VIRKLER'S LOWVILLE LIMESTONE QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal
V.S. Virkler & Son, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Joseph L Virkler
Castorland,
Lewis County,
NY
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003355
VIRKLER'S LOWVILLE LIMESTONE QUARRY has $5K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
38
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,431
proposed penalties
$5,431
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
25
inspections on record
295
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
VIRKLER'S LOWVILLE LIMESTONE QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-05-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,094 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,052 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,498 | 1 | 0 | 667.6 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,798 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,078 | 1 | 0 | 927.6 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,818 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,199 | 1 | 0 | 454.8 |
| 2017 Q3 | 411 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 774 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,253 | 4 | 2 | 1775.4 |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,269 | 2 | 0 | 1576.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 731 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,369 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 727 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 288 | 4 | 3 | 13888.9 |
| 2012 Q2 | 730 | 2 | 0 | 2739.7 |
| 2012 Q1 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,026 | 6 | 3 | 5848.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 773 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 312 | 7 | 2 | 22435.9 |
| 2007 Q4 | 653 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 4,038 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,701 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 982 | 4 | 0 | 4073.3 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 4,057 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 573 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,372 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 977 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 830 | 4 | 1 | 4819.3 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,057 | 1 | 0 | 946.1 |
| 2002 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 473 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,764 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 873 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 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.
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