Mining Incidents

Shoreline Gravel-Narrow Lane Bank: 62 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Shoreline Gravel LLC · Surface
Controlled by Evelyn J Smith
Carolina, Washington County, RI  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3700208

Shoreline Gravel-Narrow Lane Bank has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $656 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
62
citations
6
significant & substantial
$7,541
proposed penalties
$6,287
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,254 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
33
inspections on record
320
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: 320 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shoreline Gravel-Narrow Lane Bank has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $656 outstanding across 2 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$656
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-19.
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.
10.9%
significant & substantial
25.5%
high negligence or reckless
10.9%
reasonably likely or greater
18.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.4% low, 58.2% moderate, 25.5% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 100%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
29%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2014-09-03.
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 2009-118M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $1K → $1K
YORK 2014-0190 Settlement Moran 2015 $998 → $400
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: 2015-05-13, 11 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
2015-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-13 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. Shoreline Gravel Co. 2009 to 2015
  2. Shoreline Gravel LLC 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Shoreline Gravel-Narrow Lane Bank 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 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 960 3 0 3125.0
2025 Q1 960 3 0 3125.0
2024 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 960 4 0 4166.7
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 960 4 0 4166.7
2023 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 960 3 0 3125.0
2022 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 984 1 0 1016.3
2022 Q1 976 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 952 1 0 1050.4
2020 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 908 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 896 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 877 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 790 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 984 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 984 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 936 1 0 1068.4
2017 Q1 736 2 0 2717.4
2016 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 992 3 0 3024.2
2015 Q4 944 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 976 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 944 1 0 1059.3
2015 Q1 976 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,236 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,264 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,245 2 0 1606.4
2014 Q1 1,148 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,218 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,184 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,130 12 1 10619.5
2013 Q1 1,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,056 1 0 947.0
2012 Q3 1,085 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,123 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,037 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,131 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,058 1 0 945.2
2010 Q4 1,015 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 929 4 1 4305.7
2010 Q1 739 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 616 11 3 17857.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 19, 2009 RI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Worker caught finger in door, no special conditions contributing to accident.