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: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PHILLIPSPORT PIT has $192 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.
$192
proposed penalties
$192
current assessed
$192
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $135K in penalties contested before the Commission, $60K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-08-10.
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.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
0
2005
3
2004
2
2003
2
2002
1
2001
2
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PHILLIPSPORT PIT sits in Sullivan 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.
Sullivan County, New York · Population 79,147
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,826
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
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
700
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,754
3
1
444.2
2005 Q2
50
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
16
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
564
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
473
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
310
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
79
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
463
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,216
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,352
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
410
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,193
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
386
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
243
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
36
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
42
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
464
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
728
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
24
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
202
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
336
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
94
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
84
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
March 18, 1999NY · Metal/Non-MetalsuperintendentFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
SUPERINTENDENT OF MINE SITE, CLEANING SCREENING MACHINE, APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN RETURN IDLER ON CONVEYOR WITH 64" LONG METAL SCRAPER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE IDLE AND BELT RESULTING IN H IS DEATH.
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