Mining Incidents

Damascus 535 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy M Smith
Windsor, Broome County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003377

Damascus 535 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $22K 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 2001
96
citations
37
significant & substantial
$25,207
proposed penalties
$3,266
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,941 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
33
inspections on record
442
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: 442 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Damascus 535 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $22K 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$22K
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
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 1,174 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,163 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 280 10 4 35714.3
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 1 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,596 11 5 4237.3
2021 Q3 1,988 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,007 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,218 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,285 6 2 2625.8
2020 Q3 2,741 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,859 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,079 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,935 4 1 2067.2
2019 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 1 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 442 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,112 7 3 6295.0
2017 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 1 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 4,710 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,818 6 4 2129.2
2015 Q3 8,233 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,977 4 0 803.7
2015 Q1 5,518 23 12 4168.2
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 5 1
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 2,617 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,030 2 1 660.1
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,088 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 600 5 2 8333.3
2009 Q1 926 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,819 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,355 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,851 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 788 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,577 8 1 2236.5
2007 Q3 5,591 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,519 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,082 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,406 1 1 711.2
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 802 1 0 1246.9

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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