Mining Incidents

Bice Pit: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bice Gravel Mine · Surface
Controlled by John R Bice
NEW BERLIN, Otsego County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003231

Bice Pit has $2K 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 2000
25
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,173
proposed penalties
$2,173
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
20
inspections on record
161
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: 161 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bice Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-08-22.
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.
16.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 92.0% moderate, 4.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. William Wust & Sons 1998 to 2001
  2. Bice Gravel Mine 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 0
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bice Pit sits in Otsego 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.
Otsego County, New York · Population 59,738
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,086
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
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 390 3 0 7692.3
2011 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 350 3 2 8571.4
2009 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 320 2 0 6250.0
2007 Q3 580 3 0 5172.4
2007 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 480 3 0 6250.0
2006 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 576 5 2 8680.6
2005 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 650 2 0 3076.9
2003 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 454 2 0 4405.3
2002 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 385 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 160 1 0 6250.0
2000 Q2 350 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.