Mining Incidents

Merrick Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roland Karbaum
Barclay, Queen Annes County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800787

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
89
citations
28
significant & substantial
$17,179
proposed penalties
$14,380
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 9,449 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,050 3 0 372.7
2025 Q2 8,378 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,373 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,070 1 0 123.9
2024 Q3 8,973 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,787 2 0 256.8
2024 Q1 8,040 4 3 497.5
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

2026 · 1 incident

March 25, 2026 MD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Merrick Sand & Gravel · Fall to the walkway or working surface

John was checking on employees on the dredge in the pit. EE exited EE's truck to walk to the berm of the pit for a visual inspection. Upon exiting, EE stepped into a hole where a tree had been removed. EE fell, but EE's leg/ankle stayed straight in the hole, hearing a pop.

2025 · 1 incident

July 22, 2025 MD · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Merrick Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing out the teeth on the dredge and was using a hammer and struck their left thumb with the hammer causing a laceration.

2024 · 1 incident

April 29, 2024 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Merrick Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Right foreman came in contact with conveyor causing laceration requiring sutures.

2023 · 1 incident

November 27, 2023 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Merrick Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling sand at the sand plant and had soreness in employee's back. The next morning employee could hardly move with the pain from the muscles in chest and back.

2011 · 1 incident

January 11, 2011 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Merrick Sand & Gravel · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to his excavator and slipped and fell on the ice. Fractured left ankle from fall.