CATSKILL QUARRY (ICC) has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1991–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
128
citations
20
significant & substantial
$22,050
proposed penalties
$20,954
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,096 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.
Rate withheld: 984 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CATSKILL QUARRY (ICC) has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $857 in penalties contested before the Commission, $818 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-08.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$857 proposed, $818 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 2023-03-14.
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: 2025-07-31
18%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz173 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Arsenic fumes1
Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (47)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.53
1.33
1.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.37
1.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
0.32
2.25
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.79
0.44
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2022-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
0.94
0.87
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-08-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.62
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.22
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-08-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.72
0.46
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2019-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
0.76
0.80
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Truck Driver
2016-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.44
0.68
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-02-18
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Copper fumes
3.92
300
0.01
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Iron oxide fumes
1.89
20
0.09
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Magnesium oxide fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Manganese fumes
0.19
5
0.04
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-02-18
Zinc oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jackhammer Operator
2011-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.76
0.71
Utility Man
2006-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.47
0.47
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.65
0.80
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-09-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.02
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-09-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.37
0.70
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.51
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
CATSKILL QUARRY (ICC) recorded 9.13 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ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.
9.13
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.24 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
2024 *
9.13
0.00
0.000
2023 *
8.01
8.01
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
6.03
6.03
0.000
2020 *
13.44
6.72
0.000
2019 *
6.49
6.49
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
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
9
2025
8
2024
11
2023
11
2022
14
2021
13
2020
13
2019
12
2018
12
2017
13
2016
11
2015
11
2014
11
2013
8
2012
9
2011
10
2010
10
2009
9
2008
11
2007
11
2006
13
2005
13
2004
13
2003
12
2002
12
2001
11
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CATSKILL QUARRY (ICC) sits in Greene County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Greene County, New York · Population 47,554
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,011
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
While installing emergency stop gate the gusset caught on the flange and the assembly came in contact with employee's left wrist. Originally thought to be a contusion but after MRI it was determined to be a fracture
Injury to the right foot while lowering the skid steer bucket. Their right leg and foot were extended beyond the cab when they lowered the bucket catching their toes and crushing their foot.
While grinding on a skid steer bucket that was detached from the skid steer it slipped and struck EE's leg causing a long scrape. EE's first day missed from work was 2/10/2021.
2020 · 2 incidents
November 16, 2020NY · Metal/Non-Metaldry screening plant operator, screen house operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was laying on stomach in the screen deck, pulled the center rail toward themselves and felt a pop in left shoulder. Never reported it until 12/11/2020.
February 3, 2020NY · Metal/Non-Metalgroundman, yardmanMACHINERY
While working to free a stuck battery box lid, the lid fell on EE's left thumb causing a fracture and laceration.
2002 · 2 incidents
July 15, 2002NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE TOLD SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD BEEN TO SEE A DR. WHO DIAGNOSED HIM WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN THE RIGHT WRIST AND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY WORK RELATED.
1993 · 1 incident
January 25, 1993NY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
WHILE CLEANING OUT A LOADER BUCKET, EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT CLEANING WITH A WIRE BRUSH AND PORTABLE GRINDER. THE GRINDER GOT EJECTED FROM EMPLOYEE'S HANDS RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO RIGHT THUM B AND HAND WITH SOME FACIAL SCRATCHES.
1992 · 3 incidents
July 27, 1992NY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
54736YEE LEAVING VEHICLE UPON GROUND CONTACT TWISTED AXLE ON LOOSE STONE.
February 19, 1992NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
IT IS ALLEGED THAT WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEDMPTING TO RETRIVE A PIECE OF IRON HE PROCEDDED TO SLIP ON THE GROUND RESULTING IN THE IRON CUTTING & BRUISING EMPLOYEES LEFT SHOULDER
February 18, 1992NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
IT IS ALLEGED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS STANDING ON A LADDER THE LADDER SLIPPED & HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD CUTTING HIS EAR
1991 · 5 incidents
August 1, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE GREASING TAILPULLEY SHAFT BEARING WHEN A ROCK FROM HEAD PULLEY OF THE PROCEDING CONVEYOR BOUNCED OFF AN INCLINE MAGNET ROCK BOUNCED OVER THE PROTECTIVE SCREEN CLOTH & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK
June 26, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE FUELING UP THE LOADER. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF THE STEPS RESULTING TO AN INJURY TO THE LEFT ELBOW RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY.
May 10, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON