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BRANDOW PIT: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Town Of Harpersfield-NY
Harpersfield, Delaware County, NY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3002924

BRANDOW PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
8
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,621
proposed penalties
$922
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $699 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See TOWN OF HARPERSFIELD's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
227
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: 227 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BRANDOW PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$922
current assessed
$922
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $907 in penalties contested before the Commission, $208 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-10.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 62.5% low, 25.0% moderate, 12.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
77%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$907 proposed, $208 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-10-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2010-46M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $907 → $208
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2012-08-07, 14 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-07 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. Town Of Harpersfield 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 1
2023 3
2021 3
2020 3
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 0
2007 1
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BRANDOW PIT 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
2025 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 305 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 73 1 0 13698.6
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 80 1 0 12500.0
2012 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 320 2 1 6250.0
2009 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 280 1 1 3571.4
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 16 1 1 62500.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

October 5, 2009 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Town Of Harpersfield · Fall onto or against objects

The men were using a loader to adjust the screen deck when it shifted and tipped to one side causing the employee to fall on the screen deck.