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Richmond Sand & Stone: 282 MSHA citations 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
282
citations
76
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.
See Richmond Sand & Stone LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,341
inspection hours
21.0
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.
282 citations across 1,341 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.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-13.
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.
27.0%
significant & substantial
13.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
56.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.4% low, 63.5% moderate, 13.1% high, 0.0% 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 · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 10%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $8K 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 2017-12-21.
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 2018-0031 Prevail 2019 $6K → $5K
YORK 2007-63M Default Lesnick 2008 $2K → $2K
YORK 2013-171M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $2K → $700
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: 2025-05-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Arsenic fumes2
  • Beryllium fumes2
Show the individual readings (49)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.6 0.30 Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.53 0.47 Utility Man
2024-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2024-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.7 0.29 Utility Man
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-02-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-02-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Backhoe Operator
2017-02-22 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.03 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Arsenic fumes 9.5 1500 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Cadmium oxide fumes 1.33 100 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Cobalt fumes 1.33 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Copper fumes 98.17 300 0.33 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Iron oxide fumes 7.6 20 0.38 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Manganese fumes 0.1 5 0.02 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-02-22 Zinc oxide fumes 0.38 10 0.04 Welder, etc.
2016-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.18 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-01-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.52 0.16 Truck Driver
2006-01-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 Truck Driver
2005-01-19 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Vanadium fumes 0.12 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.07 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Iron oxide fumes 0.09 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-19 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
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.

Richmond Sand & Stone recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Rhode Island, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.53 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Richmond Sand & Gravel Inc 1980 to 2005
  2. Richmond Sand & Gravel Inc 2005 to 2009
  3. Richmond Sand & Stone LLC 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 21
2025 24
2024 25
2023 20
2022 21
2021 20
2020 19
2019 17
2018 10
2017 11
2016 11
2015 12
2014 12
2013 13
2012 13
2011 12
2010 13
2009 10
2008 9
2007 14
2006 20
2005 14
2004 15
2003 16
2002 17
2001 17
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Richmond Sand & Stone sits in Washington County, Rhode Island, 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.
Washington County, Rhode Island · Population 130,073
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,478
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 11,508 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 7,754 0 0 0.0
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
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 13,689 4 1 292.2
2024 Q1 10,645 1 1 93.9
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 0 0 0.0
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 1 1 104.3
2004 Q2 8,996 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,661 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,764 9 5 1026.9
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 5 0 773.4
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