Mining Incidents

South Onondaga Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Nedrow, Onondaga County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3000989

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2002–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,451
proposed penalties
$7,451
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 709 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,306 1 0 765.7
2023 Q3 1,477 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 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

5 on file

2018 · 1 incident

2008 · 2 incidents

March 12, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working with a come-along to repair a belt in the plant. The handle on the come-along tensioned back and struck and cut the ee over the right eye. He was wearing gloves, safety glasses and a hard hat at the time.

January 21, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A conveyor on a crushing plant had iced up over the weekend. EE was holding a torch and twisting back and forth while applying heat to the head pulley to melt the ice. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain on the left side of his back.

2006 · 1 incident

July 26, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cleaning a roller on a conveyor, contrary to his training, he was standing directly under the roller and some dirt fell from the roller. Although he was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses, some dirt got under his glasses and into his eye.

2002 · 1 incident

December 18, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED A DISC IN BACK WHILE CLEANING OUT AROUND A CONVEYOR.