Mining Incidents

Phelps Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Phelps, Ontario County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3000938

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2016
Latest incident
Apr 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
5
significant & substantial
$6,449
proposed penalties
$6,048
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 783 4 0 5108.6
2025 Q3 1,834 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 400 3 0 7500.0
2023 Q1 696 1 0 1436.8
2022 Q4 1,411 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,694 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,641 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,486 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2016 · 1 incident

April 4, 2016 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee felt pain in shoulder over the last few years and decided to get it looked at this year - Repetitive had surgery on 8/4/2016

2002 · 1 incident

September 26, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Brd Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING BELTING KNIFE SLIPPED.