Employee was breaking stone down when pieces of stone came through the screen and hit employee's cheek and a piece of stone got behind the employee's safety glasses and in eye.
BRAEN STONE OF WHITEHALL Metal/Non-Metal
BRAEN STONE OF WHITEHALL
· Surface
Controlled by
Josh Braen; Scott Braen; Dirk Braen
Whitehall,
Washington County,
NY
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3003916
BRAEN STONE OF WHITEHALL has $4K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2017
- Latest incident
- May 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
29
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,240
proposed penalties
$4,240
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
23
inspections on record
290
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 290 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BRAEN STONE OF WHITEHALL has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-21.
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 | 2,674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,662 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,992 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,363 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,709 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,018 | 1 | 0 | 982.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,686 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,200 | 2 | 0 | 1666.7 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 5,070 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 717 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,969 | 1 | 0 | 336.8 |
| 2017 Q3 | 4,503 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 11,116 | 7 | 2 | 629.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 4,849 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 9,142 | 8 | 6 | 875.1 |
| 2016 Q3 | 7,179 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,665 | 4 | 1 | 1091.4 |
| 2016 Q1 | 962 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,120 | 6 | 0 | 1923.1 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2017 · 1 incident
May 26, 2017
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
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