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Cayuga Mine, Tompkins County, New York: 97 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Cayuga Mine is an active salt underground mine in Tompkins County, New York, operated by Cargill Inc with 195 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3000663). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 97 citations and orders there with $19,031 in proposed penalties, and 46 accident reports were filed there, with 9 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3000663
- Status
- Active since January 11, 1983
- Main commodity
- Salt
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Tompkins County, New York
- Nearest town
- Lansing
- Operator
- Cargill Inc
- Employees
- 195
- MSHA field office
- Geneva NY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 97
- Significant and substantial
- 11 (11.3%)
- Closure orders
- 4
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $19,031
- Amount paid so far
- $19,031
- Inspections
- 38
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,955
- Citations per inspection
- 2.55 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 46
- Injury and illness cases
- 9
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 27, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 7 ($987 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 | 2 | $4,199 | 6 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5 | $4,618 | 2 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1 | $4,919 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 3 | $3,441 | 0 |
| 2026 | 12 | 0 | $1,854 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Cayuga Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 62.130 | Occupational noise exposure | 5 |
| 30 CFR 49.8 | Mine rescue teams | 5 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 57.16005 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.12018 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.6202 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 57.12005 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 57.4200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 57.4101 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 57.20032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 50.10 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at Cayuga Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 8 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Cayuga Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hoisting | 33 |
| Handling of materials | 4 |
| Powered haulage | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Fire | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
| Fall of roof or back | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Cayuga Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 33 |
| Forklift | 1 |
| Man lift | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Front-end loader | 1 |
Other open mines in Tompkins County, New York
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden Pit | Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC | Tompkins County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 27 |
| Finger Lakes Stone Company Inc | Finger Lakes Stone Company Inc | Tompkins County, NY | Crushed, broken stone | 1 | 8 |
| University Gravel Products | H. L. Robinson Sand & Gravel | Tompkins County, NY | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 2 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.