Mining Incidents

LA Quarry: 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

LA Quarry · Surface
Controlled by William G Thompson
Lafargeville, Jefferson County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003011

LA Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,075
proposed penalties
$5,075
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
28
inspections on record
258
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: 258 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LA Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-18.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
16.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
48.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 16.0% 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: 2025-09-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2021-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Backhoe Operator
2017-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Thompson Farms Quarry 1991 to 2007
  2. LA Quarry 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LA Quarry sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, New York · Population 116,130
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,978
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 1,024 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 848 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 688 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 944 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,024 1 1 976.6
2023 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 912 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 784 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 912 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 784 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 944 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 592 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,008 1 0 992.1
2018 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,024 1 0 976.6
2017 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 944 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,024 1 0 976.6
2016 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,512 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 992 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,024 1 1 976.6
2013 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 928 1 0 1077.6
2012 Q3 1,004 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,042 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 932 2 1 2145.9
2011 Q3 904 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,112 1 1 899.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 744 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,228 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,272 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 72 1 0 13888.9
2009 Q4 1,020 1 0 980.4
2009 Q3 1,272 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 838 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 592 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,208 9 1 7450.3
2008 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.