Data / Mines / New York / Hoffay Farm Pit
Hoffay Farm Pit: 15 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Hoffay Farm Pit is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Rensselaer County, New York, operated by Rifenburg Construction Inc with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3002858). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 15 citations and orders there with $2,079 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3002858
- Status
- Intermittent since August 30, 1991
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Rensselaer County, New York
- Nearest town
- West Sand Lake
- Operator
- Rifenburg Construction Inc
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Albany NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 15
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (13.3%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $2,079
- Amount paid so far
- $2,079
- Inspections
- 6
- Inspector hours on site
- 76
- Citations per inspection
- 2.50 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2025
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | $1,352 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | $429 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Hoffay Farm Pit
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15014 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20011 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Rensselaer County, New York
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Sand Lake Pit & Mill | Troy Sand & Gravel | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 83 |
| R J Valente Grafton Quarry | R J Valente Gravel, Inc | Rensselaer County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 82 |
| Valente Pit | Warren W. Fane Trucking Inc. | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 55 |
| Troy Sand & Gravel | Troy Sand & Gravel | Rensselaer County, NY | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 40 |
| Troy Sand & Gravel Mechanicville Plant | Troy Sand & Gravel | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 19 |
| Perry Pit | Warren W Fane Inc | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 18 |
| Route 351 Pit | Polaro Sand & Gravel Inc | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 15 |
| Hemstreet Park Pit | Warren W Fane Inc | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 12 | 11 |
| Fintec Portable T-295 | Troy Sand & Gravel | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 10 |
| S-4 Extec Weir Pit | Troy Sand & Gravel | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 8 |
| W. E. Dailey Hoosick Quarry | William E. Dailey Inc. | Rensselaer County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 3 | 6 |
| Rawson 3830 Portable Screen | Town of Poestenkill | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 5 |
| Senters Pit | D Condron Construction Inc | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 3 |
| Portable Mine 3 | Warren W Fane Inc | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 3 |
| RT 67 Mine | Eastern Aggregates LLC | Rensselaer County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 2 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.