Mining Incidents

SEYMOUR ROAD PIT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Douglas R Rushford
Plattsburg, Clinton County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002851

SEYMOUR ROAD PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,575
proposed penalties
$1,575
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
21
inspections on record
140
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: 140 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SEYMOUR ROAD PIT has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-30.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
100.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 100.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Douglas R Rushford Trucking 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SEYMOUR ROAD PIT sits in Clinton County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Clinton County, New York · Population 78,961
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,208
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
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 46 3 0 65217.4
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 479 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 269 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 427 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 507 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 68 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 28, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Douglas R Rushford Trucking · Struck by flying object

HE ATTEMPTED TO INFLATE A FLAT TIRE ON A CHEVE TANK C-50 WHEN THE TIRE BLOW UP HITTING HIM IN HEAD.