Amendola Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $280 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
74
citations
25
significant & substantial
$24,017
proposed penalties
$20,910
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,107 gap.
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: 640 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Amendola Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $280 outstanding across 8 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$280
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-02.
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.
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.
10citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 100%
86%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $11K 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 2015-12-28.
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.
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: 2017-03-09, 9 years ago
60%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz53 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-05-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
0.45
1.18
Drill Operator, Churn
2005-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.75
0.48
3.65
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
0.35
1.60
Drill Operator, Churn
2017-03-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.67
0.28
Backhoe Operator
2017-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2011-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.31
0.71
Drill Operator, Rotary
2011-04-06
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2024
1
2023
3
2022
5
2021
2
2020
2
2019
6
2018
7
2017
7
2016
6
2015
6
2014
5
2013
5
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
8
2008
3
2007
5
2006
4
2005
5
2004
4
2003
4
2002
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Amendola Quarry sits in Broome County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Broome County, New York · Population 197,738
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,059
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
ICE ON GROUND CAUSED THE DRILL OPERATOR TO SLIP. AS THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GRAB SOMETHING TO BREAK THE FALL, THE DRILL GRABBED THE EMPLOYEE'S SWEATER AND PULLED THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM INTO THE DRILLING BIT.
2015 · 1 incident
October 9, 2015NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was preparing to move the drill, which involves removing 18ft drill steel rods before the drill can be removed. Employee strained himself while lifting the drill steel, causing pain in his pelvic area, which has been confirmed to be a hernia.
While lifting a roll of cord onto loader, EE pulled lower Back employee claims. He also advised this is pre-existing condition and he works another job. (approx 20 lbs)
2010 · 1 incident
May 3, 2010NY · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While performing pre start-up insp. on machine, operator walked around catwalk on excavator (245 Cat), catwalk broke and operator fell 5' to the ground, landing on his back and hitting his head. Operator was wearing hard hat.