Mining Incidents

NO. 4 MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Harrisville, Lewis County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002949

NO. 4 MINE has $493 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
13
Years on record
1990–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$493
proposed penalties
$493
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
26
inspections on record
380
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: 380 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. 4 MINE has $493 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.
$493
proposed penalties
$493
current assessed
$493
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-01-26.
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
2011 Q4 1,127 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,590 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,642 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,477 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,435 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 757 1 0 1321.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 592 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 836 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 568 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 921 1 0 1085.8
2008 Q4 1,131 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,530 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,186 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,206 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,507 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,753 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,212 1 0 452.1
2007 Q1 1,545 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,752 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,656 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,519 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,669 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,814 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,481 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,733 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,167 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 898 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,741 1 1 574.4
2003 Q3 1,987 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,502 1 0 665.8
2003 Q1 1,031 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,091 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,212 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,062 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,896 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,263 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,423 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,421 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,868 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,841 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,456 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,266 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 7, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
R.T.Vanderbilt Co, Gouverneur Mineral Division · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee filed for worker's compensation hearing loss on 7-7-08. New York State worker's compensation awarded the employee 28.125% loss of hearing on 9-16-08. Employee retired on 5-31-08.

2007 · 1 incident

October 18, 2007 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R.T.Vanderbilt Co, Gouverneur Mineral Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping H.D.Mechanic change bucket teeth on an excavator. He was holding the drive pin when his right thumb was pinched between the drive pin and the retainer pin. The thumb nail was torn off. He continued to work until lunch time. Later in the evening he was seen at the emer. room for x-ray ( not broken ) and dressing. He returned to work on his next scheduled shift.

2005 · 1 incident

December 28, 2005 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

EE operating a Volco L150C front-end loader scooped up a bucket of ore, drove to hopper. As he drove a 1' x 3' chunk of ore fell out of bucket, EE drove over the chunk causing the EE to bounce in cab of front-end loader, causing the neck injury.

2002 · 1 incident

January 24, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE HELPING CLEAN UP UNDER CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER SHOVELING FINES INTO LOADER BUCKET. AS OF AUGUST 1ST, 2002 EMPLOYEE'S PHYSICIAN HAS TAKEN HIM OFF WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

2001 · 1 incident

October 1, 2001 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE WORKING ON #38 CONVEYOR BELT, EE THREW WELDING CABLE OVER SIDE OF STAKE RACK WITH LEFT HAND, FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER

1999 · 2 incidents

November 23, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AS EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REMOVE A 2" X 3" PIPE NIPPLE FROM A 90 DEGREE ELBOW WITH AN 18" PIPE WRENCHWITH A 2 FOOT EXTENSION PIPE, THE JAWS SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND STEPPIN G DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT ROLLING HIS ANKLE CAUSING THE INJURY.

October 12, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Fall from ladders

AT END OF SHIFT EE CLIMBED OUT OF HAULAGE TYRUCK& SLIPPED ON LAST RUNG OF LADDER DISLOCATED LEFTSHOULDER

1998 · 1 incident

April 15, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER FUELING JOHN DEERE 790 BACKHOE, EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS FROM MOTOR COMPARTMENT TO TRACK. EE LOST HIS BALANCE AND GRABBED HANDRAIL WITH RT HAND CAUSING PAIN IN RT SHOULDER. EE IN FOR SH OULDER SURGERY 9-10-98.

1996 · 1 incident

February 13, 1996 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING INTO #4 MACK M-20 EE FELT PAIN INRIGHT SHOULDER. [LADDER INTO CAB]

1992 · 1 incident

September 9, 1992 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE MOVING LARGE CHUNK OF ROCK OUT OF RAMP TO 250 LEVEL (BY HAND) EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN TO GROIN.DOCTOR'S APPT.: 09/14/92 REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR: 09/15/92.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 16, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ LEANING OVER BELT CONVEYOR SEPARATING OUT BAD ORE GOING TO CRUSHER,TWISTED LOW BACK.

January 24, 1991 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

INJURED WAS PERFORMING PRE-START INSPECTION P FTHE NO 2 JCI500 LOADER,WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE,LANDING ON HIS BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

June 8, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Gouverneur Talc Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRIVING DUMP TRUCK UP AN INCLINE ROADWAY, WEHN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK RAISED UP AND THEN CAME BACK DOWN, FORCING INJUREDS FACE INTO STEERING WHEEL.

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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.