Mining Incidents

CHESTER PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Chestertown, Warren County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003852

CHESTER PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
29
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,466
proposed penalties
$4,466
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
26
inspections on record
222
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: 222 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHESTER PIT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-03.
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 393 3 0 7633.6
2025 Q3 505 1 0 1980.2
2025 Q2 513 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 505 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 313 3 0 9584.7
2024 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 160 4 0 25000.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 360 1 1 2777.8
2020 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 100 1 0 10000.0
2019 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 270 1 1 3703.7
2018 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 360 1 1 2777.8
2017 Q2 385 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 750 1 0 1333.3
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 225 3 0 13333.3
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 246 1 0 4065.0
2013 Q4 20 1 1 50000.0
2013 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 127 2 0 15748.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 60 6 2 100000.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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