Plant is under construction to upgrade. While putting new belt on bucket elevator, employee assisted mill wright on pulling belt and got finger tips caught in the head pulley. This resulted in EE losing the tips of 2 fingers.
BUFFALO DOCK Metal/Non-Metal
CSI Sands NE Ltd
· Facility
Controlled by
1442246 AB Ltd
Buffalo,
Erie County,
NY
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3003261
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2019–2021
- Latest incident
- Nov 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
370
citations
163
significant & substantial
$1,043,920
proposed penalties
$336,154
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 | 12,860 | 13 | 5 | 1010.9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 12,141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 10,988 | 31 | 13 | 2821.3 |
| 2024 Q4 | 19,880 | 10 | 5 | 503.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 480 | 14 | 5 | 29166.7 |
| 2024 Q1 | 17,699 | 8 | 4 | 452.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 9,494 | 27 | 19 | 2843.9 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,170 | 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
4 on file2021 · 2 incidents
November 3, 2021
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CSI Sands NE Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CSI Sands NE Ltd · Accident type, without injuries
Fire started on wall next to dryer area and continues into storage area
2020 · 1 incident
CSI Sands NE Ltd · Struck against stationary object
Adjusting seat in the loader.
2019 · 1 incident
May 17, 2019
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
CSI Sands NE Ltd · Fall onto or against objects
Truck driver was exiting truck in parking lot. Steps fell off truck. driver fell onto steps receiving minor scrapes and bruising. was released from hospital with no injuries. went back to see dr on 5/22 and it was determined they had cracked ribs.