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Empire State Mines: 209 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Empire State Mines is an active lead-zinc ore underground mine in St Lawrence County, New York, operated by Empire State Mines LLC with 140 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3001185). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 209 citations and orders there with $82,582 in proposed penalties, and 26 accident reports were filed there, with 24 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3001185
- Status
- Active since January 30, 2018
- Main commodity
- Lead-zinc ore
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- St Lawrence County, New York
- Nearest town
- Gouverneur
- Operator
- Empire State Mines LLC
- Parent company
- Augusta Group Company
- Employees
- 140
- MSHA field office
- Geneva NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 209
- Significant and substantial
- 48 (23.0%)
- Closure orders
- 4
- High negligence or reckless
- 12
- Proposed penalties
- $82,582
- Amount paid so far
- $82,582
- Inspections
- 55
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,914
- Citations per inspection
- 3.80 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 26
- Injury and illness cases
- 24
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 7 ($1,129 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50 | 11 | $32,353 | 6 |
| 2023 | 40 | 10 | $11,381 | 0 |
| 2024 | 37 | 8 | $18,037 | 3 |
| 2025 | 41 | 10 | $10,049 | 8 |
| 2026 | 41 | 9 | $10,762 | 7 |
Standards cited most at Empire State Mines
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 14 |
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 57.19106 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 57.8531 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.12018 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.11001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.14101 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.12008 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 57.14132 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.18002 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.6202 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.8532 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
Injury and illness cases at Empire State Mines
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 18 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 6 |
What the accident reports at Empire State Mines describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 6 |
| Slip or fall of person | 6 |
| Machinery | 3 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| Fall of roof or back | 2 |
| Fire | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 1 |
| Inundation | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Empire State Mines
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Rock drill | 2 |
| Front-end loader | 2 |
| Pneumatic blasting agent loader | 2 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in St Lawrence County, New York
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmat Mining Operations | Gouverneur LLC | St Lawrence County, NY | Wollastonite | 24 | 27 |
| Catamount Ridge Quarry | J E Sheehan Contracting Corporation | St Lawrence County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 16 |
| Norwood Quarry | Barrett Paving Materials Inc | St Lawrence County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 11 | 10 |
| Ogdensburg Plant | Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC | St Lawrence County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 8 |
| Crane Pond Pit | Town of Clifton Hwy Department | St Lawrence County, NY | Sand, common | 4 | 6 |
| Commander 5702899 | J E Sheehan Contracting Corporation | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 5 |
| Lake Ozonia | Seaway Timber Harvesting, Inc. | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 4 |
| Benson Mine | Mitchell Stone Products LLC | St Lawrence County, NY | Crushed, broken granite | 2 | 4 |
| Parishville Pit | Parishville Sand & Gravel Inc. | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 4 |
| Ireland Road Sand | Ireland Road Sands LLC | St Lawrence County, NY | Sand, common | 1 | 4 |
| Portable Pegson | Curran Logging Inc | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
| Cooke Sand & Gravel Inc | Cooke Sand & Gravel Inc | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 1 |
| Portable Screen #30D461HH1933 | Town of Russell Highway | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 1 |
| Langevin Pit | Town Of Fine | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 1 |
| Cullens Process Sand & Gravel | Cullens Process Sand & Gravel | St Lawrence County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.