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DEPOSIT QUARRY: 105 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Larry A Schaefer
Deposit, Delaware County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003185

DEPOSIT QUARRY has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $533 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2006–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
27
significant & substantial
$13,743
proposed penalties
$13,210
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $533 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See SCHAEFER ENTERPRISES OF DEPOSIT's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
932
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: 932 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-01-08.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

DEPOSIT QUARRY has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $533 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$533
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-17.
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.
26.0%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
26.0%
reasonably likely or greater
54.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.8% low, 63.5% moderate, 7.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2022-08-24, 4 years ago
37%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz207 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.24 0.41 3.02 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.31 0.35 6.60 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.52 1.10 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.35 0.34 3.97 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.64 0.42 6.29 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.64 0.43 3.81 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.04 0.45 4.53 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.5 0.30 Backhoe Operator
2022-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.41 0.51 Utility Man
2020-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.48 0.58 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.75 0.69 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.66 0.20 Drill Helper
2016-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Helper
2015-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.33 0.58 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.46 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.36 0.61 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.44 0.45 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.45 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.34 0.71 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.45 0.33 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Chilewski Flagstone 1997 to 2002
  2. Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 7
2024 7
2023 7
2022 7
2021 8
2020 8
2019 6
2018 6
2017 5
2016 8
2015 9
2014 4
2013 6
2012 4
2011 3
2010 7
2009 6
2008 7
2007 5
2006 8
2005 7
2004 6
2003 3
2002 3
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DEPOSIT QUARRY 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 564 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,424 3 0 2106.7
2025 Q4 894 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 344 2 0 5814.0
2025 Q2 1,388 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,481 1 0 675.2
2024 Q4 1,582 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 962 1 0 1039.5
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,202 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,694 1 1 590.3
2023 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,725 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,396 1 0 417.4
2022 Q2 2,075 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,260 2 0 1587.3
2021 Q4 2,493 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 429 1 0 2331.0
2021 Q2 2,267 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,896 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,710 2 0 738.0
2020 Q2 2,060 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,857 1 0 350.0
2019 Q4 2,038 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,358 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,919 2 0 1042.2
2019 Q1 2,140 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,253 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,181 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,378 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,808 1 0 553.1
2017 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,044 1 0 489.2
2017 Q2 1,785 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,834 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,769 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,153 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,090 1 0 164.2
2016 Q1 4,403 1 0 227.1
2015 Q4 7,354 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,073 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,064 2 0 652.7
2015 Q1 1,633 1 0 612.4
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 2,871 1 0 348.3
2014 Q2 2,480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2013 Q4 2,057 2 0 972.3
2013 Q3 2,417 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,075 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,260 2 2 885.0
2012 Q4 2,371 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,825 6 0 3287.7
2012 Q2 1,229 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 257 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 1 1 1000000.0
2011 Q3 1,494 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,964 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,147 2 1 931.5
2010 Q1 1,077 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,782 5 5 1045.6
2009 Q3 2,047 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,603 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,201 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,402 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,202 2 0 1663.9
2008 Q1 1,202 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,202 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,504 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 101 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,540 1 1 393.7
2005 Q4 1,530 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,565 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,565 3 1 1169.6
2004 Q3 2,065 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,145 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,145 14 5 6526.8
2003 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,665 1 0 375.2
2002 Q2 2,640 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,195 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,961 4 2 1350.9
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,163 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,751 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 29, 2016 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to walk down a 5' embankment when boot was lodged in the mud. This area is not an area generally used for foot traffic.

2014 · 1 incident

June 4, 2014 NY · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee is a stone cutter who was loading a large piece of stone at the stone saw. His hand slipped and the thumb on the other hand was smashed under the rock.

2010 · 1 incident

February 24, 2010 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Area was plowed of snow and not yet sanded.

2006 · 1 incident

June 21, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit · Struck by falling object

EE was attempting to hook up table saw to hitch on pickup truck along w/another ee. Other ee had to walk away to get a tool. Injured ee had tongue of saw sitting on pick up truck's bumper. It slipped off bumper onto his ankle.