Mining Incidents

Sears Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Sears Contracting Corp · Surface
Controlled by Sears Frank
Essex County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002859

MSHA record for Sears Pit (mine ID 3002859). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Sears Contracting Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sears Pit sits in Essex County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Essex County, New York · Population 37,077
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$70,215
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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.