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Albro Lounsberry/Nichols: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

NICHOLS, Tioga County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002562

Albro Lounsberry/Nichols has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1988–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
45
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,909
proposed penalties
$4,909
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See F S Lopke Contracting Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
391
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: 391 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Albro Lounsberry/Nichols has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-07-23.
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.
26.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 91.1% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2019-07-24, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz16
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (36)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-07-24 Manganese fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Iron oxide fumes 0.17 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-07-24 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.05 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2007-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.52 0.48 Cleanup Man
2007-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.62 0.37 Truck Driver
2007-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.52 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.9 0.20 Truck Driver
2005-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.41 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.53 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.4 0.14 Truck Driver
2004-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.45 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.56 0.21 Truck Driver
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.43 0.40 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.06 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.55 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.72 0.15 Truck Driver
2002-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.61 0.27 Truck Driver
2002-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.86 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.42 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-19 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.

Albro Lounsberry/Nichols recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.

Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.39 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 7.04 7.04 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 8.75 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. F S Lopke Contracting Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 3
2018 3
2014 0
2013 3
2012 9
2011 7
2010 8
2009 7
2008 12
2007 10
2006 10
2005 10
2004 10
2003 9
2002 9
2001 7
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Albro Lounsberry/Nichols sits in Tioga 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.
Tioga County, New York · Population 48,106
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$71,791
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
2019 Q4 1,099 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,064 6 2 2907.0
2019 Q2 1,004 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,069 4 3 1933.3
2018 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 669 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,052 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,974 2 1 402.1
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 3,506 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,443 1 0 225.1
2011 Q4 459 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 9,240 5 3 541.1
2011 Q2 7,523 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,331 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,736 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,322 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8,650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,729 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,654 3 0 530.6
2009 Q3 7,776 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,462 1 0 224.1
2008 Q3 8,575 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,428 1 1 106.1
2008 Q1 3,183 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,725 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,019 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,511 1 0 105.1
2007 Q1 1,160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,373 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,476 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,047 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,913 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,548 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,363 6 0 640.8
2005 Q1 737 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,256 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,875 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,018 2 1 332.3
2004 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,020 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,315 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,243 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 376 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,318 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,712 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,864 3 0 437.1
2002 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,241 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,595 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,675 2 0 352.4
2001 Q1 764 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,174 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,104 8 1 987.2
2000 Q2 7,724 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,708 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2007 · 1 incident

October 23, 2007 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Wheel crusher had a small rock lodged in it. Put a spanner wrench on main shaft to spin backwards. EE pulled on wrench and wrench slipped off. He fell backwards into crusher upright support and hurt his back side. Doctor gave him medication which made him drowsy.

2002 · 1 incident

August 20, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CAME INTO WORK, WALKED PAST CONTROL ROOM AND TRIPPED OVER ELECTRIC CABLE TO CRUSHER AREA. FELL FORWARD AND USED LEFT ARM TO PREVENT FALL. BROKE BONE IN LEFT FOREARM.

1997 · 1 incident

May 10, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE MOTOR ON THE SCREEN DECK AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK, RUPTING TWO DISKS IN HIS BACK.

1995 · 2 incidents

September 22, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS INFLATING LOADER TIRE. TIRE EXPLODED SPRAYING EMPLOYEE WITH GRAVEL IN FACE, NECK & LEGS.

1994 · 2 incidents

July 22, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Struck by flying object

BREAKING DOWN TIRE ON 988 LOADER--HYDRAULIC BEAD BREAKR CAME LOOSE & HIT HIM IN THE RIBS.

1989 · 1 incident

October 30, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING AROUND CRUSHING PLANT GOT HIS IN SHOULDER WITH ROCK.

1988 · 1 incident

August 10, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F S Lopke Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING SCREENS SCREEN SLIPPED HIT FACE