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ALCOVE QUARRY: 58 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nancy O'Brien
Alcove, Albany County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3002550

ALCOVE QUARRY has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
58
citations
13
significant & substantial
$5,881
proposed penalties
$4,138
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,743 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See New York Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
703
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: 703 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ALCOVE QUARRY has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 10 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
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.
22.8%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
22.8%
reasonably likely or greater
36.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.5% low, 78.9% moderate, 3.5% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 34% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 45%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 10%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 9 · 45%
67%
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%
67%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $980 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 2025-03-06.
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 2013-31M Vacate Feldman 2014 $1K → $0
YORK 2009-99M Settlement Melick 2010 $627 → $400
YORK 2009-125M Withdrawal Melick 2010 $500 → $200
YORK 2004-46-M Dismissal Hodgdon 2004 $384 → $384
YORK 2011-164M Settlement Moran 2012 $300 → $200
YORK 2025-0049 Dismissal Young 2025 $151 → $0
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: 2026-08-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Operator
2026-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2026-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-01-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.7 0.43 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-01-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.

ALCOVE QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.61 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
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 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. New York Quarries Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 6
2024 8
2023 6
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 5
2015 8
2014 5
2013 7
2012 6
2011 8
2010 6
2009 8
2008 9
2007 10
2006 12
2005 19
2004 14
2003 20
2002 12
2001 14
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ALCOVE QUARRY sits in Albany County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Albany County, New York · Population 315,374
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$83,149
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
2026 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2025 Q4 2,600 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,600 1 1 384.6
2025 Q2 3,640 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,640 1 0 274.7
2024 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,620 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,580 3 0 1898.7
2022 Q4 2,620 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,620 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,620 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,620 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,300 4 1 3076.9
2019 Q4 1,290 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,560 1 0 641.0
2017 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,156 7 1 6055.4
2016 Q4 3,120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,120 1 0 320.5
2016 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,385 3 2 2166.1
2015 Q4 3,327 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,133 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,706 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,121 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,853 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,248 1 0 190.5
2014 Q2 2,519 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 817 2 0 2448.0
2013 Q4 3,525 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,155 2 0 633.9
2013 Q2 2,597 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,326 1 0 754.1
2012 Q4 3,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,984 2 1 401.3
2012 Q2 3,223 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,390 1 0 719.4
2011 Q3 3,164 1 0 316.1
2011 Q2 2,692 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,198 2 0 909.9
2010 Q4 3,141 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,489 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,554 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,300 2 0 1538.5
2009 Q4 2,142 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,789 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,461 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,510 2 0 569.8
2008 Q4 3,837 4 2 1042.5
2008 Q3 6,056 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,128 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,783 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,260 1 0 234.7
2007 Q3 5,007 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,468 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,783 2 1 718.6
2006 Q4 4,915 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,356 3 2 560.1
2006 Q2 4,639 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,424 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,898 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,981 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,297 1 0 120.5
2005 Q1 3,662 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,902 1 0 169.4
2004 Q3 5,714 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,367 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,467 5 1 773.2
2003 Q4 9,403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,575 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,810 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,337 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,888 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,796 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,203 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,312 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,227 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,695 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,563 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,821 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,448 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,951 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,689 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,039 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 20, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE DRILLING A PIECE OF LIMEROCK STONE SEAMED APART AND A ROCK FELL ON R FOOT INJURING TOES ON SAME FOOT

1988 · 2 incidents

April 5, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING STONE, ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF RUBBLE PILE ONTO FINGER. FRACTURE- LEFT RING FINGER. OUT OF WORK THIRTY DAYS.

1987 · 2 incidents

April 27, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

HAD WEDGED TWO 9OCKS- WAS LIFTING TOP ROCK WHEN THE BOTTOM STONE MOVED AND FELL UPON THE BIG TOE OF THE LEFT FOOT.THE NAIL HAD BEEN PULLED OFF AND SKIN SMASHED AND RIPPED OPEN.DID NOT BREAK TH E TOE. 3

1986 · 3 incidents

November 4, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WALKING 6Y SPLITTER WHEN A PIECE OF STONE CAME OF A LARGER STONE AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD, CAUSING HIS HEAD TO BE CUT OPEN AND BRUISED. THE CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

October 3, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING BLOCK 5ND AIR HOSE ON DRILL BLEW OFF.

January 2, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING AND3PULLED LIGAMENTS IN BACK

1985 · 2 incidents

April 17, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

DROPPED A ROCK ON FOOT WHILE LOADING BUCKET. BROKEN TOE BONE & CRUSHED 2 TOES.

1984 · 1 incident

August 10, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK & PULLED A BILATERAL MUSCLE IN HIS GROIN-HERNIA.

1983 · 11 incidents

August 29, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
New York Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN FORK & FORK RACK ON FRONT END LOADER WHILE GRESING SUPPORT.

August 15, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HITTING A WEDGE INTO A BLOCK WITH A HAMMER MISSED WEDGE HIT LEFT FOOT & BRUISED IT. NO BROKEN BONES.

July 28, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING STONE ON PALLET,STONE SLIPPED CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN 2 ROCKS.SMASHED FINGER NO BROKEN BONES JUST BRUISED .

July 22, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING STONE, STONE CAME BACK & HIT FINGER HAD TO GET A STITCHES.

June 22, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PALLETIZING ROCKS FROM SPLITER & HE HAD HIS HAND IN THE WAY WHEN THE GUIDE RETURNED. RESULT WAS BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS IN HIS HAND.

June 20, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

LOADING WALLSTONE IN BUCKET LOADER. DROPPED A ROCK ON HIS FOOT.

April 28, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mason HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

CUTTING STONE AND WAS STRUCK BY PIECE OF STEEL WHICH FLEW OFF END OF CHISEL,AS HE HIT HAMMER TO IT.PIECE WENT INTO LEFT THIGH.

April 22, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PALLETING STONE AND SMASHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

April 11, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New York Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PALLETING STONE WHEN HE SMASHED HIS FINGERS IN BETWEEN TWO ROCKS. BROKEN FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

April 6, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New York Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TAKING A TAILGATE OFF A DUMP TRUCK HIT IT WITH A HAMMER TO BEND IT AND HE WAS STRUCK IN RIGHT EYE WITH PIECE OF STEEL