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: 70 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 PIT has $220 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.
$220
proposed penalties
$220
current assessed
$220
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-29.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2002
2
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
MACHIAS 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
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
640
1
0
1562.5
2001 Q4
4,981
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,725
1
0
174.7
2001 Q2
5,283
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,637
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,291
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,241
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2
4,961
2
0
403.1
2000 Q1
2,557
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2002 · 1 incident
January 30, 2002NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE STATES HE HAS PAIN AND LOSS OF FEELING IN ARMS, WRISTS AND HANDS SINCE LAST FALL. DOCTOR ADVISED IT WAS WORK RELATED TO REPETITIVE NATURE OF JOB. EE RECEIVED CORTIZONE SHOTS BUT NOW M AY NEED SURGERY.
1997 · 1 incident
January 16, 1997NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMP STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING ON A LADDER GETTING INTO LOADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AN DHE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE THEN GRABBED ONTO THE LADDER TO CATCH HIS FALL AND STRAINED SOME BACK MUSCLE S. HE WORKED THE REST OF THURSDAY AND ALSO ON FRIDAY. WHEN HE CAME IN ON MONDAY HE DECIDED TO GO TO HOSPITAL DUE TO BACK PAIN.
1993 · 1 incident
July 15, 1993NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE SLIPPED ON LADDER, FELL BACK AND WENT TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND, BENDING WRIST BACK WHEN LANDING ON GROUND.
1992 · 1 incident
June 22, 1992NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON