Mining Incidents

2019 Kolberg Pioneer 440CC #418531: 39 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Town of Dansville · Surface
Controlled by Town of Dansville-NY
Arkport, Steuben County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003454

2019 Kolberg Pioneer 440CC #418531 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2003
39
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,117
proposed penalties
$4,117
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
29
inspections on record
330
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: 330 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

2019 Kolberg Pioneer 440CC #418531 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $998 in penalties contested before the Commission, $998 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-07.
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.
15.4%
significant & substantial
20.5%
high negligence or reckless
15.4%
reasonably likely or greater
41.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.1% low, 74.4% moderate, 20.5% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$998 proposed, $998 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 2014-09-14.
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 2009-193M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $898 → $898
YORK 2014-0195 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2020-11-10, 5 years ago
10
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2005-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Town of Fremont 2003 to 2016
  2. Town of Cohocton 2012 to 2019
  3. Town of Dansville 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 1
2022 0
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 0
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

2019 Kolberg Pioneer 440CC #418531 sits in Steuben County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Steuben County, New York · Population 93,034
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,740
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 170 1 0 5882.4
2019 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 190 1 0 5263.2
2018 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 161 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 162 1 0 6172.8
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 177 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 217 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 495 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 180 1 1 5555.6
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 282 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 500 2 0 4000.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 368 1 0 2717.4
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 264 2 0 7575.8
2007 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 500 2 0 4000.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 284 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 317 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2003 Q3 120 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.