Mining Incidents

Richmond Sand & Stone Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David D'Ambra
WYOMING, Washington County, RI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3700156

Richmond Sand & Stone has $77K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1990–2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
268
citations
74
significant & substantial
$77,318
proposed penalties
$75,681
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,637 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,292
inspection hours
20.7
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.
268 citations across 1,292 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Richmond Sand & Stone has $77K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 3 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.
$77K
proposed penalties
$76K
current assessed
$76K
paid to date
$6
outstanding
268 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 9,903 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 13,084 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,547 2 0 159.4
2025 Q1 9,253 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 13,708 3 1 218.9
2024 Q3 13,891 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 13,689 4 1 292.2
2024 Q1 10,645 1 1 93.9
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 11,076 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,288 5 1 442.9
2023 Q2 10,710 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,236 3 0 414.6
2022 Q4 8,690 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,828 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,949 8 0 730.7
2022 Q1 7,056 1 0 141.7
2021 Q4 9,811 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,392 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,167 8 0 786.9
2021 Q1 6,316 1 0 158.3
2020 Q4 9,278 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,213 3 1 293.7
2020 Q2 10,304 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,294 7 4 1322.3
2019 Q4 9,596 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,294 1 1 107.6
2019 Q1 5,937 4 1 673.7
2018 Q4 4,472 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,540 6 2 917.4
2018 Q2 5,567 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,728 2 0 536.5
2017 Q4 7,836 2 0 255.2
2017 Q3 6,378 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,647 4 0 860.8
2017 Q1 3,616 5 1 1382.7
2016 Q4 5,502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,829 9 2 1544.0
2016 Q2 6,057 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,067 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,108 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,469 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,818 8 2 1375.0
2015 Q1 2,841 2 1 704.0
2014 Q4 6,558 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,257 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,283 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,413 8 1 1812.8
2013 Q4 7,788 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,079 8 2 1130.1
2013 Q2 7,405 13 5 1755.6
2013 Q1 3,597 1 0 278.0
2012 Q4 7,231 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,414 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,527 4 2 612.8
2012 Q1 5,135 3 0 584.2
2011 Q4 7,100 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,236 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,944 4 1 576.0
2011 Q1 3,115 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,161 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,973 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,681 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,303 4 1 929.6
2009 Q4 5,948 4 1 672.5
2009 Q3 5,299 4 3 754.9
2009 Q2 5,364 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,539 8 2 3150.8
2008 Q4 5,617 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,970 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,275 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,352 2 1 596.7
2007 Q4 7,222 2 1 276.9
2007 Q3 8,128 4 0 492.1
2007 Q2 8,156 13 5 1593.9
2007 Q1 8,263 11 3 1331.2
2006 Q4 11,338 14 2 1234.8
2006 Q3 13,040 12 1 920.2
2006 Q2 12,492 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 11,799 12 5 1017.0
2005 Q4 8,322 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,106 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,379 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,133 6 1 1168.9
2004 Q4 8,369 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,587 2 1 208.6
2004 Q2 8,996 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,661 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,764 11 5 1255.1
2003 Q3 9,029 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,950 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,032 6 2 994.7
2002 Q4 9,397 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,084 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,036 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,737 10 5 1484.3
2001 Q4 11,351 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,720 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,375 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,465 9 3 1392.1
2000 Q4 9,830 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,263 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,729 4 2 517.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 2, 2017 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Richmond Sand & Stone LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a massive heart attack while operating equipment.

2015 · 1 incident

April 16, 2015 RI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richmond Sand & Stone LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was handling a shackle and dropped it on his foot

2009 · 1 incident

December 1, 2009 RI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Richmond Sand & Stone LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Notification of Noise induced hearing loss.

1990 · 5 incidents

December 10, 1990 RI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Richmond Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING STAIRS TO THE CRUSHING PLANT, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE TOP RUNG OF THE PLANT AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE LEFT SHOULDER WAS DISLOCATED. SMALL ABR ASIAN TO THE FOREHEAD.

September 7, 1990 RI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richmond Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MANEUVERING STONES AROUND THE PLANT, A BOULDER SHIFTED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE RIGHT FOOT SUSTAINED BRUISING AND TWO HAIRLINE FRACTURES.

September 7, 1990 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richmond Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

MANEUVERING STONES BOULDER SHIFTED FELL ON L FOOT EMP SUSTAIN ED BRUISING L FOOT NO FRACT

July 10, 1990 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Richmond Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET TO THE GROUND OF AN EXECAVATOR AFTER GREASING THE BOOM,TWO ABRASIONS TO THE MIDDEL AND LOWER PART OF THE BACK,MINOR BRUISING,NO BROKE BONES,DOCTOR STATES THA T EMPLOYEE HAS MINOR BACK STRAIN,NO PERMANENT DISABILITY TWO DAYS BED REST AND BACK TO NORMAL WORK DUTY.

March 21, 1990 RI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richmond Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING WITH BELTS AND PULLEYS R MIDDLE FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THEM, TIP OF R MIDDLE FINGER SEVERED OFF STITCHES ONLY

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The full compliance file on Richmond Sand & Stone

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.