Mining Incidents

Clarendon: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Orleans, Orleans County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3001242

Clarendon has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1990–2021
Latest incident
Jul 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
6
significant & substantial
$10,003
proposed penalties
$9,749
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $254 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
776
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 776 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2021-08-13.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Clarendon has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $562 in penalties contested before the Commission, $308 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
8.1%
significant & substantial
1.4%
high negligence or reckless
8.1%
reasonably likely or greater
48.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.0% low, 71.6% moderate, 1.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
45%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$562 proposed, $308 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-03-14.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2013-114M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $362 → $108
YORK 2009-236M Settlement Melick 2010 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-06-18
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz191 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (39)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.85 0.63 1.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2024-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.16 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-06-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-11-30 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Manganese fumes 0.28 5 0.06 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Iron oxide fumes 1.24 20 0.06 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-11-30 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Backhoe Operator
2018-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 0.98 0.65 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.1 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.61 0.29 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.51 0.82 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.12 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.83 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.86 0.24 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.81 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 1.74 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.22 0.20 Cleanup Man
2005-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.04 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.31 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.73 0.21 Washer Operator
2002-04-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.88 0.44 Utility Man
2002-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.96 0.31 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Clarendon recorded 9.73 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.

Injury rate, 2003
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.73
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.55 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2003 * 9.73 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 8.90 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Genesee Le Roy Stone Corp 1950 to 2000
  2. Hanson Aggregates Glsc Inc 2000 to 2003
  3. Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 2
2024 6
2023 7
2022 7
2021 7
2020 7
2019 7
2018 7
2017 7
2016 7
2015 6
2014 6
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 7
2006 8
2005 7
2004 8
2003 8
2002 9
2001 9
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Clarendon sits in Orleans County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Orleans County, New York · Population 39,686
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$63,838
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,008 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,936 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,338 1 1 299.6
2024 Q1 2,694 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,877 2 0 695.2
2023 Q3 3,585 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,056 3 0 739.6
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 3,150 2 0 634.9
2022 Q4 3,363 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,058 2 0 492.9
2022 Q2 3,380 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,181 1 0 314.4
2021 Q4 3,737 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,847 3 2 1053.7
2021 Q2 3,639 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,791 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,503 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,286 1 0 304.3
2020 Q1 3,086 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,830 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,002 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,069 1 0 245.8
2019 Q1 3,350 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,225 1 0 310.1
2018 Q3 4,183 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,171 1 0 239.8
2018 Q1 3,068 1 0 325.9
2017 Q4 3,466 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,920 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,026 1 0 330.5
2017 Q1 2,612 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,419 1 0 292.5
2016 Q3 4,529 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,066 5 0 1229.7
2016 Q1 2,415 2 0 828.2
2015 Q4 2,572 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,779 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,246 1 0 308.1
2015 Q1 2,182 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,691 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,465 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,834 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,010 1 0 497.5
2013 Q3 3,035 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,963 1 0 337.5
2013 Q1 2,457 2 0 814.0
2012 Q4 2,078 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,184 2 0 628.1
2012 Q2 2,687 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,142 2 1 933.7
2011 Q4 2,055 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,122 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,263 1 0 306.5
2011 Q1 1,592 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,569 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,435 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,738 3 1 1095.7
2010 Q1 2,506 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,898 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,700 9 0 2432.4
2009 Q2 3,363 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,017 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,890 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,682 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,757 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,058 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,575 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,853 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,083 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,745 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,046 6 0 1969.8
2006 Q3 4,466 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,547 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,153 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,863 3 0 1047.9
2005 Q3 4,957 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,346 4 0 920.4
2005 Q1 3,464 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,333 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,063 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,324 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,505 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,619 2 1 433.0
2003 Q3 6,103 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,766 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,059 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,228 1 0 191.3
2002 Q3 6,818 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,798 3 0 441.3
2002 Q1 5,183 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,230 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,327 2 0 316.1
2001 Q2 6,266 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,641 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,474 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,374 3 0 685.9
2000 Q2 6,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,370 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2021 · 1 incident

July 26, 2021 NY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Standard threshold shift on annual hearing test. Retest validated the STS.

2019 · 1 incident

September 11, 2019 NY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's right hand came in contact with weed trimmer blade causing a laceration to Right wrist (Stitches).

2009 · 1 incident

June 30, 2009 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Worker caught toe of shoe on edge of catwalk causing him to hit his shin on the catwalk edge and he suffered a laceration to his shin.

2008 · 1 incident

October 9, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pry bar slipping, impact on left elbow causing surgery for torn bicep tendon.

2006 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident

November 21, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL STOOD, SLIPPED ON MUD, LOSING BALANCE. RIGHT HAND WITH UTILITY KNIFE CUT RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE.

2001 · 1 incident

August 17, 2001 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Glsc Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING FEED CONVEYOR BELT, KNIFE CUT THROUGH END OF BELT VERY QUICKLY AND WENT INTO RIGHT THIGH.

1990 · 1 incident

April 30, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Genesee Le Roy Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER, HAD FOOT INSIDE HELD FOOT IN ORE POSITION FOR A LENGTH TIME RESULTING IN BRUSING IT.