Mining Incidents

Brisben Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Martin A Galasso Jr
Greene, Chenango County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3003439

Brisben Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2011–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
95
citations
26
significant & substantial
$14,395
proposed penalties
$12,689
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,706 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
36
inspections on record
612
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: 612 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brisben Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4 4,579 7 3 1528.7
2025 Q3 5,792 9 0 1553.9
2025 Q2 6,226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,324 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,585 3 1 836.8
2024 Q3 5,381 2 0 371.7
2024 Q2 4,368 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,745 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,690 2 2 351.5
2023 Q3 5,405 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,800 1 0 263.2
2023 Q1 1,695 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,800 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,955 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,050 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,155 6 2 974.8
2021 Q3 6,155 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,995 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,447 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,864 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,463 2 0 309.5
2020 Q2 4,391 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,121 3 0 1414.4
2019 Q4 4,038 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,288 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 609 2 1 3284.1
2018 Q4 6,289 1 1 159.0
2018 Q3 9,006 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,779 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,026 3 1 332.4
2017 Q3 15,694 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 13,910 2 1 143.8
2017 Q1 6,388 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,144 5 1 546.8
2016 Q3 9,408 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,272 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,298 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,937 5 3 1012.8
2015 Q3 6,045 1 0 165.4
2015 Q2 4,250 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 846 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,374 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,210 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,505 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,747 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,538 3 3 541.7
2013 Q2 5,184 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 631 1 0 1584.8
2012 Q4 2,880 4 0 1388.9
2012 Q3 5,777 5 1 865.5
2012 Q2 3,101 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,219 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,164 6 1 5154.6
2011 Q3 3,540 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,212 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 860 5 3 5814.0
2010 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 132 2 1 15151.5
2009 Q3 1,736 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,045 2 1 978.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,228 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,195 1 0 836.8
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 969 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 460 2 0 4347.8
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 461 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 469 3 0 6396.6
2005 Q3 648 3 0 4629.6
2005 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,845 2 0 1084.0
2004 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 8, 2024 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tri City Highway Products Inc · Fall from machine

Employee fell while dismounting end dump and struck head on ground resulting in brief loss of consciousness.

2022 · 1 incident

August 11, 2022 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Tri City Highway Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee experienced negative reaction to what EE later admitted was illegal substances. Emergency medical treatment was administered on site and EE was removed via ambulance for further evaluation and observation.

2020 · 1 incident

December 1, 2020 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tri City Highway Products Inc · Struck by flying object

Hammering on an excavator track to install replacement track pin. Upon hammer contact with pin, a shard flew and cut through the back of gloved hand. Shard lacerated the back of the ring and pinky finger. Two stitches provided to close the skin

2015 · 1 incident

August 13, 2015 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tri City Highway Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Chute plugged then miner quickly turned to shut down plant. In the process he twisted his knee.

2014 · 1 incident

August 11, 2014 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tri City Highway Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was stepping up 6" into a storage container when he lost balance and fell onto his shin. The upper shin sustained a small cut and swelling.

2012 · 2 incidents

November 5, 2012 NY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri City Highway Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was fitting a steel plate to the side of a screen when the plate fell and pinched the miners left thumb between plate and the shaft of the screen.

September 11, 2012 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Tri City Highway Products Inc · Struck by flying object

The miner was cutting steel and got a piece of metal in his eye. The miner was wearing cutting glasses at the time of the accident.

2011 · 1 incident

February 22, 2011 NY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri City Highway Products Inc · Struck by falling object

Miner was unloading screen panels from service truck with another miner. Miner dropped screen panel causing other miner to drop panel on right foot. Panel missed the steel toe of boot and went thru boot causing a broken toe and a cut to the top of foot. Miner will have 4 days of lost work days.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.