What are Watertown Sand & Stone/West Carthage Pit's MSHA penalties?

Watertown Sand & Stone/West Carthage Pit has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

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Watertown Sand & Stone/West Carthage Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Cranesville Block Co Inc · Surface

Controlled by Joseph Charles Tesiero; John A Tesiero III

Carthage, Jefferson County, NY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3002825

Watertown Sand & Stone/West Carthage Pit has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1987–1996
Latest incident: Sep 1996

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

101

citations

significant & substantial

$20,784

proposed penalties

$18,581

paid to date

89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,203 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

inspections on record

487

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 487 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$21K

proposed penalties

$19K

current assessed

$19K

paid to date

outstanding

100 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-02.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2	0	0
2024 Q1	99	0	0.0
2023 Q4	338	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,438	0	0.0
2023 Q2	0	1
2023 Q1	770	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,207	0	0.0
2022 Q3	2,171	0	0.0

Show 86 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2	2,086	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	144	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	1,578	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	2,069	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	1,537	2	1	1301.2
2021 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q4	1,613	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	2,009	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,788	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	0	0	0
2019 Q4	839	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	2,072	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	1,907	5	1	2621.9
2019 Q1	24	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	2,457	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	1,553	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	2,094	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	0	0	0
2017 Q4	2,051	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	2,151	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	1,831	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	38	2	0	52631.6
2016 Q4	1,235	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	2,179	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	2,141	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	258	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	1,693	1	0	590.7
2015 Q3	2,491	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	1,827	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	0	0	0
2014 Q4	1,424	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	2,292	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	2,294	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	214	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	1,736	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	2,324	1	0	430.3
2013 Q2	1,997	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	137	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	2,032	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	2,959	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	2,618	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	313	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	2,354	3	0	1274.4
2011 Q3	3,751	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	2,886	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	619	2	1	3231.0
2010 Q4	3,107	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	2,580	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	3,223	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	1,482	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	3,062	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	3,401	2	1	588.1
2009 Q2	3,045	16	2	5254.5
2009 Q1	1,089	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	2,163	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	3,113	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	2,850	15	7	5263.2
2008 Q1	1,446	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	2,561	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	2,756	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	2,783	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	793	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	2,181	3	0	1375.5
2006 Q3	2,451	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	2,306	6	0	2601.9
2006 Q1	280	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	1,285	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	638	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	268	18	10	67164.2
2005 Q1	0	0	0
2004 Q4	417	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	564	6	0	10638.3
2004 Q2	707	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	0	0	0
2003 Q4	863	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	1,251	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	1,234	4	2	3241.5
2003 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	711	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	1,382	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	1,529	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	959	5	2	5213.8
2001 Q3	1,527	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	1,022	9	4	8806.3
2000 Q1	0	0	0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1996 · 1 incident

September 6, 1996 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL

Cranesville Block Co Inc · Contact with electrical current

ELCTRICAL SHOCK FROM THE SAND PLANT WORKING ON GRIZZLY RACK SWITCH, MOISTURE FROM HIS BODY CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

1991 · 1 incident

August 23, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Cranesville Block Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING AT THE SAND PLANT ON THE SHAKER PUTTING A BALANCE WHEEL ON THE SHAKER & SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER

1987 · 1 incident

November 12, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cranesville Block Co Inc · Struck against stationary object

MAINTANCE MATER3AL STEEL ANGLE WAS UNSAFELY BALANCED OVER HEAD VICTIM BUMPED STEEL CAUSING IT TO FALL ON HIM

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