Aztec Sand & Gravel has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1989–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
72
citations
28
significant & substantial
$43,805
proposed penalties
$28,939
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,866 gap.
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.
Rate withheld: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Aztec Sand & Gravel has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$44K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $37K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
47citations taken to the federal commission · 65% of citations on record
Settled
47 · 100%
74%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 23 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $22K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-04-17.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
4
2013
3
2012
3
2003
0
2002
2
2001
3
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Aztec Sand & Gravel sits in Atlantic County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Atlantic County, New Jersey · Population 274,704
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$76,819
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1
810
3
2
3703.7
2013 Q4
475
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,105
2
0
1810.0
2013 Q2
930
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
656
47
17
71646.3
2012 Q4
693
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
778
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,077
0
0
0.0
Show 14 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1
1,147
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
94
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
453
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
132
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
36
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
101
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
149
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
432
17
7
39351.9
2001 Q1
209
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
1996 · 2 incidents
June 21, 1996NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY