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Valley Sand & Gravel Incorporated: 71 MSHA citations 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.
See Valley Sand & Gravel Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-20.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
4.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 75.7% moderate, 4.3% 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.
22 citations taken to the federal commission · 31% of citations on record
  • Settled 21 · 95%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 5%
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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
4%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2014-03-26.
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 2007-86M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $1K → $1K
YORK 2007-85M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $760 → $760
YORK 2009-171M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $517 → $517
YORK 2009-133M Settlement 2010 $243 → $138
YORK 2010-293M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $200 → $200
YORK 2009-155M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2014-10-29, 11 years ago
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz131 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.31 1.07 2.16 Truck Driver
2014-10-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.16 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.79 0.39 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Cleanup Man
2012-09-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Dragline Operator
2012-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.92 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.79 0.18 Cleanup Man
2009-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.3 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 2.88 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.44 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Driver
2007-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.81 0.37 Cleanup Man
2007-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.14 0.20 Truck Driver
2006-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.89 0.42 Cleanup Man
2006-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.67 0.28 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-01-04 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.

Valley Sand & Gravel Incorporated recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ 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 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.20 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.
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. Valley Sand & Gravel Corp 1950 to 1983
  2. Valley Sand & Gravel Inc 1983 to 1994
  3. Valley Sand & Gravel Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 5
2015 9
2014 13
2013 12
2012 13
2011 13
2010 12
2009 8
2008 9
2007 10
2006 7
2005 8
2004 6
2003 7
2002 11
2001 6
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Valley Sand & Gravel Incorporated sits in Livingston County, New York, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Livingston County, New York · Population 61,588
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,464
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
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 2 0 732.1
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 4 0 1035.7
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.