Mining Incidents

Machias Pines Pit: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Cattaraugus County Dept of Public Works · Surface
Controlled by Cattaraugus County-NY
Machias, Cattaraugus County, NY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3003790

Machias Pines Pit has $566 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 2021
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$566
proposed penalties
$566
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
8
inspections on record
60
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: 60 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Machias Pines Pit has $566 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.
$566
proposed penalties
$566
current assessed
$566
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-25.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cattaraugus County Dept of Public Works 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 25
2021 4
2020 4
2019 2
2018 11
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 3
2011 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Machias Pines Pit sits in Cattaraugus 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.
Cattaraugus County, New York · Population 76,479
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,248
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
2024 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 102 1 0 9803.9
2021 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 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.