BUFFALO DOCK has $1.1M in proposed MSHA penalties and $480K outstanding across 27 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1999–2021
Latest incident
Nov 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
392
citations
175
significant & substantial
$1,111,458
proposed penalties
$344,921
paid to date
31% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $766,537 gap.
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.
392 citations across 2,208 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2024-10-30.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
BUFFALO DOCK has $1.1M in proposed MSHA penalties and $480K outstanding across 27 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.
$1.1M
proposed penalties
$825K
current assessed
$345K
paid to date
$480K
outstanding
318 assessments are final orders; 27 contested dockets.
Of $718K in penalties contested before the Commission, $430K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
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.
213citations taken to the federal commission · 54% of citations on record
Settled
140 · 66%
Stood as issued
20 · 9%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 1%
Still open
51 · 24%
88%
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 90 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$725K proposed, $430K 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 2026-08-12.
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.
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: 2026-06-24
29%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
36
samples
24
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz277 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Show the individual readings (36)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
0.51
1.61
Scale Man
2024-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.94
0.57
1.65
Scale Man
2024-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.44
0.6
4.07
Scale Man
2023-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.47
1.15
Utility Man
2023-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.96
0.45
2.13
Truck Loader
2020-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.22
0.39
3.13
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2020-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.41
1.12
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
0.7
0.71
Mechanic
2026-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.56
0.70
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2026-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.42
0.40
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.52
0.42
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2024-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.69
0.22
Scale Man
2024-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.38
0.45
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.38
0.47
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.38
0.97
Truck Loader
2023-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.52
0.35
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2023-02-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Loader
2021-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
Truck Loader
2021-06-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
Utility Man
2020-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.71
0.38
Utility Man
2017-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.35
0.63
Utility Man
2017-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.36
0.44
Utility Man
2017-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.36
0.69
Utility Man
2015-12-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2015-12-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.08
0.12
Utility Man
2009-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.58
0.22
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2009-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.59
0.39
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2004-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-06-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.3
0.87
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.
BUFFALO DOCK recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.08 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
7.75
7.75
0.000
2020 *
8.49
8.49
0.000
2019 *
5.52
5.52
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
26
2025
27
2024
37
2023
30
2022
21
2021
16
2020
16
2019
18
2018
19
2017
5
2016
5
2015
6
2014
5
2013
6
2012
6
2011
5
2010
3
2009
3
2008
2
2007
3
2006
3
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
3
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BUFFALO DOCK sits in Erie 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.
Erie County, New York · Population 950,044
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,175
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
2026 Q2
15,452
22
11
1423.8
2026 Q1
14,112
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
12,860
13
6
1010.9
2025 Q3
13,725
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
12,428
31
13
2494.4
2025 Q1
13,043
17
9
1303.4
2024 Q4
19,880
10
5
503.0
2024 Q3
18,211
18
7
988.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
15,755
14
5
888.6
2024 Q1
18,179
8
4
440.1
2023 Q4
20,629
47
23
2278.3
2023 Q3
19,779
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
19,280
28
15
1452.3
2023 Q1
9,974
27
19
2707.0
2022 Q4
13,398
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
10,530
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,889
13
3
1093.4
2022 Q1
11,790
1
0
84.8
2021 Q4
9,880
32
9
3238.9
2021 Q3
5,280
1
0
189.4
2021 Q2
6,931
10
2
1442.8
2021 Q1
3,724
14
7
3759.4
2020 Q4
6,792
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,476
7
4
1080.9
2020 Q2
4,300
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
6,000
1
1
166.7
2019 Q4
8,880
4
3
450.5
2019 Q3
10,165
4
2
393.5
2019 Q2
8,413
1
0
118.9
2019 Q1
8,761
1
0
114.1
2018 Q4
7,017
5
1
712.6
2018 Q3
10,213
7
3
685.4
2018 Q2
11,268
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,740
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,852
1
0
540.0
2017 Q3
2,322
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,294
1
0
435.9
2017 Q1
2,259
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,328
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,322
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,294
2
1
871.8
2016 Q1
2,232
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,453
4
2
1630.7
2015 Q3
2,498
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,583
3
1
1161.4
2015 Q1
2,569
1
0
389.3
2014 Q4
2,604
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,518
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,416
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,577
3
1
1164.1
2013 Q4
2,500
1
0
400.0
2013 Q3
2,698
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,781
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,841
5
2
1759.9
2012 Q4
2,901
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,699
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,947
2
2
678.7
2012 Q1
2,567
3
0
1168.7
2011 Q4
2,540
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,484
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,978
3
2
1516.7
2011 Q1
1,395
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,498
3
1
2002.7
2010 Q3
1,645
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,384
2
1
1445.1
2010 Q1
1,165
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,230
3
1
2439.0
2009 Q3
1,110
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,064
7
4
6578.9
2009 Q1
1,071
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,104
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,110
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,091
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,054
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,091
1
0
916.6
2007 Q3
1,062
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,076
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,187
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,216
1
0
822.4
2006 Q3
1,253
2
1
1596.2
2006 Q2
1,193
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,118
1
0
894.5
2005 Q4
1,094
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,103
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,146
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,079
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,118
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,216
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,086
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,038
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,197
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,091
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,113
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,114
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,116
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,120
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,098
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,074
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,098
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,330
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,221
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,044
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,072
5
2
4664.2
2000 Q3
1,137
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,098
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,071
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2021 · 2 incidents
November 3, 2021NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CSI Sands NE Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Plant is under construction to upgrade. While putting new belt on bucket elevator, employee assisted mill wright on pulling belt and got finger tips caught in the head pulley. This resulted in EE losing the tips of 2 fingers.
Truck driver was exiting truck in parking lot. Steps fell off truck. driver fell onto steps receiving minor scrapes and bruising. was released from hospital with no injuries. went back to see dr on 5/22 and it was determined they had cracked ribs.