Mining Incidents

DRYDEN PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
DRYDEN, Tompkins County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3002727

DRYDEN PIT has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
122
citations
23
significant & substantial
$20,117
proposed penalties
$19,513
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
49
inspections on record
873
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: 873 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DRYDEN PIT has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 0 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4 3,961 5 1 1262.3
2025 Q3 4,643 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,971 7 5 1408.2
2025 Q1 4,005 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,800 2 0 344.8
2024 Q3 5,056 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,800 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,800 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,040 6 0 1485.1
2023 Q3 7,437 2 0 268.9
2023 Q2 7,293 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,580 1 0 86.4
2022 Q2 9,244 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,464 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,147 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,162 1 0 139.6
2021 Q2 5,296 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,110 3 0 421.9
2020 Q4 7,235 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,276 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,696 1 0 103.1
2020 Q1 3,050 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,241 1 0 138.1
2019 Q3 8,811 4 1 454.0
2019 Q2 8,399 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,293 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,946 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 9,664 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,090 2 0 180.3
2018 Q1 6,074 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,601 13 1 1511.5
2017 Q3 11,574 8 1 691.2
2017 Q2 17,556 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,176 2 0 278.7
2016 Q4 8,972 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 12,390 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 11,686 4 0 342.3
2016 Q1 5,036 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,629 3 1 393.2
2015 Q3 12,156 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10,456 4 1 382.6
2015 Q1 6,139 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,919 1 0 168.9
2014 Q3 10,262 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,945 3 1 377.6
2014 Q1 2,517 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,167 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,841 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 9,021 2 0 221.7
2012 Q4 1,781 11 2 6176.3
2012 Q3 5,033 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,349 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,882 3 1 510.0
2011 Q4 5,750 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,687 2 1 426.7
2011 Q2 5,601 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,991 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,236 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,439 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,067 1 0 141.5
2010 Q1 2,442 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,156 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,353 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,525 6 1 1702.1
2009 Q1 2,065 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,929 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,398 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,144 6 1 1166.4
2008 Q1 3,678 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,035 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,957 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,010 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,807 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,278 4 1 1220.3
2006 Q3 4,374 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,079 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,974 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,184 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,926 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,753 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,515 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,537 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,936 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,012 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,842 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,903 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,602 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,144 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,866 4 1 451.2
2002 Q2 4,075 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10,754 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,742 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,596 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,394 6 3 1112.3
2001 Q1 5,026 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,997 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,413 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,376 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,633 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

May 19, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
R M S Gravel Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

No History of Employee health issues, Heart attack

1987 · 1 incident

November 6, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R M S Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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