PATTERSON QUARRY PLANT #79 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
34
Years on record
1984–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
106
citations
21
significant & substantial
$14,143
proposed penalties
$14,143
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 861 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PATTERSON QUARRY PLANT #79 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-19.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-02-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (41)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-02-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-02-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2024-02-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-04-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Truck Driver
2021-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.66
10
0.07
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-09
Lead fumes
0
150
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Arsenic fumes
0.45
500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Beryllium fumes
0
2
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Chromium, insoluble
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Cobalt fumes
0.15
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Copper fumes
11.74
100
0.12
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Iron oxide fumes
0.53
10
0.05
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Magnesium oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Manganese fumes
0
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Molybdenum fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Nickel fumes
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-06-09
Zinc oxide fumes
0
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2013-09-17
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2013-09-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.84
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2005-10-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
3.07
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.17
0.13
Truck Driver
2005-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
PATTERSON QUARRY PLANT #79 recorded 7.93 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.93
total case rate
7.93
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.23 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2006 *
7.93
7.93
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
14.17
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
8
2025
9
2024
9
2023
9
2022
10
2021
11
2020
8
2019
6
2018
4
2017
3
2016
5
2015
8
2014
8
2013
7
2012
7
2011
9
2010
11
2009
11
2008
9
2007
10
2006
11
2005
12
2004
12
2003
12
2002
12
2001
14
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PATTERSON QUARRY PLANT #79 sits in Putnam 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.
Putnam County, New York · Population 97,988
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$127,405
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
3,068
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,861
2
0
699.1
2025 Q4
4,065
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,662
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,118
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,531
2
0
566.4
2024 Q4
5,403
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,722
0
0
0.0
Show 96 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,439
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,255
4
1
940.1
2023 Q4
5,244
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,343
1
0
187.2
2023 Q2
5,850
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,604
6
0
2304.1
2022 Q4
3,441
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,479
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,831
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,899
7
1
1795.3
2021 Q4
4,970
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,310
5
0
941.6
2021 Q1
2,674
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,490
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,477
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,726
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,592
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,153
3
1
582.2
2019 Q3
3,658
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,088
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,772
5
1
2821.7
2018 Q4
1,319
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,366
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,917
7
2
3651.5
2018 Q1
1,214
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
917
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,365
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,385
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,225
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,200
2
0
1666.7
2016 Q3
2,456
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,785
4
1
1056.8
2016 Q1
877
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,080
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,671
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,410
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,401
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,345
7
0
2092.7
2014 Q3
5,716
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,976
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
808
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,539
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,795
9
1
3220.0
2013 Q2
5,157
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,188
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,802
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,161
2
0
480.7
2012 Q2
4,646
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,337
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,091
1
0
323.5
2011 Q3
5,058
6
4
1186.2
2011 Q2
4,247
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
533
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,152
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,819
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,987
5
2
1002.6
2010 Q1
2,719
2
0
735.6
2009 Q4
3,108
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,989
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,248
3
2
571.6
2009 Q1
2,273
1
0
439.9
2008 Q4
3,021
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,910
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,024
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,914
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,775
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,811
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,347
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,889
1
0
257.1
2006 Q4
4,990
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,048
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,831
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,344
3
0
690.6
2005 Q4
6,877
2
1
290.8
2005 Q3
7,918
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,436
1
0
134.5
2005 Q1
4,492
3
1
667.9
2004 Q4
6,219
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,811
1
1
146.8
2004 Q2
7,809
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,991
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,470
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,900
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,469
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,125
1
1
242.4
2002 Q4
5,144
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,548
2
0
305.4
2002 Q2
7,986
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,620
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,715
6
1
688.5
2001 Q2
8,609
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,843
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,655
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,333
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,824
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,418
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
34 on file
2024 · 1 incident
February 27, 2024NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee alleges, while unscrewing the cap of the fuel tank on the haul truck 05014, the tank was full of pressure and when opening fumes and possible dust blew up and got into EE's eyes. The pressure release function in the cap was working properly.
2019 · 1 incident
February 26, 2019NY · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Worker was helping another worker put a pump in submerging. when a large chunk of ice became dislodged from the quarry wall and struck the worker, in neck, left arm, bicep and forearm causing severe pain, bruising and laceration.
2007 · 1 incident
May 8, 2007NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
EE has been out since 7/21/06 as a result of another injury. While out, he became aware of alleged hearing loss & filed a claim with WC. Operator notified thru ins provider on 5/8/07. EE has been a loader/mobile equip operator for more than 20 years.
2006 · 1 incident
July 29, 2006NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Using temp. gauge (gun) checking radiator heat on loader, opened door on loader; doing so knocked him off loader. He fell approximately 4'7" on heel of left foot.
2001 · 2 incidents
September 27, 2001NY · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TURNING A WATER VALVE ON, PVC PIPE BURST. THE PLASTIC STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.
May 8, 2000NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE EE WAS SPLICING 6"0 RUBBER SUCTUM HOSE. HE CUT PALM OF HAND AND THUMB ON WIRE WHICH WAS LINED INSIDE HOSE FOR REINFORCMENT. 3 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. EE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.
1995 · 1 incident
February 15, 1995NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WITH PREVIOUS BACK PROBLEMS, ATTEMPTED TO LIFT CURSHER BLOCK WEIGHTING APPROX 100 LBS. [ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE LIFT] COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN, WORKED THE REMAINDER OF HI S SHIFT.
1994 · 3 incidents
October 28, 1994NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS TRYING TO FREE ALUMINUM PIPE FROM SNOW AND ICE. HE LIFTED PIPE OVER HIS HEAD AND "BOUNCED" CONSECUTIVELY TO LOOSEN ICE FROM INSIDE PIPE. THE NEXT MORNING, COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN WHILE CARRYING STEEL PLATE.
1990 · 3 incidents
June 26, 1990NY · Metal/Non-Metaldriller, highwall operator, highwall drill operatorMACHINERY
INJURED WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A SCREEN ON A VIBRATING SCREEN UNIT WHEN HE SAID HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SAID HE DID NOT MENTION IT AT THE TIME AS HE FELT IT WOUD GO AWAY BY ITSELF.
April 16, 1990NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
USING A BERNCH GRINDER WHICH HAD THE GUARD IN PLACE A PIECE OF THE WHEEL A PIECE HE WAS GRINDING FLEW UP & INTO HIS RIGHT EYE
February 15, 1988NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TEMPORARY DRIVE9 WORKED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE WEEK, LAST DAY OF WORK WAS ON FRI. JJULY 17. ON MONDAY JULY 20, I,NAME CALLED AND SAID HIS BACK HURT AND HE GUESSED IT MUST HAVE CAME FROM WORKING T HE WEEK BEFORE 3O REPORT WAS FILED AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS TURNED OVER TO PECKHAMS INSURANCE CARRIER TO INVESTIGATE.
1986 · 1 incident
September 30, 1986NY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MAN WAS WATCHIN1 OPERATOR WORK ON GETTING OVERSIZE ROCK OUT OF PRIMARY CRUSHER HE TRIPPED OVER WATER LINE AND WHEN HE FELL HIS RIGHT ARM CAUGHT ON AN S HOOK THAT WAS HANGING ON A CORNER POST O F THE GUARD RAI5. S HOOK PUNCTURED FOREARM.
1984 · 1 incident
July 17, 1984NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS