Mining Incidents

Waldorf-MD Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chaney Enterprises LP
Waldorf, Charles County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800287

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2002–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
37
significant & substantial
$28,381
proposed penalties
$23,705
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 6,630 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,256 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,170 2 0 278.9
2025 Q1 6,804 1 0 147.0
2024 Q4 6,781 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,657 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,047 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,534 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

May 26, 2023 MD · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Accident type, without injuries

Contractor maintenance work (installing a sheet metal patch) was being performed on a bin under a vibrating screen at the facility wash plant. Welding slag blew through exterior wall of bin, igniting combustible rubber liners inside bin, causing a fire which impacted the bin, a vibrating screen, four conveyor belts, and adjacent infrastructure.

2010 · 2 incidents

November 12, 2010 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing stairs to the sand and gravel plant when his foot slipped. He was holding onto the railings, so he did not fall, but reported that he twisted his right knee.

April 2, 2010 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee mechanic was at our mine site doing PM to our excavator #18. He was underneath the machine, on the ground in a squatting position, installing the belly pan twisting from side to side and in the process twisted his left knee.

2004 · 1 incident

June 25, 2004 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Struck by falling object

Grates used for guarding were stacked against a wall. He was trying to lift one that fell on the ground. It was partially under the others. As he lifted, the other started to fall forward. He caught them with his hands and thigh. They came to rest on his thighs and knee cap. No cuts, there was bruising and soreness to knee.

2002 · 1 incident

January 21, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Fall onto or against objects

HURT LOWER BACK STEPPING OFF MACHINE. TRACKS OF THE EXCAVATOR WERE WET AND MUDDY.