Mining Incidents

Virkler's Martinsburg Limestone Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph L Virkler
LOWVILLE, Lewis County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003356

Virkler's Martinsburg 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
39
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,231
proposed penalties
$5,231
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
31
inspections on record
455
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: 455 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 Martinsburg Limestone Quarry has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-03.
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 700 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,922 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,036 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,237 2 0 894.1
2024 Q3 3,174 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,479 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,869 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,958 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,484 2 1 805.2
2023 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,835 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,366 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,154 1 0 464.3
2022 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,836 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,032 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,454 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,593 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,721 5 2 1837.6
2020 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,355 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,763 2 0 531.5
2019 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,949 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,366 3 2 1268.0
2018 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,822 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,287 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,333 1 0 428.6
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,387 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,518 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,861 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 735 2 0 2721.1
2015 Q3 2,415 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 805 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,276 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,049 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,474 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 965 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,586 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,658 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,446 2 0 1383.1
2012 Q3 1,379 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 979 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 888 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,430 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 2 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 732 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,945 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 1,322 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,694 3 1 1771.0
2009 Q2 2,107 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,805 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,604 4 0 2493.8
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 501 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,968 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,087 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,158 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,263 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,276 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,404 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,312 3 1 695.7
2005 Q2 2,666 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 201 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,340 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,379 1 0 420.3
2004 Q2 1,277 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,011 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,795 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,401 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,353 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,327 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,486 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,029 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,486 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.

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