Mining Incidents

Jamesville Plant: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Otisca Industries Ltd · Facility
Controlled by Smith Clay D
Jamesville, Ny, Onondaga County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002771

Jamesville Plant has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Otisca Industries Ltd 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 2
1990 3
1989 3
1988 3
1987 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Jamesville Plant sits in Onondaga County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Onondaga County, New York · Population 471,611
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$74,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

June 20, 1990 NY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Otisca Industries Ltd · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON WOODEN CHUTE, PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST.

April 20, 1990 NY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Otisca Industries Ltd · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CO WORKER WAS MANUALLY MOVING PISTON, INJURED EMPLOYEE THOUGHT FULL RANGE OF PISTON MOVEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. FINGER WERE PINCHED BETWEEN PISTON AND CASING.

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1989 · 1 incident

March 3, 1989 NY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Otisca Industries Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WHEN WORKING WITH A CO-WORKER TO SECURE A TRAP DOOR.DOOR WAS BEING TEMPORARILY SUPPORTED WITH A BEAM THAT SLIPPED PINCHING INJURED FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND CASING.END OF INDEXFINGER WAS CRUSHED AND REQUIRED RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 30, 1987 NY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Otisca Industries Ltd · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE STEPPING 2VER PIPING 12IN.FROM FLOOR 16IN.APART FEEDING AN OIL PUMP INJURED WAS TRIPED BY CATCHING FOOT ON VALV E HE LOST BALANCE FALLING TO FLOOR INJURING R.KNEE AREA OF LEG

November 16, 1987 NY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Otisca Industries Ltd · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING A C6TTING TORCH TO REMOVE STEEL STAIRS FROM CATWALK, THE INJURED WAS BURNED AT ABOMNINAL AREA. ACCIDENT LOCATION WAS OUTDOORS DURING HIGH WINDS. SLAG WAS BLOWN UPWARD AND IGNITED T HE WORKERS JACK9T. HE STATED HE HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING HIS JACKET, PROLONGING EXPOSURE TO THE BURNING CLOTH.