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West Carthage Mine: 171 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

CARTHAGE, Jefferson County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3002678

West Carthage Mine has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1986–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
171
citations
56
significant & substantial
$87,396
proposed penalties
$35,210
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $52,186 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cranesville Block Co. Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
784
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: 784 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2026-08-18.
On record since 2026.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

West Carthage Mine has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 3 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
152 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $66K in penalties contested before the Commission, $35K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-19.
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.
35.7%
significant & substantial
18.5%
high negligence or reckless
35.0%
reasonably likely or greater
63.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.2% low, 71.3% moderate, 18.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
33 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 6%
  • Stood as issued 31 · 94%
100%
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 22 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$66K proposed, $35K 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 2022-01-11.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2010-58M Settlement Koutras 2011 $46K → $15K
YORK 2022-0004 Default 2022 $18K → $18K
YORK 2022-0025 Default 2022 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-05-16, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-05-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Utility Man
2023-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.8 0.17 Cleanup Man
2006-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 2.23 0.17 Cleanup Man
2006-06-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.75 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.51 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.

West Carthage Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.08 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 9.91 9.91 0.000
2010 * 6.46 6.46 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 8.52 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Champion Sand & Gravel Inc 1985 to 1992
  2. Champion Rock Products Inc 1992 to 2002
  3. Champion Materials Inc 2002 to 2019
  4. James Madison Construction, Inc. 2019 to 2020
  5. Champion Construction Materials, Inc. 2020 to 2023
  6. Cranesville Block Co. Inc 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 13
2024 11
2023 5
2022 1
2021 2
2019 1
2018 0
2017 2
2016 5
2015 5
2014 4
2013 5
2012 9
2011 10
2010 15
2009 19
2008 16
2007 20
2006 26
2005 10
2004 6
2003 7
2002 5
2001 9
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

West Carthage Mine 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 3,483 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,902 3 0 1577.3
2025 Q4 6,399 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,217 2 0 621.7
2025 Q2 9,118 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,927 2 1 337.4
2024 Q4 5,590 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,084 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,752 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,748 3 0 800.4
2023 Q4 3,884 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,482 4 0 729.7
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 474 44 20 92827.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 40 3 1 75000.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 931 6 1 6444.7
2017 Q1 172 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,552 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,637 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,977 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,341 1 1 427.2
2015 Q3 3,241 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,799 5 2 2779.3
2015 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,121 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,359 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 655 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,287 2 2 874.5
2012 Q4 1,001 3 1 2997.0
2012 Q3 3,479 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 737 13 6 17639.1
2011 Q2 916 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,059 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,026 4 3 498.4
2010 Q3 8,813 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8,016 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,125 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,740 3 0 343.2
2009 Q3 10,274 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 14,623 6 1 410.3
2009 Q1 5,598 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,502 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,452 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,906 8 1 807.6
2008 Q1 6,450 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,601 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,991 3 0 333.7
2007 Q2 8,838 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,782 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 14,157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,774 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,978 2 0 182.2
2006 Q1 5,668 6 1 1058.6
2005 Q4 6,753 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,695 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,233 2 1 320.9
2005 Q1 2,183 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 349 8 2 22922.6
2004 Q3 342 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 258 4 2 15503.9
2004 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,117 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,154 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,725 8 1 2935.8
2003 Q1 892 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,909 4 1 1023.3
2002 Q2 1,899 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,522 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,014 3 1 747.4
2001 Q3 5,138 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,564 4 1 876.4
2001 Q1 3,697 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,978 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,605 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,154 3 1 722.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

March 14, 2024 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cranesville Block Co. Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Grinder kicked back and caught pants which led to it cutting through my pants into my leg

2010 · 1 incident

November 18, 2010 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Champion Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was attempting to clean out under our wash plant when he was struck by a rock from our power screen conveyor.

2009 · 1 incident

April 2, 2009 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Champion Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Dump truck tires blew up and pushed the outside tire, causing it to blow off the vehicle. Other Employee was stuck by the tire but suffered no injury. Injury was standing in the proximity and in response to the tire blowing off the vehicle, turned abruptly, fell and fractured his wrist while attmpting to break his fall. He was not struck by the tire.

2000 · 1 incident

August 1, 2000 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Champion Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING SCREEN ON WASH PLANT, EMPLOYEE'S FINGER (FOURTH NEXT TO PINKY ON RIGHT HAND) WAS CUT BY THE EDGE OF SCREEN AS IT WAS GOING INTO PLACE. 13 STITCHES REQUIRED.

1997 · 5 incidents

December 19, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Champion Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING THE CATWALK ON CRUSHER AND WAS USING TORCH TO CUT BOLTS FROM THE WALKWAY TO THE CONTROL COUP AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN FROM THE EQUIPMENT THE OPERATOR OF THE CONTROL COUP LOWERED THE COUP ONTO THE FRAME CAUSING TH EPIECE OF ANGLE IRON TO DISLODGE AND FALL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.

November 25, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Champion Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LOADER IN PIT AREA AND HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP FROM THE SEAT HITTING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON THE CONSOLE OF THE LOADER. THE IMPACT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HI S HEAD WHILE WARING HIS HARDHAT CAUSED A SNAPPING OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

October 19, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Champion Rock Products Inc · Fall from machine

EE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LAST RUNG OF THE LADDER ON THE CRUSHER AND STEPPED ONTO A FIST SIZE STONE CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TWIST/TURN AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

August 19, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Champion Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ON THE GROUNDS FROM THE SHED TO THE LOADER AND FELT A PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES TO LOWER BACK. HE WAS NOT WORKING JUST WALKING FROM ONE AREA TO THE OTHER. HE STATED HE DI D NOT TRIP OR STEP ON ANYTHING TO CAUSE THE PAIN

May 29, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Champion Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN EMPTY CABLE REEL AND TURNED CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE WRAP PULLEY AND ADJUST THE PULLEY IN ORDER TO TRAIN THE BELT ON THE CONVEYOR. THE PINCH POINT GUARD HAD BEEN DISLODGED TO GAIN ACCESS PULLEY. CONVEYOR WAS IN MOTION A T THE TIME.

April 21, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING BELT WITH NEW BELT,CLAMP CAME LOOSE OF CONVEYOR BELT HITTING I.NAME ON RIGHT ELBOW.

1988 · 1 incident

March 8, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEANING DIRT OFF BELT PULLEYS WRENCH GOT CAUGHT RIGHT ARM IN BARREL PULLEY, CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING.

1987 · 3 incidents

October 29, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

STANDING IN WET CONCRETE ALL DAY WITH REGULAR WORK SHOES APPARENTLY CAUSED ALKALI BURNS ON LEFT FOOT WHERE SHOES RUBBED CAUSING INFECTED BLISTERS.

March 27, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE PLACING R2CKS ONTO CONVEYOR BY HAND, EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A ROCK ON THE GROUND WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE CONVEYOR AND STRUCK LEFT THUMB AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK.

March 19, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

USING WRENCH TO3TIGHTEN BOLT ON WHEEL LOADER WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUSING EMPL TO SUDDENLY MOVE FORWARD AND STRIKING RIB CAGE AGAINST FRAMEWORK OF LOADER CAUSING BRUISE TO LEFT SIDE OF RIB

1986 · 2 incidents

June 2, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE USING HYD9AULIC JACK TO LEVEL ROCK CRUSHER JACK FAILED PINCHING THUMB WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SHIM UNDER LEVELING LEG

May 30, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Champion Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING 8OWN FROM WHEEL LOADER SLIPPED AND TURNED LANDING IN A SEMI-SQUATTING POSITION ON THE GROUND