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: 138 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CHAFFEE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-09.
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.
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: 2001-07-25, 25 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-07-25
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
3
2002
6
2001
7
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CHAFFEE 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
2003 Q4
50
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
678
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,403
1
0
712.8
2003 Q1
1,811
2
0
1104.4
2002 Q4
3,002
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,484
5
1
1115.1
2002 Q2
3,158
3
2
950.0
2002 Q1
1,341
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4
2,847
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,194
4
3
953.7
2001 Q2
3,964
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,820
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,680
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,872
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,498
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,512
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file
2003 · 1 incident
May 12, 2003NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING WATER TRUCK(WATEERING DRIVEWAY). NOTICED REAR VALVE WAS NOT WORKING. HE LEFT SWITCH ON IN CAB AND WHEN HE GRABBED THE VALVE TO CHECK IT, THE VALVE OPENED PINCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN VALVE AND THE TRUCK.
1996 · 1 incident
March 13, 1996NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE WAS WORKING TORCHING ON PULVO CRUSHER. HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS GRINDING AND A PIECE OF STEEL HIT HIS LEFT EYE.
1995 · 1 incident
October 23, 1995NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY BUMPED LEFT KNEE ON LADDER OF HI-LIFT WHILE CLIMBING INTO CAB OF MACHINE.
1991 · 4 incidents
November 5, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE HAD STARTED TO GO BACK UP STEPS OF PLANT TO RESOME, WELDING DUTIES AFTER COFFEE BREAK-HE HAD GONE ABOUT 20 ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND DIDN'T FEEL WELL-HE WENT BACK TO GROUND LEVEL AND COL LAPSED WITH HEART ATTACK.
May 3, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS