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Empire State Mines LLC operator

Controlled by Augusta Group Company

MSHA operator ID: 0051735

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 161
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2004–2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

1,000

citations

183

significant & substantial

$357,219

proposed penalties

$325,042

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 22 non-fatal
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 37 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 27 non-fatal
MACHINERY 21 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 11 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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14 (1f)

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26 (1f)

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2004

Mines on record

Empire State Mines NY

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

October 2, 2018 NY · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Empire State Mines LLC · Struck by flying object

An employee was attempting to clean out a previously blasted vertical drill hole with an air hose. A sudden release of pressure from an unknown source inside of the hole forced material to be ejected from the hole and struck the employee. The employee passed away from the incident.

May 31, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Empire State Mines LLC · Struck by falling object

Miner was drilling a slab shot when the roof collapsed in on him causing fatal injuries.