Mining Incidents

TOWN PIT: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

TOWN OF EPHRATAH · Surface
Controlled by Town of Ephratah NY
Johnstown, Fulton County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003804

TOWN PIT has $1K 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 2013
8
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,014
proposed penalties
$1,014
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
21
inspections on record
173
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: 173 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 PIT has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-29.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 75.0% low, 25.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2012-06-27, 14 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
2012-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-27 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 Ephratah 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

TOWN PIT sits in Fulton 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.
Fulton County, New York · Population 52,787
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$62,615
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
2026 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1 1 0 1000000.0
2024 Q3 101 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 161 1 0 6211.2
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 61 1 1 16393.4
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 1 0 1000000.0
2020 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 11 2 2 181818.2
2017 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 180 2 1 11111.1
2013 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 20 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.