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WEST SAND LAKE PIT & MILL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dan Clemente
West Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3000981

WEST SAND LAKE PIT & MILL has $137K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 18 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1989–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
389
citations
81
significant & substantial
$136,848
proposed penalties
$107,247
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $29,600 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
1,428
inspection hours
27.2
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.
389 citations across 1,428 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WEST SAND LAKE PIT & MILL has $137K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 18 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.
$137K
proposed penalties
$118K
current assessed
$107K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
381 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 11,551 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,317 17 3 1502.2
2025 Q2 12,624 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,584 7 0 923.0
2024 Q4 10,389 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,924 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 11,064 6 0 542.3
2024 Q1 5,547 3 0 540.8
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 10,423 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,601 8 2 754.6
2023 Q2 11,537 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,288 7 1 1113.2
2022 Q4 11,846 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 12,605 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 12,488 11 2 880.8
2022 Q1 7,177 11 0 1532.7
2021 Q4 11,668 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 12,922 22 5 1702.5
2021 Q2 12,384 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,502 9 3 1199.7
2020 Q4 11,948 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 14,346 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 13,169 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 11,475 8 2 697.2
2019 Q4 12,178 2 0 164.2
2019 Q3 12,968 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 12,718 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,755 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 15,022 3 0 199.7
2018 Q3 15,794 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 16,265 6 0 368.9
2018 Q1 8,557 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 13,610 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 14,627 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 13,338 21 5 1574.4
2017 Q1 6,915 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11,747 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 14,075 2 1 142.1
2016 Q2 14,534 5 1 344.0
2016 Q1 7,591 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 14,598 4 0 274.0
2015 Q2 13,318 28 3 2102.4
2015 Q1 5,016 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 12,165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 13,670 12 2 877.8
2014 Q2 12,296 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,297 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 11,782 6 0 509.3
2013 Q3 10,622 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,437 6 1 574.9
2013 Q1 6,224 4 0 642.7
2012 Q4 12,642 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 12,794 7 2 547.1
2012 Q2 10,072 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,152 6 3 1164.6
2011 Q4 11,397 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,090 11 2 1090.2
2011 Q2 10,405 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,745 6 0 1044.4
2010 Q4 8,727 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 11,443 4 0 349.6
2010 Q2 10,875 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,669 4 0 599.8
2009 Q4 11,892 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11,241 10 4 889.6
2009 Q2 11,505 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,893 7 1 1187.8
2008 Q4 10,191 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,986 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 12,239 6 3 490.2
2008 Q1 7,215 2 0 277.2
2007 Q4 9,984 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,086 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,349 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,032 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,255 18 3 1944.9
2006 Q3 10,045 8 1 796.4
2006 Q2 10,628 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,935 12 2 1730.4
2005 Q4 11,077 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,031 20 5 2214.6
2005 Q2 8,670 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,971 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,913 5 0 458.2
2004 Q3 10,070 5 2 496.5
2004 Q2 9,804 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,653 2 0 547.5
2003 Q4 4,720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,307 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,062 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,412 6 1 1359.9
2002 Q4 6,085 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,673 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,959 3 3 376.9
2002 Q1 3,465 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,714 17 11 2203.8
2001 Q3 8,852 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,469 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,014 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,172 15 7 2430.3
2000 Q3 6,753 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,736 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,093 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 23, 2022 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

During maintenance on the plant, the metal detector on the conveyer sensed metal and automatically started. Employee was forced under the metal detector fracturing vertebrae and ribs.

2020 · 1 incident

July 1, 2020 NY · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

To clear a rock jam, employee was moving v-belt to loosen it. When rock was freed, belt shifted and thumb got caught between v-belt and wheel.

2006 · 2 incidents

December 11, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

Operator was checking for an oil leak, walking on the machine he stepped in oil & slipped. He fell approx. 5'to the ground, breaking his hip & pelvis bone.

June 23, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee, climbing ladder of loader, left hand slipped off rail. He proceeded to regrip his hand on the rail to save himself from falling and cut his arm open on a placard on the loader. Employee received stitches in forearm.

2003 · 1 incident

July 19, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal
Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · -

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER AND HIT A POTHOLE AND WAS JARRED IN SEAT, TWISTING BACK. EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THIS 9/16/03. NO INJURY WAS EVIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS OUT FOR ELBOW SUR GERY AND DECIDED TO GET HIS BACK RE-EXAMINED AND THIS DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE AND THEY ARE NOW TREATING HIM FOR THIS BACK AILMENT.

2000 · 1 incident

January 12, 2000 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE PULLING OVRSIZE ROCKOUT OF JAW WITH CHAIN CHAIN SLIPPED OFF ROCK WHILE REATTACHING CHAIN AROUND ROCK EE LOST BALANCE & FELL APPROX 10FT HEAD FIRST INTO THE JAW CRUSHER HITTING HEAD & S HOULDER

1989 · 1 incident

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