Mining Incidents

MUNTER PIT: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Munter Enterprises · Surface
Controlled by John Munter
Middle Grove, Saratoga County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003288

MUNTER PIT has $735 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2001
10
citations
4
significant & substantial
$735
proposed penalties
$599
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $136 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
6
inspections on record
35
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: 35 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MUNTER PIT has $735 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$735
proposed penalties
$599
current assessed
$599
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $735 in penalties contested before the Commission, $599 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-06.
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.
40.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 90.0% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK20010082M Settlement Barbour 2001 $457 → $366
YORK20010080M Settlement Barbour 2001 $223 → $178
YORK20020051M Default Barbour 2002 $55 → $55
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Munter Enterprises 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MUNTER PIT sits in Saratoga 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.
Saratoga County, New York · Population 237,075
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$99,653
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
2003 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 20 10 4 500000.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 251 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.