Mining Incidents

Lehigh Northeast Cement Company operator

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
MSHA operator ID: L17057
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
205
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1999–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,517
citations
306
significant & substantial
$842,294
proposed penalties
$704,297
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $137,997 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
274
inspections on record
9,420
inspection hours
16.1
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.
1,517 citations across 9,420 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$842K
proposed penalties
$704K
current assessed
$704K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,496 assessments are final orders; 42 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
5
2021
2
2020
1
2019
2
2017
5
2016
2
2015
9
2014
4
2013
5
2012
5 (1f)
2011
7
2010
9
2009
9
2008
9
2007
6
2006
11
2005
10
2004
16
2003
22
2002
15
2001
20
2000
26
1999
5

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
May 28, 2012 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lehigh Northeast Cement Company · Struck by powered moving object

Employee was walking near Gypsum Storage Building to return to the Finish Mill Building. Employee may have been struck by a piece of mobile equipment that was working in the area.

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