Mining Incidents

Bauer Limestone Quarry: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bauer Concrete & Masonry Inc · Surface
Controlled by Joseph Bauer
Bellville, Jefferson County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003616

Bauer Limestone Quarry has $10K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,874
proposed penalties
$9,874
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
26
inspections on record
293
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: 293 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bauer Limestone Quarry has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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.
32.4%
significant & substantial
11.8%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 76.5% moderate, 11.8% 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: 2024-03-14
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
2024-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.96 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Rural Hill Limestone Corp. 2007 to 2026
  2. Bauer Concrete & Masonry Inc 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bauer Limestone Quarry sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, New York · Population 116,130
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,978
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 764 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 40 5 0 125000.0
2025 Q4 1,014 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 514 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 137 4 2 29197.1
2024 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 430 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 80 1 0 12500.0
2023 Q4 283 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 278 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 297 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 295 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 346 1 1 2890.2
2021 Q2 307 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 329 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 208 1 0 4807.7
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 325 2 2 6153.8
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 634 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 331 1 1 3021.1
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 317 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 229 1 0 4366.8
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 279 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 301 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 319 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 282 5 3 17730.5
2014 Q1 0 1 0
2013 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 692 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 597 2 0 3350.1
2011 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 731 3 0 4104.0
2011 Q1 714 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 795 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 772 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 825 2 1 2424.2
2009 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 739 1 0 1353.2
2009 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 767 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 780 4 1 5128.2

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.