Mining Incidents

DREAM LAKE PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Fort Miller Group Inc
Queensbury, Warren County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003144

DREAM LAKE PIT has $2K 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
7
Years on record
1997–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,477
proposed penalties
$2,477
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
32
inspections on record
378
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: 378 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DREAM LAKE PIT has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-07.
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 540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 579 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 518 5 1 9652.5
2024 Q3 618 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 649 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 1,156 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,156 2 0 1730.1
2007 Q3 1,304 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,318 3 0 2276.2
2007 Q1 954 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,128 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,281 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,378 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,170 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,458 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,512 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 877 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,395 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,977 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,225 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,277 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,906 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,002 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,704 2 0 1173.7
2003 Q1 833 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,574 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,824 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,640 4 3 2439.0
2002 Q1 1,478 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,976 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,374 1 1 421.2
2001 Q2 1,998 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,735 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,496 1 0 400.6
2000 Q3 2,697 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,323 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,208 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

April 22, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver OTHER
Warren W Fane Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

ON JUNE 5, EE DID NOT REPORT TO WORK. (HE HAD BEEN WORKING DOWN HERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AS A TRUCK DRIVER.) HE DID NOT CALL IN SICK. AROUND NOON,THE FOREMAN FOUND HIM RUMMAGING THROUGH THE OFFI CE. THE FOREMAN, CONFRONTED HIM & HE SAID HE WASLOOKING FOR OUR COMPENSATION CARRIER. THE NEXT MORNING HE THREW A PAPER ON MY DESK. HE SAID THISWAS THE CAUSE OF HIS PROBLEMS.NO MEDICAL EXCUSE

2001 · 1 incident

July 9, 2001 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warren W Fane Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CHECKING FOR LEAKS ON GENERATOR. HE REMOVED GUARDS FROM THE GENERATOR AND ACCIDENTLY STUCK HAND INTO MOVING FAN.

2000 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

April 8, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warren W Fane Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED BARREL, LOST GRIP AND REGRIPPED CAUSING MUSCLE RIP.

1997 · 2 incidents

December 2, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warren W Fane Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OUR EE WAS SHOVELING AND CLAIMED ROCK HIT FOOT. SAID HOSVEL THE JOB AND LEFT. MANAGER CALLED NEXT DAY AND SAID HE WENT TO ACTOR ON 12-4. HE ASKED FOR JOB BACK AND RETURNED 12-5-97. HE WAS REIN STATED.

September 10, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warren W Fane Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

OUR EE TRIPPED OVER A STONE & FELL ON HIS ELBOW CAUSING A CHIPPED #7 VERTEBRAE.

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