Mining Incidents

Town of Thurman Landfill: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Town Of Thurman Highway Dept. · Surface
Controlled by Town of Thurman-NY
Athol, Warren County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003139

Town of Thurman Landfill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2000
22
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,932
proposed penalties
$1,892
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
176
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: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Town of Thurman Landfill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $160 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-07.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
19.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
14.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 81.0% moderate, 19.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
YORK20010011M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $200 → $160
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: 2010-09-29, 15 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Town Of Thurman Highway Dept. 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2022 0
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Town of Thurman Landfill sits in Warren County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Warren County, New York · Population 65,560
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$78,239
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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 384 1 0 2604.2
2014 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 1 0
2012 Q3 224 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q3 320 4 1 12500.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 3 0
2007 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 6 2 0 333333.3
2004 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 105 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 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.