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.
36 citations across 1,043 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Watertown Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $176 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$176 proposed, $100 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-09-07.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2025-08-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Calcium oxide1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
Utility Man
2025-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2019-10-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
2.99
0.18
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2016-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.78
3.22
0.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-03-31
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-31
Calcium oxide
1.25
5
0.25
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2008-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
3.02
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
3.1
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
10
0.06
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.47
10
0.05
Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-01-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
2.85
0.14
Mechanic
2003-01-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
2.28
0.16
Ball Mill Operator
2003-01-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Mechanic
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.
Watertown Plant recorded 9.07 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.07
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.20 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2012 *
9.07
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
5.95
5.95
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
8.21
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
7.67
7.67
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
16
2025
8
2024
12
2023
8
2022
10
2021
9
2020
7
2019
8
2018
9
2017
11
2016
11
2015
12
2014
11
2013
11
2012
14
2011
11
2010
11
2009
13
2008
15
2007
16
2006
15
2005
16
2004
15
2003
14
2002
16
2001
14
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Watertown Plant sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, New York · Population 116,130
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,978
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
5,528
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,346
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,206
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,489
2
1
573.2
2025 Q2
3,934
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,040
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,961
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,205
0
0
0.0
Show 97 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,851
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,538
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
2,952
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,113
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,908
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,500
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,757
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,697
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,000
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,205
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,140
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,148
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,461
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
3,080
1
0
324.7
2020 Q3
4,707
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,998
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,730
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,183
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,021
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,021
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,597
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,972
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,135
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,420
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,560
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,206
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
5,170
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,410
1
0
184.8
2017 Q1
1,910
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,175
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,200
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,873
2
0
340.5
2016 Q1
2,468
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,408
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,024
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,376
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,651
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,815
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,046
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,248
2
0
320.1
2014 Q1
2,237
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,932
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,745
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,328
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,391
1
0
418.2
2012 Q4
4,142
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,514
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,009
2
0
249.7
2012 Q1
4,389
2
0
455.7
2011 Q4
3,791
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,641
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,845
1
0
171.1
2011 Q1
2,856
1
0
350.1
2010 Q4
4,966
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,303
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,306
1
0
158.6
2010 Q1
2,904
1
0
344.4
2009 Q4
4,527
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,765
3
0
443.5
2009 Q2
6,581
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,604
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,841
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
8,096
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,872
1
0
127.0
2008 Q1
4,722
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,289
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,902
3
0
303.0
2007 Q2
10,970
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,435
1
0
184.0
2006 Q4
8,109
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,335
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,421
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,781
2
0
418.3
2005 Q4
6,859
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,820
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,901
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,771
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,438
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,799
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,794
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,493
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,138
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,656
1
0
115.5
2003 Q2
8,296
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,984
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,452
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,306
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,631
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,286
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,065
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,480
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,618
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,646
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,852
2
0
341.8
2000 Q3
9,302
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,523
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,228
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
24 on file
2016 · 1 incident
June 20, 2016NY · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using chipping hammer while doing maintenance on stone plant Deister screen. Employee's hands were sweaty and slipped down shaft of chipping hammer, hitting screen and causing small laceration, bruise and swelling. On 7/7/2016 employee sought medical attention for the swelling that had not receded. Diagnosis was broken bone in left hand.
2013 · 1 incident
September 27, 2013NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE CUTTING AND SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT AT CRUSHING PLANT, USING UTILITY KNIFE AND T-SQUARE - CUT RIGHT HAND WITH UTILITY KNIFE REQUIRING STITCHES AT LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
2007 · 1 incident
March 21, 2007NY · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was climbing down the ladder of a quarry haul truck, when his foot slipped and he hit his left leg on a metal step of the haul truck, producing a laceration of the left leg just below the knee. Employee required 4 sutures to close wound.
2003 · 1 incident
April 21, 2003NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS SEATED USING LARGE WRENCH TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER. WHEN EE STOOD UP HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK & LEG. HE WAS ASSISTED OFF CRUSHER AND AWAITED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EE WAS USING PICKAXE TO CLEAN FROZEN CHUNKS OF STONE OFF GRATES ON STONE HOPPER. EE STRAINED BACK MUSCLES WHILE DOING SO.
1996 · 1 incident
August 1, 1996NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REMOVING LIFT CYCLINDER FROM EUCLID TRUCK #20296, WHEN HIS RT HAND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE LIFT CYCLINDER AND THE NEARBY HYDRAULIC TANK. EE SUFFERED LACERATION TO RING FINGER OF RT HA ND. EE REQUIRED 8 SUTURES. HE WAS TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL ER AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY.
1995 · 2 incidents
June 20, 1995NY · Metal/Non-Metaldriller, highwall operator, highwall drill operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS HELPING LIFT A LAWN TRACTOR OFF OF A PICKUP TRUCK. A WHEEL OF MOWER SLIPPED OFF TAILGATE PINCHING INDEX FINGER WHICH WAS REPORTED AT THAT TIME. ON 6-25-95 EMPLOYEE REPOR TED THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEE DR. FOR INJURED BACK.
May 1, 1995NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS WORKING ON A QUARRY TRUCK WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH WRENCH SLIPPED FREE OF ONE HAND SPUN AROUND STRIKING LEFT ARM JUST ABOVE WRIST CAUSING BRUISE OR SPRAIN TO WRIST
1991 · 1 incident
October 10, 1991NY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3THAT WHILE POUNDING ON BLOW BARS AT PORTABLE CRUSHER A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF BAR AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN KNEE AND ANKLE. HE CAME IN TO OFFICE TO REPORT INJURY AND WAITED UNTIL A0TER WORK TO GO TO EMERGENCY. METAL PIECE HAD TO BE REMOVED SURGICALY.
October 12, 1987NY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE CLAIMS THAT 4HILE LOADING A PIECE OF CUTTING EDGE OPN BACK OF PICKUP HE SLIPPED ON MUD FALLING WITH CUTTING EDGE CAUSING LACERATIONS TO HIS LEFT HTUMB.
1986 · 3 incidents
September 24, 1986NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3THAT HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHILE PLACING A WELDING ROD IN HOLDER ASSISTING WELDER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LADDER AND GFELL OFF LANDING ON LEFT HIP AND WRIST FRACTURIN G BOTH RAIN AND3WET SNOW CONTRIBUTED TO SHOCK
March 20, 1986NY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE GUIDING A SECTION OF ROOF TO BE PLACED FOR LOADING A BERTICAL PIECE OF ANGLE IRON CAUGHT AND SPURNG BACK STRIKING HID FOREHEAD.
1983 · 1 incident
June 9, 1983NY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE CLIMBING UP LADDER OF HIS 988B CAT LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF 2ND. RUNG. HIS LEFT FOOT CAME DOWN ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.
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