Mining Incidents

WALTON #1: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

NORTHEAST BLUESTONE LLC · Surface
Controlled by Bruce F Taylor
Walton, Delaware County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003573

WALTON #1 has $6K 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 2007
35
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,132
proposed penalties
$6,132
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
26
inspections on record
360
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: 360 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WALTON #1 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-02.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
11.4%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.1% low, 71.4% moderate, 11.4% 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: 2026-06-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-09-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.6 0.28 Utility Man
2023-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2010-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.8 0.21 Scraper 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. Northeast Bluestone LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 5
2008 5
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WALTON #1 sits in Delaware County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Delaware County, New York · Population 44,551
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,226
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 160 7 2 43750.0
2026 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 100 4 1 40000.0
2025 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 160 3 0 18750.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 120 1 0 8333.3
2020 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 112 1 1 8928.6
2019 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 390 1 0 2564.1
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 610 1 0 1639.3
2018 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 845 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 740 2 1 2702.7
2016 Q1 0 1 0
2015 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 685 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 730 3 1 4109.6
2014 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 760 1 0 1315.8
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 52 1 0 19230.8
2011 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 490 4 1 8163.3
2010 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 705 1 0 1418.4
2010 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,790 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,390 1 0 418.4
2009 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,230 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,150 1 0 465.1
2008 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,440 1 0 694.4
2007 Q1 960 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.