Mining Incidents

Kings Town Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Kings Town Inc. · Surface
Controlled by John M Walker
Kingston, Ulster County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003459

Kings Town Inc. has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
89
citations
27
significant & substantial
$51,822
proposed penalties
$12,384
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,438 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
38
inspections on record
469
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: 469 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kings Town Inc. has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$39K
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-14.
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
2013 Q3 1,456 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 604 9 2 14900.7
2013 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,328 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,289 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,128 7 1 6205.7
2012 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 1,600 4 0 2500.0
2011 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 343 5 1 14577.3
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,394 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,226 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 527 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 907 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,672 10 3 2140.4
2008 Q3 3,910 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,641 4 0 1098.6
2008 Q1 3,290 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,802 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,421 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,142 1 1 241.4
2007 Q1 3,136 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,992 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,441 1 1 225.2
2006 Q2 5,060 19 6 3754.9
2006 Q1 4,374 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,864 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,789 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,285 4 2 756.9
2005 Q1 3,041 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,205 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,829 8 3 2089.3
2004 Q1 1,883 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,863 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

August 21, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kings Town Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employees were crushing as they normally do. Injured saw a block out of place under the hammer leg which needed to be pushed back. While he was doing that, a rock fell from the crusher hitting him in the head.

May 19, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kings Town Inc. · Struck against stationary object

While carrying detonators on a steep grade, stepped on a small stone & stumbled, pulled a muscle on left leg, behind knee

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