Mining Incidents

VAN BUREN PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Scotia, Schenectady County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3002002

VAN BUREN PIT has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
37
citations
6
significant & substantial
$11,747
proposed penalties
$7,971
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,776 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
28
inspections on record
278
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: 278 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VAN BUREN PIT has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 586 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,530 2 0 1307.2
2025 Q2 924 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 486 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 820 1 0 1219.5
2024 Q1 563 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 534 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 529 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,051 2 0 1902.9
2022 Q2 1,588 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,192 1 0 838.9
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 914 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,068 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 807 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 508 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 813 2 0 2460.0
2019 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 557 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 922 3 1 3253.8
2018 Q3 1,071 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 720 3 1 4166.7
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,077 2 0 1857.0
2017 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 703 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,018 2 0 1964.6
2015 Q3 1,196 1 0 836.1
2015 Q2 989 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 696 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,070 2 0 1869.2
2014 Q2 559 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,090 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,198 1 0 834.7
2013 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,357 2 0 1473.8
2012 Q2 936 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 422 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 870 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 724 1 0 1381.2
2008 Q3 1,212 6 1 4950.5
2008 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 240 6 3 25000.0
2007 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,888 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 435 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 977 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,186 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 924 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

June 3, 2013 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Cranesville Aggregate Companies Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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