 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2011 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 600 1 0 1666.7
2010 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 700 1 0 1428.6
2008 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 250 2 0 8000.0
2005 Q3 400 9 1 22500.0
2005 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 160 6 1 37500.0
2004 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 40 2 2 50000.0
2003 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.