Mining Incidents

WEST RIDGE GRAVEL CO. PIT AND MI: 54 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

West Ridge Gravel Company · Surface
Controlled by James Hornyak
Fairview, Erie County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3608887

WEST RIDGE GRAVEL CO. PIT AND MI has $11K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
54
citations
12
significant & substantial
$11,411
proposed penalties
$11,411
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
32
inspections on record
315
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: 315 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WEST RIDGE GRAVEL CO. PIT AND MI has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-14.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
24.1%
high negligence or reckless
20.4%
reasonably likely or greater
51.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 24.1% low, 51.9% moderate, 24.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2017-06-22, 9 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer 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. West Ridge Gravel Company 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WEST RIDGE GRAVEL CO. PIT AND MI sits in Erie County, Pennsylvania, 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.
Erie County, Pennsylvania · Population 269,544
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,476
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 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 201 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 485 3 2 6185.6
2018 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,039 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 368 5 1 13587.0
2017 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 966 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 893 2 0 2239.6
2016 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 537 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 584 5 0 8561.6
2015 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 548 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 295 15 5 50847.5
2014 Q2 282 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 489 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 557 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 131 1 0 7633.6
2012 Q4 404 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 514 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 387 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 377 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 447 1 0 2237.1
2010 Q3 564 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 467 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 428 1 1 2336.4
2009 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 454 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 385 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 578 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 980 2 0 2040.8
2006 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,012 9 1 8893.3
2006 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 500 1 0 2000.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 650 1 0 1538.5
2003 Q3 900 1 0 1111.1
2003 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,440 3 0 2083.3
2002 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,624 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.