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VAN BUREN PIT: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Scotia, Schenectady County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3002002

VAN BUREN PIT has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
37
citations
6
significant & substantial
$11,747
proposed penalties
$7,971
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,776 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CRANESVILLE AGGREGATE COMPANIES INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
28
inspections on record
278
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: 278 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VAN BUREN PIT has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-18.
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.
16.2%
significant & substantial
10.8%
high negligence or reckless
16.2%
reasonably likely or greater
43.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.4% low, 56.8% moderate, 10.8% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $4K 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 2007-10-29.
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 2008-8M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $6K → $4K
YORK 2008-30M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $2K → $112
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: 2016-09-26, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-09-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2012-09-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Utility Man
2012-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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. Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2002 0
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

VAN BUREN PIT sits in Schenectady County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Schenectady County, New York · Population 159,603
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$76,989
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 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 936 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 586 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,530 2 0 1307.2
2025 Q2 924 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 486 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 820 1 0 1219.5
2024 Q1 563 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 534 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 529 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,051 2 0 1902.9
2022 Q2 1,588 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,192 1 0 838.9
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 914 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,068 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 807 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 508 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 813 2 0 2460.0
2019 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 557 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 922 3 1 3253.8
2018 Q3 1,071 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 720 3 1 4166.7
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,077 2 0 1857.0
2017 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 703 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,018 2 0 1964.6
2015 Q3 1,196 1 0 836.1
2015 Q2 989 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 696 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,070 2 0 1869.2
2014 Q2 559 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,090 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,198 1 0 834.7
2013 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,357 2 0 1473.8
2012 Q2 936 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 422 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 870 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 724 1 0 1381.2
2008 Q3 1,212 6 1 4950.5
2008 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 240 6 3 25000.0
2007 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,888 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 435 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 977 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,186 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 924 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

June 3, 2013 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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