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Panther Lake Mine and Pits: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Syracuse Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Richard J Riccelli
Bernhard's Bay, Oswego County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003070

Panther Lake Mine and Pits has $9K 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
8
Years on record
2006–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
55
citations
13
significant & substantial
$9,222
proposed penalties
$9,222
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
36
inspections on record
498
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: 498 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Panther Lake Mine and Pits has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $441 in penalties contested before the Commission, $441 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
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.
24.1%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
24.1%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 81.5% moderate, 1.9% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$441 proposed, $441 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 2024-12-17.
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 2025-0040 Settlement Lewis 2026 $441 → $441
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: 2022-11-16, 3 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.32 1.25 Truck Driver
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2019-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.4 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Backhoe Operator
2019-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2014-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2010-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.24 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.5 0.40 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. Torrington Sand & Stone 1993 to 2004
  2. North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. 2004 to 2015
  3. Syracuse Sand & Gravel 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 9
2023 5
2022 6
2021 6
2020 9
2019 6
2018 5
2017 4
2016 7
2015 10
2014 11
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 7
2009 7
2008 5
2007 8
2006 6
2005 5
2004 7
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Panther Lake Mine and Pits sits in Oswego County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Oswego County, New York · Population 117,945
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$68,461
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
2026 Q2 1,627 1 1 614.6
2026 Q1 475 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,248 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,968 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,602 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,513 3 0 854.0
2024 Q3 7,549 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,410 1 0 226.8
2024 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,313 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,186 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,789 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,269 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,595 2 0 770.7
2022 Q3 3,653 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,223 1 0 236.8
2022 Q1 792 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,628 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,691 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,629 1 0 275.6
2021 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,358 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,472 1 0 288.0
2020 Q2 3,925 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,290 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,592 4 1 1113.6
2019 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,859 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,055 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,355 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,581 1 0 632.5
2017 Q3 3,513 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,308 1 0 433.3
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,768 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,608 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,608 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,675 7 1 1048.7
2015 Q3 6,426 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,573 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,633 1 0 177.5
2014 Q3 7,737 1 1 129.2
2014 Q2 6,357 1 0 157.3
2014 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,477 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,616 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,183 2 2 628.3
2013 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,243 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,985 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,048 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 617 1 0 1620.7
2011 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,063 3 1 979.4
2011 Q2 1,353 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 252 1 0 3968.3
2010 Q4 2,415 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,618 3 1 829.2
2010 Q2 3,802 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 566 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,803 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,315 4 1 633.4
2009 Q2 2,472 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,014 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,547 1 0 392.6
2008 Q2 2,702 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,184 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,281 5 4 1168.0
2007 Q2 4,988 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 551 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,548 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,327 1 0 300.6
2006 Q2 3,470 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,681 7 0 1901.7
2005 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,709 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,964 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,836 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,319 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,731 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 203 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 740 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,485 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,381 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2014 · 1 incident

June 9, 2014 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. · Fall from ladders

Performing maintenance on the 1A conveyor. Propped the step ladder against the tower holding up the tail of the conveyor. Ladder was on uneven ground. Climbed to the 3rd step (36") placed left foot on the tower, step ladder kicked out and she fell to ground.

2013 · 1 incident

June 24, 2013 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing down ladder from loader. When he stepped to the ground he felt a pop in his knee. Went to the doctor on 6-26-13. X-ray negative. Went back to doctor on 7/1/13 - taken out of work for another week - Rtw on 7-8-13.

2011 · 1 incident

November 16, 2011 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Cleaning up dirt around plant. There was a dirt ridge under his feet slipped and fell on knee and injured shoulder.

2010 · 1 incident

2009 · 1 incident

July 30, 2009 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee died of natural causes while walking from his dozer to his car to have his lunch. He fell down, driver saw this. CPR was attempted. EMT's took him to Syracuse to St. Joseph's.

2008 · 1 incident

January 18, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Plant shut down for the season. At plant checking on equipment due to recent vandalism and theft. Called in that he injured his leg. Went by ambulance to hospital. No broken bones reported. Waiting to hear from EE.

2007 · 1 incident

August 6, 2007 NY · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic POWERED HAULAGE
North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Conveyor was not locked out. Employee was on the conveyor working. Plant operator started conveyor knocking employee off, falling 12 feet.

2006 · 1 incident

September 20, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North Country Concrete & Block, Inc. · Fall from machine

Putting the window down in the crane. Bees flew toward employee. He is allergic to bees so he jumped off the crane and hurt his left knee.