Mining Incidents

WEST SAND LAKE PIT & MILL Metal/Non-Metal

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
389
citations
81
significant & substantial
$136,848
proposed penalties
$107,247
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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 Q1 7,584 7 0 923.0
2024 Q4 9,906 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,248 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 562 3 0 5338.1
2023 Q4 10,423 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 606 8 2 13201.3
2023 Q2 643 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 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 NO VALUE FOUND
Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · No Value Found

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