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: 169 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
NO. 3 MILL has $372 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.
$372
proposed penalties
$372
current assessed
$372
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-31.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-01-13, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-01-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.82
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.88
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-01-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.12
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Electrician
2003-05-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.13
0.23
Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.64
Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.06
Ball Mill Operator
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
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.
NO. 3 MILL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.64 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
12.70
12.70
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
3
2005
3
2004
2
2003
3
2002
2
2001
13
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
NO. 3 MILL sits in St. Lawrence County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
St. Lawrence County, New York · Population 107,796
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$61,900
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
2006 Q2
172
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
986
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,085
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,719
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,020
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,510
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
155
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
328
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2
928
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
220
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,731
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
92
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,951
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
191
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,194
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
1,346
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
3,767
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,558
2
1
359.8
2001 Q2
6,022
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,158
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,934
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,759
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,302
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
9,506
4
0
420.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2000 · 2 incidents
June 26, 2000NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
NO 4 HARDINGE DISCHARGE SCREW WAS PLUGGED. EE TRIED TO CLEAR PLUG BY TURNING SCREW CONVEYOR WITH 3' PIPE WRENCH. AS HE WAS TRYING TO TURN SCREW CONVEYOR WITH PIPE WRENCH HE FELT PAIN TO HIS LO WER BACK.
April 26, 2000NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE HAS OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE.
1998 · 1 incident
September 29, 1998NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLIMBING OFF LADDER, FOOT LANDED ON HOLE IN FLOOR OF D.C.; TWISTED FOOT SO AS NOT TO GO IN HOLE AND TWISTED KNEE. EE SAW ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON ON 10-8-98.
1997 · 2 incidents
February 25, 1997NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS LINING UP HOLES FOR BUSHING AND SHEAR PIN; PUT MIDDLE FINGER IN HOLE TOP HOUSING TO LINE UP WITH BOTTOM; TURNING TOP ONE FINGER CAUGHT IN BOTTOM ONE (HOUSING HOLE) WHGILE TURNING TOP LO OSE BY HAND WITH DRIVE BELT.
1996 · 1 incident
November 9, 1996NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
#4 HARDINGS DRIVE OUTBOARD BEARING LOOKED DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL. EE REACHED DOWN TO FEEL BEARING. BEARING WAS VERY HOT 150DEGREES F AND BURNED PALM OF LEFT HAND
1993 · 1 incident
October 5, 1993NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE CATCHING 50 LB. BAGS OF MATERIAL OFF PACKER, FELT STRAIN TO RIGHT GROIN.
1991 · 3 incidents
October 10, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL JUMPED FROM TOP OF #2 DERRICK TO FLOOR. HAD VEYR SHARP PAINS IN LOWER MIDDLE BACK. STRAINED BACK EARLIER BY LIFITING SPEED REDUCER & SHAFT ASSEMBLY.
March 27, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS PRYING UP ON A 25 HORSEPOWER MOTOR WITH A SCREWDRIVER TO TAKE OUT MOTOR SHIMS, WHEN THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED CAUSING MOTOR TO FALL ON RIGHT THUMB.