Mining Incidents

Middleville Plant: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
UTICA, Herkimer County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000039

Middleville Plant has $469 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Jun 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$469
proposed penalties
$469
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
130
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: 130 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Middleville Plant has $469 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$469
proposed penalties
$469
current assessed
$469
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-10-14.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 83.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-11-03, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.76 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.6 0.29 Cleanup Man
2005-11-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.84 0.83 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2004-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.73 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. Hanson Aggregates New York Inc 1996 to 2004
  2. Hanson Aggregates Inc 2004 to 2004
  3. Hanson Aggregates New York LLC. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 1
2006 3
2005 4
2004 5
2003 3
2002 4
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Middleville Plant sits in Herkimer 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.
Herkimer County, New York · Population 59,932
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,858
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
2007 Q3 47 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 2,167 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,934 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 558 2 0 3584.2
2004 Q3 735 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 545 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,319 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,222 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,046 1 0 956.0
2002 Q3 3,391 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,713 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,858 1 0 538.2
2001 Q3 3,009 1 1 332.3
2001 Q2 1,355 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,471 1 0 679.8
2000 Q1 1,266 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

June 19, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates New York Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HOLDING HAMMER WRENCH AND HIT WITH SLEDGE BY OTHER EMPLOYEE.

2002 · 1 incident

May 18, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates New York Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLATE WAS BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE AND SLIPPED. IT FELL APPROX. 2 FEET. IT PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN PLATE AND ROCK. FINGER WAS BROKEN.

2001 · 1 incident