Mining Incidents

R. S. Potter and Son: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R. S. Potter & Son · Surface
Controlled by James L Potter
Wellsville, Allegany County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003443

R. S. Potter and Son has $494 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 2003
5
citations
3
significant & substantial
$494
proposed penalties
$494
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
23
inspections on record
189
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: 189 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

R. S. Potter and Son has $494 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.
$494
proposed penalties
$494
current assessed
$494
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-08-01.
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.
60.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
60.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2011-11-08, 14 years ago
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.21 1.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. R. S. Potter & Son 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 0
2019 0
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

R. S. Potter and Son sits in Allegany County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Allegany County, New York · Population 47,027
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,233
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
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 24 1 0 41666.7
2017 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 27 1 1 37037.0
2011 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 323 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 231 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 172 1 0 5814.0
2007 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 322 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 249 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 445 2 2 4494.4
2003 Q2 578 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.