Mining Incidents

SUFFERN QUARRY: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Carl E Petrillo
Rockland County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000092

SUFFERN QUARRY has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–2002
Latest incident
Feb 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
21
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,155
proposed penalties
$1,155
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
113
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: 113 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SUFFERN QUARRY has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-24.
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
90.5%
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.

SUFFERN QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
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 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.64 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
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Plaza Materials Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 4
2001 18
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SUFFERN QUARRY sits in Rockland County, New York, 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.
Rockland County, New York · Population 338,936
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$110,631
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 Q3 272 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,241 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,933 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,774 6 0 556.9
2001 Q3 13,107 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 13,684 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,664 15 0 2250.9
2000 Q4 9,729 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 13,422 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,130 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,740 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2002 · 1 incident

February 6, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Plaza Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S LEFT SHOULDER BECAME SORE & NUMB- HE DOES NOT KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED, OR WHAT HE DID TO INJURE IT. AFTER SEEING SEVERAL DR.'S, IT APPEARS HE HAS TENDINITIS IN HIS SHOULDER.

1998 · 1 incident

November 10, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Plaza Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ SLIPED AS A GREASE SPOT WHILE LIFTING A BOBCAT TV & STRAINED HIS BACK

1994 · 1 incident

April 26, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plaza Materials Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED FELL FROM BUILDING ON HIS SHOULDER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL UP A HOSE TO WASH OUT THE BLDG. WHEN THE GUARDRAIL HE WAS HOLDING ONTO SLIPPED AND HE FELL.

1993 · 1 incident

November 8, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plaza Materials Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE WHILE TRYING TO TURN ON WATER FOR PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER. CUT LEFT PALM ON ROCKS WHEN HE FELL. REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

1991 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plaza Materials Company · Fall from machine

STUMBLED BACKWARDS WHILE CLIMBING OFF CAT TRUCK FELL BACKWARDS, LANDED N REAR END THEN STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON GROUND.

July 24, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plaza Materials Company · Struck by falling object

SLIPPED IN PRIMARY BUILDING & STEEL BAR FELL ON HAND. TOP PINKY FINGER.

May 31, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plaza Materials Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIP & FELL WHILE CHANGING ROLLERS IN #2 BLDG INJURED RIGHT ARM. SPRAIN RIGHT FOREARM.

1988 · 1 incident

March 21, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Plaza Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HEATING WATER CONTAINER WITH OXY/ACTY TORCH AND GAS FUMES WERE BLOWN INTO EMPL FACE.