Mining Incidents

RIVER ROAD GRAVEL PIT: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dominic Cersosimo
Brattleboro, Cheshire County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700294

RIVER ROAD GRAVEL PIT has $165 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at RIVER ROAD GRAVEL PIT.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1994–1996
Latest incident
Dec 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$165
proposed penalties
$165
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4
inspections on record
59
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: 59 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RIVER ROAD GRAVEL PIT has $165 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.
$165
proposed penalties
$165
current assessed
$165
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-30.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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: 2002-08-01, 24 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Stub Inc 1991 to 1992
  2. Cersosimo Industries Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 3
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RIVER ROAD GRAVEL PIT sits in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, 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.
Cheshire County, New Hampshire · Population 76,945
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,001
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
2002 Q2 1,531 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,330 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 615 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 888 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 838 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 668 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 703 1 0 1422.5
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 964 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1996 · 1 incident

December 6, 1996 NH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FIRE
Cersosimo Industries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE HEATER LOCATED IN THE CONTROL CAB MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING A FIRE. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO SHUT OFF THE HEATER AND FAILED. THE CONTROL CAB AND ITS CONTENTS BURNED IN THE FIRE.

1995 · 1 incident

March 21, 1995 NH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cersosimo Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE REACHED UP TO GRAB ONTO THE RUNG OF THGE LADDER TO START CLIMBING UP TWO OR THREE STEPS TO GET THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR THAT OPERATES THE LEGS OF THE CRUSHER.AS HE REACHED UP AND BEGAN TO PULL H IMSELF ONTO THE LADDER,HE FELT A SHARP PAIN BETWEEN HIS ELBOW AND HIS RIGHT WRIST.

1994 · 1 incident

May 26, 1994 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cersosimo Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING INTO THE LOADER CAB, EE SLIPPED AND INJURED UPPER LEFT ARM CAUSING A TORN MUSCLE.