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Rock Cut Road: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
JAMESVILLE, Onondaga County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000051

Rock Cut Road has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. General Crushed Stone Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Benchmark New York Inc 1988 to 2003
  3. Hanson Aggregates New York, Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1986 4
1985 22
1984 24
1983 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Rock Cut Road 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

3 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Crushed Stone Company · Fall from ladders

STANDING ON A LADDER, USING CUTGTING TORCH, SPARKS STARTED FIRE IN LOADER LOCATED BELOW WORKING AREA. IN HASTE GETTING DOWN LADDER, MAN SLIPPED FROM HEIGHT OF ABOUT 3 FEET, INJURING LEFT KNEE.

May 7, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Crushed Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

REMOVING BLOWER FROM DRILL WITH MUDDY SHOES AND WET EQUIPMENT AREA MAN SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE

1983 · 1 incident

April 8, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Crushed Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING TO CARRY A PULLER PLATE DOWN THE STAIRS ON THE DRY END OF THE SECONDARY OPERATION. HE SLIPPED BACKWARDS AND THE PULLER PLATE SLIPPED ON THE ARM, PINNING THE LEFT ELBOW AGAINST THE SAFE TY RAIL, RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO THE ARM. THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND WAS IMPACTED ON THE FINGER NAIL.