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South Onondaga Pit: 69 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Nedrow, Onondaga County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3000989

South Onondaga Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1989–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,451
proposed penalties
$7,451
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
578
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: 578 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South Onondaga Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-27.
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.
18.8%
significant & substantial
5.8%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
68.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.1% low, 84.1% moderate, 5.8% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2009-10-29.
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 2010-47M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $100 → $0
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: 2021-05-12, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Aluminum oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (35)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.4 0.53 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.64 0.31 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.59 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-11-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-12 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Copper fumes 2.82 100 0.03 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Iron oxide fumes 1.47 10 0.15 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Lead fumes 0.25 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.07 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Vanadium fumes 0.12 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.86 1.53 0.56 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-03-12 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-12 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.77 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2000-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.55 0.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2000-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.77 0.19 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

South Onondaga Pit recorded 9.33 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.33
total case rate
9.33
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.23 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2006 * 9.33 9.33 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 8.32 8.32 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. W F Saunders & Sons Inc 1950 to 2017
  2. Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC 2017 to 2025
  3. Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 4
2019 2
2018 3
2017 5
2016 6
2015 0
2014 3
2013 7
2012 7
2011 5
2010 4
2009 8
2008 8
2007 6
2006 9
2005 9
2004 9
2003 9
2002 10
2001 9
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

South Onondaga Pit 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.
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 709 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 868 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,030 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,470 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,306 1 0 765.7
2023 Q3 1,477 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,482 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,303 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,444 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,704 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 505 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,241 1 0 805.8
2021 Q3 1,977 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,111 2 0 947.4
2021 Q1 799 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,371 2 0 843.5
2020 Q3 2,499 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,513 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 913 4 0 4381.2
2019 Q4 924 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,478 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,099 1 0 909.9
2019 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,453 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,522 1 0 657.0
2018 Q1 734 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,903 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,179 2 0 629.1
2017 Q2 2,743 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,553 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,126 8 2 2559.2
2016 Q2 3,173 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,873 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,403 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,426 1 0 701.3
2014 Q1 0 1 0
2013 Q4 3,555 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,492 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,069 1 0 245.8
2013 Q1 2,893 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,624 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,142 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,205 6 2 1426.9
2012 Q1 2,898 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,482 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,798 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,195 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,658 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,860 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,174 2 1 386.5
2009 Q3 4,358 4 0 917.9
2009 Q2 4,186 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,616 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,340 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,676 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,304 1 0 232.3
2008 Q1 4,789 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,154 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,388 3 0 556.8
2007 Q2 5,063 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,965 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,148 2 0 388.5
2006 Q3 5,914 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,394 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,979 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,287 1 0 159.1
2005 Q3 6,913 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,767 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,088 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,758 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,573 5 2 897.2
2004 Q2 5,315 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,721 1 0 211.8
2003 Q4 5,278 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,331 2 0 375.2
2003 Q2 4,918 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,065 3 0 738.0
2002 Q4 6,198 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,359 1 0 186.6
2002 Q2 6,876 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,595 6 3 1072.4
2001 Q4 7,035 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,358 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,522 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,218 7 3 1125.8
2000 Q3 8,109 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,972 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,234 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2018 · 1 incident

2008 · 2 incidents

March 12, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working with a come-along to repair a belt in the plant. The handle on the come-along tensioned back and struck and cut the ee over the right eye. He was wearing gloves, safety glasses and a hard hat at the time.

January 21, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A conveyor on a crushing plant had iced up over the weekend. EE was holding a torch and twisting back and forth while applying heat to the head pulley to melt the ice. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain on the left side of his back.

2006 · 1 incident

July 26, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cleaning a roller on a conveyor, contrary to his training, he was standing directly under the roller and some dirt fell from the roller. Although he was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses, some dirt got under his glasses and into his eye.

2002 · 1 incident

December 18, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED A DISC IN BACK WHILE CLEANING OUT AROUND A CONVEYOR.

1995 · 3 incidents

May 17, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING.

February 23, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Fall from ladders

WHILE GETTING SOME TOOLS OFF THE TELESMITH SCREEN, HE STARTED BACK DOWN THE LADDER AND FELL OFF.

1994 · 2 incidents

December 19, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS MOVING SOME ROLLERS. WHILE SHIFTING THEM, HE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

April 1, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE CONVEYOR BEARING BLOCK, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AND GROIN AREA.

1990 · 4 incidents

June 25, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REMOVING ROLLERS BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOOLS FELT BACK PULL ON R SIDE

February 27, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PIECE OF STEEL & PIECE SLID OFF ANOTHER & FELL ON EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT BREAKING TWO TOES.

February 8, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO DO SOME PAINTING & SLIPPED ON ICE ON STEEL WALKWAY &FELL LANDED ON A SCREEN & INJURED LOWER BACK

February 1, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING STEEL PLATE WEARING FACE SHIELD SLIVER OF METAL FLEW UP STUCK IN R EYE

1989 · 1 incident

October 20, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W F Saunders & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING A CONVEY PULLEY USING BAR BAR KICKED ABACK KNOCKING L HAND INTO STEEL ON SIDE OF CONVEY BREAKING L RING FINGER SPRAINING L THUMB.