Mining Incidents

COLARUSSO QUARRY COMPANY Metal/Non-Metal

Hudson, Columbia County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3000215

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
50
citations
4
significant & substantial
$7,138
proposed penalties
$7,088
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 13,421 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 13,779 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,559 5 1 398.1
2025 Q1 8,214 1 0 121.7
2024 Q4 11,994 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12,672 8 0 631.3
2024 Q2 13,315 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,104 1 0 109.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

December 2, 2025 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colarusso Quarry Co/Div of A Colarusso & Son Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped and fell while walking around equipment during fueling. Employee's left wrist was injured breaking the fall.

October 20, 2025 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

After welding on the Omni Short Head crusher, employee was grinding down the weld when a piece of metal slag flew behind EE's safety glasses and landed in the right eye.

2024 · 2 incidents

March 11, 2024 NY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY

Employee was using an impact wrench with a 1 1/4 inch socket when the socket came free from the wrench and struck the employee in the mouth breaking a top, front tooth.

2022 · 1 incident

September 6, 2022 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

The employee was making repairs to an excavator bucket, removing excess welds and slag with a hammer and chisel. When struck, the chisel broke free from it's holder and struck the employee in the mouth cutting EE's upper lip and breaking EE's right front tooth in half.

2021 · 1 incident

June 1, 2021 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Employee was removing a large nut from a cone crusher tramp cylinder with a large air gun and heavy socket that fits the nut. When the nut came to the end, the socket fell over onto the employee's finger.

2020 · 1 incident

June 13, 2020 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Colarusso Quarry Co/Div of A Colarusso & Son Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sitting on bench in break area before shift started. Employee stood up to punch in and turned wrong causing a strain to back. Employee stated that employee sustained an injury to back in the military a few years ago and this aggravated that old injury.

2019 · 1 incident

January 18, 2019 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colarusso Quarry Co/Div of A Colarusso & Son Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee stood up after working on short head crusher. Started walking around the catwalk carrying a wrench in right hand. Right ankle gave out and fell to catwalk causing sprain to right ankle. Walkway was dry and clear of obstruction. There were no slip/trip hazards.

2017 · 1 incident

June 17, 2017 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colarusso Quarry Co/Div of A Colarusso & Son Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated was changing screens at the 8x24 location in the plant and felt something in the back as EE was maneuvering the screens into position. * Please note this injury was not reported until July 7, 2017.

2015 · 3 incidents

November 23, 2015 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee was dismounting from loader to refuel at the end of the day. He thinks his foot slipped as he stepped onto the last step (approximately 18 inches from the ground), lost his balance and fell to the ground.

June 23, 2015 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Colarusso Quarry Co/Div of A Colarusso & Son Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was raising dump body of dump truck to empty load. Body was approximately 75% raised when hydraulic line burst and dump body slammed back down causing jolt to employee sitting inside the cab.

2012 · 1 incident

May 23, 2012 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Employee was holding pin punch by handle while second employee used sledge hammer to strike pin to remove master pin from spare excavator track. Employee felt foreign object break skin and enter left forearm when pin punch was struck.

2009 · 1 incident

2000 · 2 incidents