HUDSON FALLS PLANT 31 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1983–2018
Latest incident
Feb 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
122
citations
18
significant & substantial
$20,350
proposed penalties
$20,062
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $288 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.
122 citations across 1,051 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HUDSON FALLS PLANT 31 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $766 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-09.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $766 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 2018-06-20.
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: 2025-09-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Arsenic fumes1
Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (31)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.01
0.19
Truck Driver
2025-09-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-06-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-18
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Manganese fumes
0.14
5
0.03
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Zinc oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-18
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Copper fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Iron oxide fumes
1.55
20
0.08
Welder, etc.
2020-11-18
Magnesium oxide fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-03-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
1.46
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-05-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.91
0.45
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-08-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.95
0.41
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.41
0.35
Truck Driver
2004-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-08-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.55
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
1.05
0.50
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.
HUDSON FALLS PLANT 31 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
2017 *
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
14
2025
14
2024
15
2023
12
2022
9
2021
9
2020
9
2019
9
2018
9
2017
10
2016
9
2015
9
2014
9
2013
10
2012
11
2011
11
2010
10
2009
9
2008
10
2007
10
2006
10
2005
9
2004
11
2003
9
2002
9
2001
9
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HUDSON FALLS PLANT 31 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
2026 Q2
9,472
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
7,159
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
8,162
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
9,563
1
0
104.6
2025 Q2
9,445
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
7,404
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
8,243
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
10,689
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,926
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,101
1
0
163.9
2023 Q4
6,333
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
8,727
5
1
572.9
2023 Q2
7,562
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7,547
3
0
397.5
2022 Q4
5,026
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,347
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,404
9
2
1405.4
2022 Q1
4,099
4
1
975.8
2021 Q4
4,779
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
6,575
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,622
4
0
604.0
2021 Q1
4,738
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,343
8
1
1497.3
2020 Q3
5,361
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,308
6
1
1392.8
2020 Q1
5,606
1
0
178.4
2019 Q4
4,657
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,824
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
7,171
4
0
557.8
2019 Q1
5,058
2
1
395.4
2018 Q4
5,235
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,512
3
0
460.7
2018 Q1
4,798
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,739
1
0
211.0
2017 Q3
5,836
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,981
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
6,278
1
0
159.3
2016 Q4
5,362
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,643
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,200
5
2
806.5
2016 Q1
2,963
2
0
675.0
2015 Q4
5,303
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,391
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,994
6
2
1001.0
2015 Q1
3,407
1
0
293.5
2014 Q4
6,173
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,591
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,902
1
0
169.4
2014 Q1
4,023
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,891
1
0
204.5
2013 Q3
5,787
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,552
2
0
360.2
2013 Q1
3,675
1
0
272.1
2012 Q4
4,725
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,343
2
0
315.3
2012 Q2
6,631
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,774
1
0
209.5
2011 Q4
4,986
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,922
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,779
2
0
346.1
2011 Q1
6,924
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,031
5
0
829.0
2010 Q3
5,467
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,990
5
1
1002.0
2010 Q1
3,422
1
0
292.2
2009 Q4
4,571
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,076
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,479
15
6
2737.7
2009 Q1
3,433
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,576
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,814
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,539
2
0
305.9
2008 Q1
3,690
2
0
542.0
2007 Q4
5,561
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
7,256
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,459
3
0
354.7
2007 Q1
5,674
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,556
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,772
3
0
386.0
2006 Q2
7,826
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,800
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,643
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,991
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,655
2
0
353.7
2005 Q1
4,295
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,486
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,996
1
0
111.2
2004 Q2
7,288
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,615
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,091
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,566
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,030
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,912
2
0
686.8
2002 Q4
2,340
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,228
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,765
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,980
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,987
2
0
401.0
2001 Q3
6,346
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,746
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,051
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,018
1
0
199.3
2000 Q3
6,514
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,571
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,506
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2018 · 1 incident
February 6, 2018NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
While cutting steel for a staircase the torch snuffed out and when EE went to restart the torch gas entered EE's glove and ignited. Another EE heard a pop and then saw EE restart the torch and then pulling EE's glove off like something was wrong went to see what happened and saw that EE burned EE's hand.
2011 · 1 incident
September 7, 2011NY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING A CONVEYER TO BE MOVED. CONVEYER BELTING HAD TO BE CUT. WHILE CUTTING BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND, IN WEB OF THUMB AND FOREFI NGER.
1997 · 1 incident
March 28, 1997NY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLEANING OUT UNDER PRIMARY CRUSHER (FEEDER) EE STANDING ON A BOARD WHEN IT BROKE SENDING EE 6-7 FT DOWN ON A CEMENT & GRAVEL SLAB CAUSINGINJURY TO HIS RIGHT WRIST, RIGHT ANKLE & RIGHT HEEL.
1994 · 2 incidents
June 28, 1994NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
WHILE MOVING STEEL BUNDLES - EE CAUGHT LEFT FOREFINGER BETWEEN STEEL PIECES - RIPPING FLESH.
1993 · 1 incident
March 29, 1993NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. AS IT WAS A RECENTLY COMPLETED BUILDING, CAREFUL ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO CONSTRUCTION DETAILS AND PRESENTLY IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WAS ANY INHERENT PROBLEM DUE TO POOR CONSTRUCTION OR WIRING. EE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY. APPROX. 65% OF THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE FIRE, AND THE REMAIND
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP ROCK SPILL (4 1/2" TO 8" ROCK) IN SURGE TUNNEL WHEN HE ALLEGES THAT HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS RIGH KNEE AGAINST A STEEL SUPPORT BEAM.
1989 · 1 incident
January 13, 1989NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SLAP WRENCH ON CRUSHER BOLT WHIEL ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING 1 0# HAMMER TO FREE BOLT HIT INJURED RT.THUMB WITH HAMMER BREAKING THUMB IN TWO LOCATIONS
1987 · 1 incident
July 13, 1987NY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN FROM CAB ON ROCK HAULER WHEN CABLE ON A FLEXIBLE STEP BROKE HITTING HEAD AND INJURING LEFT LEG
1986 · 1 incident
February 28, 1986NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE DOING MAINTENENCE ON PAYLOADER. INJURED WAS CHECKING RADIETOR. RADIETOR WAS NOT COOLED DNOUGH HOT ANTIFREEZE BOILED OUT CAUSING BURNS TO LEFT FACE ARM & BACK.
1983 · 1 incident
August 19, 1983NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)