Mining Incidents

Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas E Besemer
LANSING, Tompkins County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000018

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$926
proposed penalties
$926
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
2011 Q3 2,168 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,100 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,706 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,056 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,175 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,162 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,648 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,142 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

13 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 6, 2005 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was charging a battery on pickup truck; also splicing wires on the cellunoid (not hooked up to battery). He does know what happened - the battery blew up. A part hit him in his left eye and he had battery acid in his face.

2004 · 1 incident

May 18, 2004 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Fall from machine

EE was performing repairs and maint on Euclid #3. He was holding a prybar with both hands, lifting up on the cylinder when the bar slipped out of the hole causing him to lose his balance, he fell to the ground landing on his left elbow.

2003 · 3 incidents

September 16, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PORTABLE CRUSHER. HE WAS GOING UP AND DOWN THE LADDER, NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK & IT TRAVELED DOWN HIS LEFT LEG. HE THOUGHT THE PAIN WAS BE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION FROM THE CRUSHER.

September 8, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN LOADER PUSHING UP SALT ON SALT PAD. WHILE OPERATING THE LEVERS, HE FELT A THROBBING PAIN START IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND IT MOVED ACROSS HIS BACK TO THE LEFT SIDE. HE GOT OUT OF LO ADER AND MOVED HIS ARMS AND SHOULDERS, IT FELT BETTER AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK.

July 29, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING AN ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH A HOOK OVER THE SALT PILE ONT HE SALT PAD. THE HOOK WAS IN HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS ABOUT 5 FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE SALT WHEN IT GAVE WAY UNDER HIS R FOOT. H E SLIPPED ON HIS L SIDE, FELT A RIP IN HIS L SHOULDER AND A BURNING SENSATION.

2002 · 1 incident

February 13, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING DOWN STAIRS OF THE 560B LOADER, WITH GLOVES ON AND HANDS HOLDING RAILS, LEFT FOOT WAS ON THE 1ST STEP, RIGHT FOOT GOING TO SECOND STEP AND RIGHT HAND MOVING DOWN RAIL. THE LEFT FOOT S LIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE ON CAPSTONE. HARD HAT AND GLASSES FELL OFF. EE BELIEVES FALL WAS RELATED TO MUD ON STEPS.

2001 · 4 incidents

September 17, 2001 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF DOZER W/A BUCKET OF OIL IN HIS R HAND AN DHELD ONTO THE DOZER W/HIS L. HE LOST HIS GRIP W/L HAND BECAUSE HIS ELBOW WAS STRILL SWOLLEN FROM HIS PREVIOUS INJURY. HE FELL T O THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS L ELBOW AGAIN. ELBOW IS SWOLLEN AND BRUISED.

August 27, 2001 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Fall from machine

EE CLIMBED ONTO THE GYRO TO SCRAPE IT CLEAN OF DEBRIS.HE WAS DESCENDING THE GYRO WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE/GRIP AND FELL 10-12' LANDING ONHIS BACKSIDE ON THE GROUND.HE HAS STATED THAT HE DOESN' T REMEMBER HOW HE FELL. HE SAID HE DIDNH'T HIT HIS HEAD. HE HAD MULTIPLE SCRATCHES & BRUISES ON HIS BODY--ARMS, SHOULDER, ELBOW, THIGHS & BUTTOCKS.

July 6, 2001 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON THE PLANT ADJUSTING A BELT WITH A 4' PIP WRENCH. HE WAS PULLING DOWN ON IT OVER HIS HEAD. TRYING TO LOOSEN A BOLT. WHILE HE WAS PULLING DOWN, HE FELT A SHARP PULL IN HIS GROI N.

May 10, 2001 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO THE FCR CHUTE DOORTO CLEAN OUT DUST THAT HAD BUILT UP. SOME OF THE DUST GOT STIRRED UP AND WAS BLOWN INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.

2000 · 3 incidents

November 13, 2000 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PULLEY TO HOIST A STEEL SIDE PLATE BACK ONTO THE POWER UNIT ON THE LEFT SCREENHOUSE. THEY USED A LOADER TO RAISE THE PLATE AS HIGH AS THEY COULD, THEN THEY ATTACHED A R OPE AROUND THE PLATE AND WERE PULLING IT UP AS INJURED HELPED TO GUIDE IT UP. HE HAD PLATE ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS CLIMBING UP TH LADDER, AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA.

October 12, 2000 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OFF BOLTS FROM THE DOZER BLADE. HE LEANED TO HIS LEFT TO SEE BETTER, WHEN A HOT METAL SPARK BOUNCED OFF OF THE DOZER BLADE AND GOT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLAS SES AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

April 20, 2000 NY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON STACKER, HIS BOOTS WEE MUDDY AND LADDER WAS DEWY. HE WA CARRYING TOOLS IN HIS RIGHT HAND, AND WAS ON 8TH OR 10TH WRUNG IN THE SAFETY CAGE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND STARTED TO FALL BACKWARDS. HE GRABBED THE LADDER WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND FELT A PULL IN HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE FELL BACK.