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: 489 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ravena Plant #2 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $327 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-08.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$327 proposed, $300 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-02-10.
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.
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: 2010-09-21, 15 years ago
42%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz125 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-09-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
0.68
1.19
Utility Man
2010-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
0.55
1.33
Utility Man
2003-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.93
0.53
1.75
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.26
0.56
2.25
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
0.44
1.66
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
2.34
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.56
0.27
Bobcat Operator
2010-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.25
0.16
Utility Man
2004-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.48
0.52
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.47
0.98
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.46
0.50
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.74
0.55
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ravena Plant #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.39 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
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
6.21
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
7.52
0.00
0.000
2004 *
7.82
0.00
0.000
2003 *
4.09
4.09
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
20
2010
14
2009
15
2008
19
2007
25
2006
25
2005
25
2004
25
2003
25
2002
23
2001
19
2000
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ravena Plant #2 sits in Albany County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Albany County, New York · Population 315,374
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$83,149
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
2011 Q3
8,434
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
11,479
2
0
174.2
2011 Q1
7,694
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
11,987
9
0
750.8
2010 Q3
13,390
5
1
373.4
2010 Q2
10,048
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,110
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
8,562
2
1
233.6
Show 39 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3
9,957
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
9,506
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,190
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
8,774
3
0
341.9
2008 Q3
5,148
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
11,184
1
0
89.4
2008 Q1
5,103
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
12,264
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
16,914
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
16,008
6
0
374.8
2007 Q1
7,585
1
0
131.8
2006 Q4
11,469
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
15,177
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
15,311
3
0
195.9
2006 Q1
5,374
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
11,005
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
19,507
2
1
102.5
2005 Q2
15,589
6
1
384.9
2005 Q1
7,056
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
14,955
1
0
66.9
2004 Q3
17,496
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
15,487
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,238
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
14,180
8
4
564.2
2003 Q3
15,847
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
14,610
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,222
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
12,052
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
16,184
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
14,070
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,808
1
0
262.6
2001 Q4
11,580
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
13,540
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
12,980
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,463
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
12,980
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
15,546
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
12,760
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
6,030
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2009 · 1 incident
May 19, 2009NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE OPERATING LOADER. GLANCED OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE HE WAS CLEAR. THIS STRAINED HIS NECK TO THE POINT HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN WITHOUT PAIN. WAS SEEN BY Occ Medical Services. X-RAY NEGATIVE DX: CERVICAL STRAIN AND ACUTE MUSCLE SPASM. WAS STARTED ON PHYSICAL THERAPY & PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
March 8, 2005NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CLEANING OIL, MUD IN CHUTE IN TOWER #1. A CHUNK OF MUD FROM BUILD-UP IN SCREEN FELL ONTO BACK OF NECK. GOING FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY 2-3 WEEKS. DIAGNOSIS: NECK STRAIN AND CONTUSION.
January 19, 2004NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TAKING DOWN CONVEYOR SYSTEM. SLIPPED ON ICE COVERED GROUND, FELL, STRIKING RIGHT ELBOW ON GROUND. AS OF 2/9/04 - NEEDS TO START PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSONS 3 TIMES A WEEK.
EE STATES THAT WHILE WORKING ON TRANSFORMER, BLOCKING SLIPPED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT BEFORE IT FELL. HE DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT AS HE HAD NO PAIN OR EVIDENCE OF INJURY. ON 2/20/03 HE HAD AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL, AN INGUINAL HERNIA WAS DISCOVERED. SAW HIS OWN DR. ON 3/3 AND ON 3/7, REPORTED INJURY ON 2/19 TO HIS SUPERVISOR. SURGERY ON 3/26/03.
2002 · 3 incidents
November 21, 2002NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WAS MOVING MUD AT THE BELT PRESS NEAR CAT LOADER950. OPENED DOOR TO GET BETTER LOOK AT THE MUD PILE AT SAME TIME THAT LOADER STRUCK A POTHOLE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS RT RING FINGER
1997 · 2 incidents
October 25, 1997NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS MIXING POLYMER IN THE FEEDAIR TANK. THE FILL HOSE CAME UNDONE AND HE REACHED TO GET HOSE. HIS FEET SLIPPED UNDERNEATH HIM, DECK WAS WET MIXED WITH POLYMER. HE FELL SIDEWAYS ONTO WATER V ALVING SYSTEM.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUSTN DUMPED MATERIAL. HE PULLED FORWARD WITH THE TRUCK BED STILL RAISED. THE BED GOT CAUGHT ON LOADOUT CONVEYOR BELT. THIS CAUSED THE CAB TO BE PULLED UP OFF GROUND AND JERK BACK DOWN.
1996 · 3 incidents
October 10, 1996NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS