Benson's Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Town Of Potsdam
· Surface
Controlled by
Town Of Potsdam-NY
POTSDAM,
St Lawrence County,
NY
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003297
Benson's Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,314
proposed penalties
$1,314
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
238
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: 238 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Benson's Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 446 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 258 | 1 | 0 | 3876.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 300 | 2 | 0 | 6666.7 |
| 2013 Q2 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 6944.4 |
| 2011 Q2 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 325 | 1 | 0 | 3076.9 |
| 2010 Q2 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 307 | 3 | 0 | 9772.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q3 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 8547.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 266 | 2 | 0 | 7518.8 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 388 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 356 | 1 | 0 | 2809.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 234 | 1 | 0 | 4273.5 |
| 2000 Q2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
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The full compliance file on Benson's Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.