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POLAND PLANT: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Poland, Herkimer County, NY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3001186

POLAND PLANT has $4K 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
14
Years on record
1983–2007
Latest incident
Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,562
proposed penalties
$3,419
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See HEIDELBERG MATERIALS NORTHEAST LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
558
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: 558 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POLAND PLANT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $443 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
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.
3.2%
significant & substantial
3.2%
high negligence or reckless
6.5%
reasonably likely or greater
45.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 51.6% low, 45.2% moderate, 3.2% 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 · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$443 proposed, $300 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 2011-09-07.
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 2010-87M Settlement Koutras 2011 $243 → $100
YORK 2011-288 Settlement Lesnick 2012 $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: 2024-08-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.78 0.21 Washer Operator
2009-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.57 0.70 Truck Driver
2003-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.51 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.2 0.38 Mechanic
2003-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.08 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2003-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Special Aggregates Corp 1950 to 1979
  2. Poland Sand Corp 1979 to 1983
  3. Eastern Rock Products Inc 1983 to 1988
  4. Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC 1988 to 2025
  5. Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 5
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 5
2010 4
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 5
2003 7
2002 5
2001 6
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POLAND 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
2026 Q2 2,663 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,549 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,003 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,284 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,164 6 0 1896.3
2025 Q1 2,106 1 0 474.8
2024 Q4 2,405 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,005 1 0 498.8
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,711 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,625 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,718 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,043 1 0 489.5
2023 Q1 1,165 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,135 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,423 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,505 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,770 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,733 1 0 365.9
2021 Q2 3,184 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,084 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,466 1 0 405.5
2020 Q3 2,772 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,322 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,338 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,137 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,301 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,296 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,794 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,921 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,063 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,649 1 0 606.4
2017 Q2 1,357 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,015 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,314 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,682 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,261 2 0 1586.0
2016 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,018 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,161 1 0 861.3
2015 Q1 401 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 898 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,035 1 0 966.2
2013 Q3 1,478 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,248 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 799 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,013 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 832 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,336 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,627 3 0 1843.9
2011 Q1 959 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,510 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,067 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,844 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,018 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,582 2 0 1264.2
2009 Q2 1,923 2 0 1040.0
2009 Q1 920 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,441 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,257 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,346 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 727 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,711 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,395 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,042 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 981 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,382 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,066 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,390 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 675 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,575 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,438 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,684 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,198 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,785 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,374 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,455 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 684 3 1 4386.0
2003 Q4 1,635 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,399 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,580 1 0 387.6
2003 Q1 1,077 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,056 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,651 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,923 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,266 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,603 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,287 2 0 874.5
2001 Q2 1,933 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,504 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,298 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,484 1 0 402.6
2000 Q1 1,833 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2007 · 1 incident

December 10, 2007 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Struck by flying object

EE was blowing off and cleaning 4" ball valve. Piece of metal blew in eye. Did not go for medical treatment till 12/13/07, because he believed it was sand in eye and he had washed it out on night of 12/10/07.

1997 · 1 incident

June 16, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ON UPPER HILL POURING CONCRETE SLAB. EMP WAS CUTTING OFF SUPPORT POST WHEN SAW KICKED BACK.

1995 · 1 incident

1994 · 3 incidents

June 28, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS LYING DOWN CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL OFF FROM UNDERNEATH A PICK-UP (SERVICE TRUCK) SPARK FLEW AND LANDED IN HIS RIGHT EAR, CAUSING A BURN UPONTHE EARDRUM.

May 3, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Struck by falling object

WAS REPLACING TURN IDLER OVER HEAD ON CONVEYOR. WHEN PUSHNG UP ON IT DIRT FELL INTO LEFT EYE. IT WAS WINDY AND EMPLOYEE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON.

March 25, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS DRYING OFF STEEL WENT TO TURN AROUND & FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING THE INJURED TO LOOSE BALANCE. THE FORCE THAT WAS BEING HELD IN RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH LEFT HAND CAUSING THE BURN.

1992 · 1 incident

1990 · 3 incidents

October 16, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON CATWALK TRIPPED AND FELL ON KNEE CRACKING KNEECAP.

August 6, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING HAND TO STEER LOADER HAS DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

1987 · 1 incident

July 20, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO DISLODGE STONE CAUGHT IN CHUTE WHEN ANOTHER STONE STRUCK CAUSING FINGER TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN STONE AND CHUTE.

1986 · 1 incident

July 9, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG HEAVY LIFTING

1984 · 1 incident

September 27, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN SLAMED LEFT THUMB IN DOOR.

1983 · 1 incident

October 20, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROTATING BELT DRIVE MANUALLY AND CAUGHT TIPS OF FINGERS IN SHEAVE OF LINATEX PUMP