Mining Incidents

Raymond Sand & Gravel: 119 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Raymond Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Kevin W Cole Sr.
Rockingham, Rockingham County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700325

Raymond Sand & Gravel has $108K in proposed MSHA penalties and $104K outstanding across 4 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 2000
119
citations
44
significant & substantial
$108,336
proposed penalties
$4,176
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $104,160 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
410
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: 410 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Raymond Sand & Gravel has $108K in proposed MSHA penalties and $104K outstanding across 4 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.
$108K
proposed penalties
$108K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$104K
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $19K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-11.
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.
38.9%
significant & substantial
24.8%
high negligence or reckless
38.9%
reasonably likely or greater
65.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.5% low, 71.7% moderate, 23.0% high, 1.8% reckless.
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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 20%
  • Stood as issued 8 · 80%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $19K 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 2010-04-21.
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
YORK 2010-222M Default Lesnick 2011 $11K → $11K
YORK 2008-204M Prevail Barbour 2012 $7K → $7K
YORK 2010-223M Default Lesnick 2011 $312 → $312
YORK 2008-205M Default Lesnick 2010 $108 → $108
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: 2008-09-17, 17 years ago
29%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz72 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-10-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.11 0.35 3.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.79 0.48 3.73 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.5 0.70 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.46 0.59 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.46 0.83 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.41 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 2.92 0.15 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.
Ownership history
  1. C J Bolton Inc 1998 to 1999
  2. Raymond Sand & Gravel 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 2
2010 1
2008 0
2007 2
2006 7
2005 8
2004 6
2003 4
2001 2
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Raymond Sand & Gravel sits in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 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.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire · Population 317,163
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$113,927
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 Q4 480 12 0 25000.0
2011 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 960 10 2 10416.7
2011 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 480 6 3 12500.0
2010 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 8 5
2008 Q3 0 2 2
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 0 11 3
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,040 3 2 2884.6
2007 Q3 2,928 13 4 4439.9
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 3,041 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,438 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,988 11 5 2758.3
2006 Q1 2,797 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,522 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,972 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,687 1 0 175.8
2005 Q1 2,784 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,259 5 2 1174.0
2004 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,124 1 0 470.8
2003 Q3 698 12 5 17192.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,440 8 2 5555.6
2000 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,048 0 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.