Mining Incidents

Dekalb: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John (Roddy) Rice
Middle Granville, Washington County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003615

Dekalb 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 2008
8
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,708
proposed penalties
$2,708
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
10
inspections on record
109
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: 109 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dekalb 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
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-14.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 37.5% moderate, 12.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ritchie Bros Slate Company Inc 2007 to 2009
  2. Mohawk Red International Slate Co Inc 2009 to 2014
  3. Vermont Multicolor Slate Quarries 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dekalb sits in Washington County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washington County, New York · Population 60,883
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,342
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
2015 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 666 2 1 3003.0
2012 Q4 203 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 227 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 754 3 1 3978.8
2012 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 690 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 275 1 0 3636.4
2010 Q1 298 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 792 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 756 2 1 2645.5
2008 Q3 752 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 722 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.