Mining Incidents

Nineveh Pit: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Alfred Gorick Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alfred Gorick Jr
Nineveh, NY, Chenango County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003088

Nineveh Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2002
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,570
proposed penalties
$2,570
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
23
inspections on record
237
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: 237 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nineveh Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-11.
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
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
56.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 4.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-11-23.
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
YORK 2011-38M Settlement Koutras 2011 $300 → $300
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-09-29, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.38 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.33 0.58 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.34 0.62 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Beagell Construction Company 1993 to 2001
  2. Alfred Gorick Company Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Nineveh Pit sits in Chenango 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.
Chenango County, New York · Population 46,685
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$62,093
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 180 1 0 5555.6
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 160 1 0 6250.0
2016 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 280 2 1 7142.9
2014 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 620 1 0 1612.9
2014 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 420 4 0 9523.8
2012 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,020 5 1 4902.0
2010 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 280 1 0 3571.4
2009 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 315 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2007 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 420 1 0 2381.0
2006 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 980 4 3 4081.6
2005 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2002 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,440 0 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.