Mining Incidents

Philmont Metal/Non-Metal

Philmont, Columbia County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3001712

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
114
citations
37
significant & substantial
$62,266
proposed penalties
$56,873
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
2009 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 606 1 0 1650.2
2008 Q4 1,841 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,878 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,619 6 3 2291.0
2008 Q1 1,974 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,949 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,475 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

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

November 18, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cranesville Aggregate · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was cleaning conveyor belt with rag, rag caught by pulley, taking left hand along conveyor.

2007 · 1 incident

October 12, 2007 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Cranesville Aggregate · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tapering off 4 x 3 1/4" bar with grinder making a pin for excavating bucket when hand slipped, resulting in 2 inch laceration on inside of left wrist.

2006 · 1 incident

May 9, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cranesville Aggregate · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3 men repairing conveyor belt-one man had a crowbar lifting the pulley up while EE had his hand underneath repairing belt-crowbar slipped causing EE's left thumb to be crushed between bearing and adjuster plate.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 29, 2004 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Cranesville Aggregate · Contact with hot objects or substances

USING A CUTTING TORCH IN GARAGE NEAR A BUCKET OF UNKNOWN FLAMMABLE MATERIAL. SPARKS FROM TORCH IGNITED IT, RESULTING IN AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE.

June 29, 2004 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Cranesville Aggregate · Contact with hot objects or substances

USING A CUTTING TORCH IN GARAGE NEAR A BUCKET OF UNKNOWN FLAMMABLE MATERIAL. SPARKS FROM TORCH IGNITED IT, RESULTING IN AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE.