Mining Incidents

Blackwell Pit: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R L CALLAHAN · Surface
Breesport, Chemung County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002844

Blackwell 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 2002
16
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,684
proposed penalties
$1,684
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
29
inspections on record
274
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: 274 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blackwell 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
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-09.
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.
18.8%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.8% low, 75.0% moderate, 6.2% 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: 2022-11-10, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.49 0.82 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-03-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-06 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.
Ownership history
  1. R L Callahan Inc 1988 to 2011
  2. R L CALLAHAN 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 1
2022 6
2021 6
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blackwell Pit sits in Chemung County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Chemung County, New York · Population 82,805
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,469
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 376 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 530 1 1 1886.8
2022 Q3 884 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,598 0 0 0.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 2,423 1 0 412.7
2021 Q4 1,598 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,812 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,890 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,062 3 2 2824.9
2020 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 955 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,139 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 962 1 0 1039.5
2019 Q3 707 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 490 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 526 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 641 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 715 1 0 1398.6
2017 Q2 549 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 491 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 519 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 647 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 598 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 499 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 979 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,011 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,942 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 617 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 667 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 637 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 838 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,063 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,215 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,511 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 714 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 640 1 0 1562.5
2010 Q4 641 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 841 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,086 1 0 920.8
2010 Q1 1,241 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,359 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,376 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,393 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,405 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,976 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,750 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,151 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,218 1 0 821.0
2007 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,199 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,135 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,873 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,902 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,321 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,692 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,935 1 0 516.8
2005 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,775 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,385 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 953 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,414 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,207 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 798 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 737 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,096 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,088 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,223 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 845 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,253 5 0 3990.4
2002 Q1 1,171 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,048 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,747 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 761 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 793 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 989 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 678 0 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.