Mining Incidents

Rafferty Sand & Gravel: 57 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

West Chazy, Clinton County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003498

Rafferty Sand & Gravel has $7K 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
2014
Latest incident
Aug 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
57
citations
17
significant & substantial
$7,433
proposed penalties
$7,433
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
34
inspections on record
407
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: 407 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rafferty Sand & Gravel has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-03.
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.
29.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
29.8%
reasonably likely or greater
56.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.0% low, 86.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2021-09-23, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2015-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.56 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2008-07-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.78 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.39 0.59 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.75 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.52 0.42 Front-end Loader 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. Rafferty Sand & Gravel LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rafferty Sand & Gravel sits in Clinton 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.
Clinton County, New York · Population 78,961
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,208
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
2024 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2023 Q3 960 4 0 4166.7
2023 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 960 2 1 2083.3
2021 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2021 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2020 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 960 2 1 2083.3
2020 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2019 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 640 1 0 1562.5
2016 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 960 5 2 5208.3
2015 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2015 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2013 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,170 3 0 2564.1
2012 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 320 2 1 6250.0
2010 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 640 4 4 6250.0
2009 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,340 1 0 746.3
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 760 1 0 1315.8
2007 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,000 4 0 4000.0
2006 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,072 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,116 20 8 17921.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

August 14, 2014 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rafferty Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck against a moving object

Victim Lost control of ATV he was operating. Victim was not working at the mine at time of the accident.