Mining Incidents

NO. 4 MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Harrisville, Lewis County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3002245

NO. 4 MINE has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1983–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
131
citations
23
significant & substantial
$39,856
proposed penalties
$31,925
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,931 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
138
inspections on record
3,460
inspection hours
3.8
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.
131 citations across 3,460 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NO. 4 MINE has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
129 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 5,537 6 1 1083.6
2025 Q3 6,785 15 3 2210.8
2025 Q2 6,993 8 1 1144.0
2025 Q1 6,348 10 3 1575.3
2024 Q4 5,712 7 2 1225.5
2024 Q3 5,516 7 5 1269.0
2024 Q2 5,626 6 1 1066.5
2024 Q1 6,481 2 0 308.6
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,769 3 0 443.2
2023 Q3 5,139 1 0 194.6
2023 Q2 5,527 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,206 5 3 960.4
2022 Q4 3,999 2 1 500.1
2022 Q3 4,108 1 0 243.4
2022 Q2 4,414 1 0 226.6
2022 Q1 4,656 1 0 214.8
2021 Q4 4,225 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,694 5 1 1065.2
2021 Q2 4,801 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,815 1 0 207.7
2020 Q4 4,526 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,626 1 0 177.7
2020 Q2 5,352 2 1 373.7
2020 Q1 4,862 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,014 1 0 199.4
2019 Q3 6,427 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,922 1 0 168.9
2019 Q1 5,274 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,067 3 0 737.6
2018 Q3 5,417 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,168 1 0 193.5
2018 Q1 4,608 1 0 217.0
2017 Q4 5,847 1 0 171.0
2017 Q3 5,778 3 0 519.2
2017 Q2 6,364 1 0 157.1
2017 Q1 6,326 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,932 1 0 168.6
2016 Q3 4,106 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,005 1 0 332.8
2016 Q1 3,215 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,471 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,697 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,757 1 0 362.7
2015 Q1 2,737 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,406 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,184 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,323 2 0 861.0
2014 Q1 2,124 1 0 470.8
2013 Q4 2,165 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,649 1 0 377.5
2013 Q2 2,588 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,665 1 0 375.2
2012 Q4 2,312 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,668 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,107 1 1 474.6
2012 Q1 2,111 1 0 473.7
2011 Q4 1,079 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 749 2 0 2670.2
2011 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,750 1 0 571.4
2010 Q4 890 2 0 2247.2
2010 Q3 391 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,279 3 0 2345.6
2009 Q4 933 1 0 1071.8
2009 Q3 893 4 0 4479.3
2009 Q2 1,302 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,909 1 0 523.8
2008 Q4 2,009 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,052 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,719 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,516 2 0 794.9
2007 Q4 1,780 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,887 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,515 1 0 397.6
2007 Q1 2,891 1 0 345.9
2006 Q4 1,572 1 0 636.1
2006 Q3 1,661 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,219 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,484 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,547 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,408 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,806 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,066 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,376 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,079 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,578 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,713 2 0 737.2
2003 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,351 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,010 1 0 249.4
2002 Q4 3,240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,586 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,328 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,434 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 236 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,837 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,107 2 0 949.2
2000 Q1 1,399 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2025 · 1 incident

2024 · 1 incident

June 25, 2024 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur · Struck by falling object

Employee was in a man basket preparing to load a round when a fall of roof occurred. The rock hit the man basket causing the employee to be jostled inside. Employee sustained scrapes on left shoulder, laceration to right bicep/Left leg, and contusion on employee's head.

2022 · 2 incidents

December 8, 2022 NY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stripping power cable to install a plug, the knife slipped and cut into the left-hand thumb causing it to cut to tendon

August 30, 2022 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee went to tighten rock drill bit back up and collar closed on left thumb causing it to be caught between collar and bit.

2016 · 1 incident

January 5, 2016 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a wrench while working on the jumbo drill and felt something pull in left shoulder. The employee did not get medical treatment when it first happened. EE decided to make an appointment with a doctor for February 23, 2016 because the shoulder was not getting better. Employee is scheduled for 4-6 weeks of therapy.

2015 · 1 incident

January 20, 2015 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee has no clear description of how the incident happened he did several jobs that day and at no time can he recall bumping, twisting, or hyper extending the knee. When Workers' Compensation carrier had a conversation with him he said he might have done it by slipping on an incline and then jumping to keep balance but never fell.

2013 · 1 incident

May 28, 2013 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur · Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped on a chunk of rock in the pit while moving a pump. The chunk rolled under his foot and employee twisted his left knee.

1990 · 1 incident

January 3, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS BARRING A BRIDGED CHUNK OF ORE IN THE CRUSHER, WHEN HE PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN FEEDER PAN AND STEEL BAR.

1989 · 2 incidents

December 20, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CLAIMS WHILE WORKING ON 850 COMPRESSOR CHECK VALVE FROM UNDERNEATH THIS MACHINE HE FELT A SNAP IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

January 13, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS COILING UP WATER HOSE TO GET READY TO FIRE,WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER ABCK.

1988 · 4 incidents

October 28, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS HELPING MOVE A RAILROAD CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET GROUND;CAUSING LOW BACK SPRAIN.

August 16, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.

May 27, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED CLAIMS HE WAS CUTTING A STEEL CONE WHEN THE STEEL CONE WAS CUTTING THROUGH THE STEEL SPRUNG OUTWARD DUE TO TENSION STRIKING INJUREDS RIGHT FOOT

May 4, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING CHANGE BUCKET OVER TO THE ROCK BREAKER. WHILE LINING UP THE MAIN BOOM TO PUT THE PIN IN, THE MECHINIC SIGNELED THE OPERATOR TO RAISE THE BOOM. THE INJURED STRUCK HIS FING ERS IN THE PIN HOLE FORM SOME UNKNOWN REASON.

1987 · 1 incident

May 6, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CLAIMS 2E WAS INSIDE THE DUST COLLECTOR, STANDING ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD THAT IS USED TO PREVENT BAGS OR FOREIGN MATERIAL TO ENTER FEED SCREWS. THE INJURED HAD ONE FOOT ON THE PLYWOOD A ND ONE LEG THRO6GH THE DUST COLLECTOR DOOR OPENING WHEN THE PLYWOOD BROKE. THE INJURED FELL APPROX. 3 FEET. THE RIGHT LEG WAS CUT ON THE DUST COLLECTOR DOOR HASP.

1986 · 3 incidents

June 5, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED CLAIMS 2E TRIPPED ON EYE BOLT WHICH WAS SECURED TO THE ROOF OF THE CRUSHER DUST COLLECTOR

May 16, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ BARRING ON 7HUNK OF ORE BRIDGED IN CRUSHER.CHUNK BECAME DISLODGED CAUSING PRY BAR TO STRIKE INJ ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD.

March 11, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOEE WAS ASS3STING THE MINE MECHANIC IN EQUIPMENT REPAIR WHILE ENTERING THE SHOP HE SLIPPED ON ICE IN FRONT OF DOORWAY AND FELL INJURING HIS LOW BACK

1985 · 1 incident

April 13, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE INJURED WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A FRONT END LOADER AND SLIPPED FALLING AGAINST THE PLOW FRAME OF A PICKUP TRUCK.

1983 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CO TRUCK DRIVER WAS ON RETURN TRIP FROM #3 MILL TO #4 MINE LOCATED IN HARRISVILLE AT A POINT APPROX 2 MILES SOUTH OF #1 MINE BALMAT ON A FLAT STRAIGHT-STRETCH OF ROAD RUST WAS SUDDENLY CONFRON TED WITH A DEER CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK THE DRIVER TRIED TO AVOID HITTING THE DEER BY STEERING TO THE LEFT AND APPLYING HIS BREAK ROAD CONDITION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS WE

June 16, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

NO.4 MINE,CRUSHER RAMP AREA HE EMPTIED THE 951 TRAXCAVATOR BUCKET FULL OF ORE INTO THE CRUSHER FEEDER PAN AND DURING BACK DOWN ON RAMP, THE TRAXCAVATOR RAN OVER A CHUNK OF SPILLED ORE. WHEN TH E MACHINE\S TRAVEL TRACK OVERBALANCED ON THE CHUNK, THE OPERATOR\S NECK WAS JOLTED DUE TO THE SUDDEN MOTION. HE WAS EXAMINED BY JAY B. SIGEL, MD IN THE E.J. NOBEL HOSPTIAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHO

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The full compliance file on NO. 4 MINE

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.