Mining Incidents

CHIEFTAIN SERIAL # 6490 Metal/Non-Metal

Clark Companies · Surface
Controlled by Burton Scott Clark
Delhi, Delaware County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003437

CHIEFTAIN SERIAL # 6490 has $3K 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 2004
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,614
proposed penalties
$2,614
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
28
inspections on record
267
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: 267 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHIEFTAIN SERIAL # 6490 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-29.
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 576 1 0 1736.1
2025 Q3 446 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 776 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 546 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 786 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 746 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 406 1 1 2463.1
2023 Q3 766 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 766 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 476 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 506 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 596 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 446 2 2 4484.3
2019 Q3 626 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 586 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 716 5 1 6983.2
2017 Q2 446 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 686 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 756 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 736 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 596 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 786 1 0 1272.3
2014 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 706 1 0 1416.4
2012 Q3 576 1 0 1736.1
2012 Q2 826 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 611 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 666 2 1 3003.0
2010 Q3 456 1 0 2193.0
2010 Q2 516 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 671 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 416 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 766 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 823 2 0 2430.1
2008 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 896 2 0 2232.1
2007 Q2 786 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 974 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 826 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 934 1 0 1070.7
2006 Q1 661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 975 2 1 2051.3
2005 Q2 878 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,075 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 860 2 1 2325.6
2004 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 638 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 881 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 967 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 775 0 0 0.0

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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The full compliance file on CHIEFTAIN SERIAL # 6490

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.