What are MCConnellsville Pit's MSHA penalties?

MCConnellsville Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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MCConnellsville Pit: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

McConnellsville Sands & Materials Inc · Surface

Controlled by Aaron D Scott

McCONNELLSVILLE, Oneida County, NY · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 3001212

MCConnellsville Pit has $3K 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: 5
Years on record: 1987–1998
Latest incident: Jul 1998

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,344

proposed penalties

$3,344

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

382

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 382 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Imminent-danger orders

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A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.

Section 107(a) orders

Most recent order: 2020-01-08.

On record since 2020.

Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$3K

proposed penalties

$3K

current assessed

$3K

paid to date

outstanding

29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-01.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

20.7%

significant & substantial

10.3%

high negligence or reckless

20.7%

reasonably likely or greater

34.5%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.7% low, 69.0% moderate, 10.3% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Health sampling

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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)

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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: 2023-12-07

of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit

samples

limit-tested

Most sampled contaminants

Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1

Show the individual readings (6)

Date	Contaminant	Concentration	Limit	Conc / limit	Occupation
2023-12-07	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-16	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-06	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-20	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-04	Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz	0.13	0.32	0.41	Front-end Loader Operator
2002-10-09	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

Whibco Inc 1950 to 2002
McConnellsville Sands & Materials Inc 2002 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2025	2
2024	2
2023	2
2022	2
2021	2
2020	2
2019	2
2018	2
2017	2
2016	1
2015	1
2014	1
2013	1
2012	1
2011	1
2010	1
2009	1
2008	1
2007	1
2006	1
2005	1
2004	1
2003	0
2002	2
2001	2
2000	2

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Oneida County, New York · Population 229,645

0.1%

Mining share of county employment

$68,819

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q3	493	1	2028.4
2025 Q2	462	0	0.0
2025 Q1	487	0	0.0
2024 Q4	497	0	0.0
2024 Q3	471	0	0.0
2024 Q2	482	0	0.0
2024 Q1	466	0	0.0
2023 Q4	582	0	0.0

Show 95 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3	327	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	543	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	552	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	488	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	441	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	500	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	978	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	684	2	1	2924.0
2021 Q3	628	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	488	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	764	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	629	1	0	1589.8
2020 Q3	508	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	574	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	638	4	3	6269.6
2019 Q4	707	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	563	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	559	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	550	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	631	3	0	4754.4
2018 Q3	529	1	0	1890.4
2018 Q2	396	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	624	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	454	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	548	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	391	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	422	1	1	2369.7
2016 Q4	448	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	489	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	405	1	1	2469.1
2016 Q1	342	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	399	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	205	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	319	3	0	9404.4
2015 Q1	265	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	403	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	557	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	434	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	256	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	356	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	386	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	338	1	0	2958.6
2013 Q1	190	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	363	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	246	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	152	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	0	0	0
2011 Q4	138	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	129	1	0	7751.9
2011 Q2	0	0	0
2011 Q1	0	0	0
2010 Q4	118	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	220	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	43	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	0	0	0
2009 Q4	45	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	130	1	0	7692.3
2009 Q2	0	0	0
2009 Q1	0	0	0
2008 Q4	90	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	190	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	126	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	152	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	190	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	0	0	0
2007 Q1	0	0	0
2006 Q4	240	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	204	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	0	0	0
2006 Q1	0	0	0
2005 Q4	279	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	373	2	0	5361.9
2005 Q2	147	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	0	0	0
2004 Q4	127	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	190	4	0	21052.6
2004 Q2	260	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	0	0	0
2003 Q4	0	0	0
2003 Q3	0	0	0
2003 Q2	0	0	0
2003 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	540	1	0	1851.9
2002 Q3	600	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	463	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	234	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	480	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	560	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	1,504	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	1,080	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	952	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	1,076	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	927	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	754	2	0	2652.5

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1998 · 1 incident

July 1, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Whibco Inc · Fall from machine

AS THE WAS GETTING OFF THE 550 CAT LOADER HE STEPED INTO RUT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1994 · 1 incident

June 13, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Whibco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE INJURED LEFT MIDDLE & RING FINGERS WHENWRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS HAND BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL.

1993 · 1 incident

March 15, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Whibco Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING INTO DRYER BUILDING INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

1991 · 1 incident

October 2, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Whibco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EXPER PAIN IN R SHOULDER DRIVING DUMP TRUCK

1987 · 1 incident

June 16, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Whibco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DI9ECTING A TRUCK UNDER STORAGE BINS WHEN HATCH COVER ON STORAGE BIN CAME OFF, STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD CAUSING LACERATION.

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MCConnellsville Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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.

MCConnellsville Pit sits in Oneida County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.