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Thomas Quarry: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tompkins Bluestone Co., Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Richard Mirch
Deposit, NY, Broome County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003411

Thomas Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 4 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 2004
17
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,998
proposed penalties
$1,615
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,383 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
20
inspections on record
153
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: 153 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Thomas Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 4 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-29.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
11.8%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.5% low, 64.7% moderate, 11.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 59% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
83%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-09-16.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2011-308M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $1K
YORK 2011-309M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $208
YORK 2011-310M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $1K
YORK 2011-307M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $90
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2007-03-27, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.44 0.30 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.3 0.60 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.44 0.30 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.3 0.60 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Tompkins Bluestone Co., Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Thomas Quarry sits in Broome 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.
Broome County, New York · Population 197,738
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,059
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 181 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 281 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 257 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 281 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 57 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 1,201 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 361 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.