Fishkill Quarry has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1988–2015
Latest incident
Mar 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
195
citations
24
significant & substantial
$43,353
proposed penalties
$36,698
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,655 gap.
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: 995 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: 2018-04-10.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Fishkill Quarry has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 outstanding across 5 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$120
outstanding
191 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
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.
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.
18citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
16 · 89%
Stood as issued
1 · 6%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 6%
86%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $7K 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 2024-05-08.
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.
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: 2024-06-26
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz131 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.89
0.86
1.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2024-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.84
0.26
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-02-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
1.14
0.25
Utility Man
2023-02-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.7
0.46
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.7
0.30
Cleanup Man
2021-12-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2021-12-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-12-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-12-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
0.7
0.69
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-12-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.57
0.58
Backhoe Operator
2015-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.77
0.60
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.8
0.50
Laborer, Bullgang
2015-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
0.77
0.95
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
0.75
0.68
Cleanup Man
2003-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.4
0.35
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2003-05-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.17
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Fishkill Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.08 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
29
2025
29
2024
29
2023
27
2022
32
2021
32
2020
24
2019
22
2018
18
2017
25
2016
23
2015
20
2014
17
2013
12
2012
12
2011
12
2010
14
2009
15
2008
14
2007
17
2006
21
2005
16
2004
4
2003
5
2002
4
2001
9
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fishkill Quarry sits in Dutchess 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.
Dutchess County, New York · Population 297,144
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$97,273
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
20,987
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
18,448
14
0
758.9
2025 Q4
17,176
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
17,886
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
20,398
2
0
98.0
2025 Q1
17,383
2
0
115.1
2024 Q4
17,834
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
18,731
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
20,601
6
0
291.2
2024 Q1
20,009
9
1
449.8
2023 Q4
18,712
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
19,607
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,226
10
1
2366.3
2023 Q1
16,217
7
0
431.6
2022 Q4
18,185
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
18,407
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,064
5
0
987.4
2022 Q1
3,822
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
24,924
3
1
120.4
2021 Q3
22,693
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
19,283
1
0
51.9
2021 Q1
17,971
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
17,180
3
0
174.6
2020 Q3
18,341
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
12,569
5
0
397.8
2020 Q1
14,937
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
14,751
2
0
135.6
2019 Q3
17,016
4
1
235.1
2019 Q2
15,223
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
14,173
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
11,765
8
0
680.0
2018 Q3
13,580
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
14,785
14
3
946.9
2018 Q1
9,391
6
1
638.9
2017 Q4
14,586
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
18,337
7
0
381.7
2017 Q2
18,448
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
14,886
3
0
201.5
2016 Q4
19,611
9
1
458.9
2016 Q3
17,731
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
16,386
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
9,180
5
1
544.7
2015 Q4
14,441
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
14,421
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
12,060
16
3
1326.7
2015 Q1
9,319
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
11,076
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
11,922
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
11,207
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
7,740
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
10,308
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,856
9
3
829.0
2013 Q2
8,798
6
1
682.0
2013 Q1
3,054
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,383
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,981
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,253
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,831
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
8,137
8
0
983.2
2011 Q3
8,028
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
8,110
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,124
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
7,002
3
0
428.4
2010 Q3
7,316
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
9,655
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
8,595
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
10,809
3
3
277.5
2009 Q3
11,439
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
8,480
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,546
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,801
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,212
4
0
643.9
2008 Q2
7,309
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,131
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
8,980
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,534
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,188
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
7,029
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,481
3
2
316.4
2006 Q3
12,274
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
12,457
1
0
80.3
2006 Q1
8,348
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
10,694
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
12,074
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
10,621
1
1
94.2
2005 Q1
5,209
2
0
384.0
2004 Q4
1,567
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,651
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,720
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
962
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,870
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,142
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,732
6
1
2196.2
2003 Q1
794
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
864
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
810
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,306
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,363
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,196
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,104
1
0
195.9
2001 Q2
4,039
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,446
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,335
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,264
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
6,379
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,712
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
21 on file
2015 · 1 incident
March 12, 2015NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was shoveling in the aggregate plant as the ground worker on 11/8/10. He called and said his back hurt.
2006 · 1 incident
October 2, 2006NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AFTER ADJUSTING JAW SETTING, EMPLOYEE REMAINED ON CONVEYOR AND REQUESTED JAW START. JAW BOLT WAS STARTED, EE ROLLED OVER TO AVOID CROSS MEMBER & TWISTED LEFT LEG. EE'S TRAINED IN TAGOUT/LOCKOUT. PORTABLE UNIT NOT LOCKED OUT, OPERATOR TO INSTALL SEPARATE SWITCH BOXES TO PRECLUDE FUTURE OCCURANCE.
EE, WHO WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES, WAS USING A HAND GRINDER. AFTER HIS SHIFT WAS OVER AND HE WENT HOME HE FELT AN IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE. APPARENTLY SOMETHING GOT RUBBED INTO HIS EYE AFTERWARD.
1997 · 1 incident
July 7, 1997NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE 4 1/2 IN CONW CRUSHER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT, CAUSING THE VICTIM TO STRIKE HIS UPPER RT SCALP AND UPPER LIP ON THE CRUSHER.
1992 · 1 incident
February 18, 1992NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE DIGGING ROCK WITH BACKHOE, SMALL PIECE OF STONE FLEW UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN EYE.
September 4, 1990NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS