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Virkler's Lowville Limestone Quarry: 1 MSHA citation
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Virkler's Lowville Limestone Quarry is an intermittent crushed, broken limestone surface mine in Lewis County, New York, operated by V S Virkler & Son Inc with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3003355). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1 citation and orders there with $133 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3003355
- Status
- Intermittent since March 22, 2022
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken limestone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Lewis County, New York
- Nearest town
- Castorland
- Operator
- V S Virkler & Son Inc
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Geneva NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $133
- Amount paid so far
- $133
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 18
- Citations per inspection
- 0.20 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 21, 2026
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 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Virkler's Lowville Limestone Quarry
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 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Lewis County, New York
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 4 Mine | Gouverneur LLC | Lewis County, NY | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 9 | 83 |
| Grarok, LLC Lowville | Grarok, LLC Lowville | Lewis County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 20 |
| Virkler's Martinsburg Limestone Quarry | V S Virkler & Son Inc | Lewis County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 13 |
| Boonville Quarry | Barrett Paving Materials Inc | Lewis County, NY | Crushed, broken limestone | 1 | 13 |
| Walseman Pit | Lyndaker Excavating & Trucking Llc | Lewis County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 11 |
| Virkler's Watson Gravel Pit, Gate I & II | V S Virkler & Son Inc | Lewis County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 7 |
| Grarok, New Bremen | Grarok, LLC Lowville | Lewis County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 2 |
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.