Mining Incidents

Valley Sand & Gravel Incorporated Metal/Non-Metal

Scottsville, Livingston County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000988

Valley Sand & Gravel Incorporated has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1986–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
71
citations
14
significant & substantial
$7,436
proposed penalties
$7,331
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $105 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
560
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: 560 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Valley Sand & Gravel Incorporated has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-20.
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
2016 Q2 979 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,035 2 0 1932.4
2015 Q4 1,547 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,449 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,003 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,577 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,798 2 0 526.6
2014 Q3 3,418 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 4,529 1 0 220.8
2014 Q1 3,651 1 1 273.9
2013 Q4 5,373 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,220 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,754 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,537 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,141 4 0 966.0
2012 Q2 5,734 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,606 2 1 356.8
2011 Q4 5,329 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,552 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,739 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,732 4 1 1464.1
2010 Q4 2,208 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,025 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,214 2 1 321.9
2010 Q1 3,837 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,568 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,675 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,862 6 1 1553.6
2009 Q1 3,460 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,586 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,243 2 0 471.4
2008 Q1 3,268 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,631 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,598 2 0 435.0
2007 Q2 3,426 13 3 3794.5
2007 Q1 2,394 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,988 1 0 503.0
2006 Q3 4,768 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,798 3 1 789.9
2006 Q1 2,087 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,348 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,837 4 0 827.0
2005 Q2 3,994 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,378 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,926 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,461 3 2 672.5
2004 Q2 4,006 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,446 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,519 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,665 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,477 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,118 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,846 1 0 146.1
2002 Q2 4,886 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,584 4 1 1548.0
2001 Q4 3,196 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,596 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,625 6 2 2285.7
2001 Q1 2,180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,205 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,994 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,906 8 0 2752.9
2000 Q1 3,403 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 12, 2005 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a 1" steel water line to break it free from a barbed fitting.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 24, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DRIVING OVER BUMPY AREAS IN THE PIT HE HURT HIS NECK WHICH THEN CAUSED NUMBNESS IN LEFT HAND.

May 24, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHEN OPERATING A ACETYLENE TORCH A PIECE OF HOT SLAG BLEW IN HIS LEFT EAR.

1999 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BACK HOE FORKS TO LOAD ONTO THE BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK AND AFTER THAT HE NOTICED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

July 7, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CUTTING BACK LACE ON CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM CONVEYOR BELT HIS FOOT ROLLED UNDER HIM AND HE FELT SOMETHING POP.

1997 · 1 incident

June 18, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED WORKER WAS CLIMBING INTO LOADER AND NOTICED A SWARM OF BEE'S AS INJURED WORKER ATTEMPTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE BEE'S HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1986 · 1 incident

August 26, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING THE IDLER ON A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH CAUGHT IN THE BELT AND PULLED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT ARM INTO THE MAHINE. EMPLOYEE PUSHED ASIDE THE PROTECTIVE GU ARDING TO CLEN 7HE IDLER. EMPLOYEES ARM WAS BROKEN IN THREE PLACES AND DISLOCATED AT THE ELBOW.

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