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SEAFORD-DE SAND & GRAVEL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chaney Enterprises LP
Seaford, Sussex County, DE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0700108

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
83
citations
25
significant & substantial
$16,314
proposed penalties
$15,451
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 4,061 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,437 2 1 581.9
2025 Q2 3,459 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,220 4 1 1242.2
2024 Q4 4,180 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,085 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,932 1 0 202.8
2024 Q1 4,864 3 0 616.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2023 · 2 incidents

August 23, 2023 DE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sussex Sand & Gravel · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Injured miner was on a small personnel transport boat at the facility, and was refueling it with a portable gas can. Some gasoline was spilled during the process, and absorbed into the injured miner's pants material. This resulted in a minor chemical burn.

May 24, 2023 DE · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sussex Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Customer Over-the-Road Truck Driver Injury (not a mining facility employee or contractor). The driver was dumping excess material from truck being purchased & hauled from Sussex facility. Used bare hand to brush excess material away, when finger was pinched between the "dog latch" & "gate closer" of the dump truck tailgate.