Mining Incidents

Borchert Quarry: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tompkins Bluestone Co., Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Richard Mirch
Trout Creek, Delaware County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003410

Borchert Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $343 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 2005
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,294
proposed penalties
$951
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $343 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
16
inspections on record
122
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: 122 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Borchert Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $343 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$951
paid to date
$343
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-07.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
21.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 35.7% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tompkins Bluestone Co., Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 4
2004 2
2003 1
2002 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Borchert Quarry sits in Delaware 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.
Delaware County, New York · Population 44,551
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,226
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
2011 Q3 720 1 0 1388.9
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 541 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,081 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 109 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 169 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 281 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 481 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 281 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 481 7 2 14553.0
2004 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 391 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 301 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 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.