Mining Incidents

Wyants Gravel Pit: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Town of Birdsall · Surface
Controlled by TOWN OF BIRDSALL-NY
ARKPORT, Allegany County, NY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3003409

Wyants Gravel Pit has $863 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$863
proposed penalties
$863
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
23
inspections on record
143
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: 143 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wyants Gravel Pit has $863 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$863
proposed penalties
$863
current assessed
$863
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-04.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 88.9% moderate, 11.1% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2016-04-26.
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 2016-0088 Withdrawal Moran 2017 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Town of Birdsall 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 1
2022 1
2021 0
2020 1
2019 0
2018 1
2017 0
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 1
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wyants Gravel Pit sits in Allegany County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Allegany County, New York · Population 47,027
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,233
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
2023 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 169 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 353 1 1 2832.9
2013 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 60 2 0 33333.3
2012 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 200 1 0 5000.0
2011 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 50 4 0 80000.0
2007 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 38 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 46 1 0 21739.1
2002 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 26 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.