Mining Incidents

COMMANDER II SERIAL #5103718: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Clark Companies · Surface
Controlled by Burton Scott Clark
Delhi, Delaware County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003030

COMMANDER II SERIAL #5103718 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2002
20
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,797
proposed penalties
$2,797
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
262
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: 262 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

COMMANDER II SERIAL #5103718 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-15.
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.
15.0%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
35.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 55.0% moderate, 5.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2015-07-30.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2015-0119 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2024-04-25
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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.
Ownership history
  1. Clark Companies 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 4
2022 0
2021 0
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 4
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 4
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

COMMANDER II SERIAL #5103718 sits in Delaware 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.
Delaware County, New York · Population 44,551
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,226
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 638 1 0 1567.4
2026 Q1 48 1 0 20833.3
2025 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 626 9 2 14377.0
2025 Q2 451 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 546 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 366 1 0 2732.2
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 566 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 486 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 436 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 446 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 516 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 576 1 0 1736.1
2018 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 306 1 0 3268.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 456 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 506 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 486 1 0 2057.6
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 537 1 0 1862.2
2014 Q2 317 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 266 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 476 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 236 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 606 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 686 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 696 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 646 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 606 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 751 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 836 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 761 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 686 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 796 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 716 1 1 1396.6
2006 Q2 684 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 284 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 938 2 0 2132.2
2005 Q2 515 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 615 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 738 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 758 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,095 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 855 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 668 1 0 1497.0
2002 Q2 1,054 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 534 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 761 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 756 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 185 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.