Mining Incidents

North Pit Metal/Non-Metal

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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-29.
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
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.

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The full compliance file on North Pit

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.