Mining Incidents

RIO PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph Gottlieb Etal
Sparrowbush, NY, Orange County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003167

RIO PIT has $4K 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 2001
35
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,109
proposed penalties
$4,109
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
380
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: 380 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RIO PIT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
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 160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 240 1 0 4166.7
2022 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 40 2 0 50000.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 144 2 1 13888.9
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 520 2 0 3846.2
2010 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,102 4 2 3629.8
2009 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,070 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 520 2 0 3846.2
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,053 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,051 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,040 3 1 2884.6
2006 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,073 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 320 2 1 6250.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 577 2 0 3466.2
2003 Q3 1,072 9 0 8395.5
2003 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,072 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,040 4 2 3846.2
2001 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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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