Mining Incidents

Peterson Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Earl Becker
Mexico, Oswego County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003062

Peterson Pit has $6K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
25
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,450
proposed penalties
$6,450
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
14
inspections on record
134
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: 134 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Peterson Pit has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-26.
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
2025 Q4 483 2 1 4140.8
2025 Q3 981 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 450 2 0 4444.4
2024 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 750 1 0 1333.3
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 480 1 0 2083.3
2023 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 842 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 960 5 2 5208.3
2021 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 960 3 1 3125.0
2020 Q2 1,068 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 622 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 960 11 3 11458.3
2019 Q1 50 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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