Mining Incidents

North Pit: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

William M Larned & Sons Inc · Surface
Altamont, Albany County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002259

North Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 2 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
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,545
proposed penalties
$3,485
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
244
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: 244 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

North Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $120 in penalties contested before the Commission, $120 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-29.
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.
32.4%
significant & substantial
17.6%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.8% low, 73.5% moderate, 17.6% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $60 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 2006-08-25.
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 2004-39M Default Lesnick 2004 $60 → $60
YORK 2006-90M Default Lesnick 2007 $60 → $60
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: 2009-10-15, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. William M Larned & Sons Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

North Pit sits in Albany County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Albany County, New York · Population 315,374
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$83,149
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
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 1 0
2016 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 174 2 1 11494.3
2015 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 304 6 1 19736.8
2013 Q3 1,069 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 329 3 2 9118.5
2013 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 514 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 364 1 0 2747.3
2010 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 328 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 765 3 3 3921.6
2009 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 402 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 344 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 440 2 0 4545.5
2007 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 336 4 0 11904.8
2006 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 490 6 3 12244.9
2003 Q3 344 1 0 2907.0
2003 Q2 336 3 1 8928.6
2002 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 448 2 0 4464.3
2002 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6 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.