Mining Incidents

Sovereign Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bianchi Ronald
Onondaga County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003031

MSHA record for Sovereign Mine (mine ID 3003031). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Ownership history
  1. Bianchi Excavating Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sovereign Mine 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

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

February 5, 1992 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bianchi Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE GROUND, CLIMBING ONTO HIS BULLDOZER, REACHING FOR HIS GLOVES WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.