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: 711 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bay Road Plant #7 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
5 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2017-10-15.
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.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-05-06
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2014-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Bay Road Plant #7 recorded 16.15 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
16.15
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Delaware, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.93 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2006 *
16.15
0.00
0.000
2005 *
9.14
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
15.31
15.31
0.000
2002 *
7.28
7.28
0.000
2001 *
7.59
7.59
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
4
2024
7
2023
5
2022
7
2021
7
2020
6
2019
7
2018
8
2017
7
2016
7
2015
7
2014
7
2013
5
2012
4
2011
7
2010
7
2008
5
2007
7
2006
10
2005
11
2004
10
2003
11
2002
12
2001
12
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bay Road Plant #7 sits in Kent County, Delaware, 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.
Kent County, Delaware · Population 185,043
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,872
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
2026 Q2
507
1
0
1972.4
2026 Q1
566
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,681
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,048
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,809
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,387
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,552
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,190
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,911
1
0
255.7
2024 Q1
3,203
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,180
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,225
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,565
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,536
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,410
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,245
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2,749
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
2,459
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
2,933
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,896
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,433
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,380
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,961
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,991
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,489
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,570
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,998
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,804
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,148
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,854
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,380
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
4,246
3
2
706.5
2018 Q2
4,085
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,905
3
2
768.2
2017 Q4
3,826
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,503
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,886
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,528
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,450
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,397
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,151
1
0
317.4
2016 Q1
3,686
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,162
1
1
240.3
2015 Q3
567
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,640
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,310
1
1
302.1
2014 Q4
4,721
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,876
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,170
1
0
315.5
2014 Q1
3,570
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,770
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,935
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,510
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,614
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
525
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
936
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,263
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,893
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,457
1
0
289.3
2011 Q3
4,019
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,571
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,726
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,007
1
0
332.6
2010 Q3
3,076
1
0
325.1
2010 Q2
2,409
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,516
1
0
284.4
2008 Q3
240
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,269
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,708
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,141
1
0
194.5
2007 Q2
5,574
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,105
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,514
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,940
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,072
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,242
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,154
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,264
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,576
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,879
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,214
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,772
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,761
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,258
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,588
1
0
131.8
2003 Q3
7,074
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,784
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,689
2
0
426.5
2002 Q4
8,737
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,680
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,897
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,159
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,371
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,416
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,069
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,509
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,629
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,789
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,846
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,371
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2017 · 1 incident
February 16, 2017DE · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Pennsy Supply Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Employee claims to have been exposed to lead fumes while cutting washers/bolts
2006 · 2 incidents
December 21, 2006DE · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
In pump room of dredge taking bell housing off of the PTO. The housing was stuck on the shaft so they used a portapower to remove it. The housing suddenly shot off of the shaft about 8" striking the employees right hand.
SLIDING PUMP FROM WORK BOAT TO DREDGE, HE HAD SEVERE PAIN IN SIDE AND BACK. HAD HARD TIME BREATHING. BROKEN RIB.
February 4, 2003DE · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE CLEANING MATERIAL FROM INSIDE LOG WASHER, EE STEPPED ON SHAFT TO CLIMB OVER SIDE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SHAFT FALLING ON SHANKS OF LOG WASHER. L-CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
2002 · 1 incident
January 14, 2002DE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSTRIKING OR BUMPING
EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE IN A SQUATTING POSITION WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HE STRUCK HIS HEAD (WHILE WEARING HARD HAT.) THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 1/21/02 AT THAT TIME HE SAID HE HAD RUPTURED A DISC.
2001 · 1 incident
November 1, 2001DE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handMACHINERY
THERE IS A 5/8" STEEL CABLE ATTACHED TO A WENCH ON EACH SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE DREDGE. THESE CABLES ARE ANCHORED ON SHORE. THEY ARE USED TO MOVE/POSITION THE DREDGE. THE CABLES ARE SUPPORTED ON A FLAT AT A POINT ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN DREDGE AND THE SHORE. THE FLATS ARE MADE OF TWO 500 GALLON PROPANE TANKS FASTENED TOGETHER WITH METAL BRACES. ONE OF THE CABLES WAS TIGHTEN TO FACILI
1997 · 1 incident
September 3, 1997DE · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON FRAME WORK TO CHECK OIL LEVER IN TWO MASON SCREW REDUCERS. HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A CHIP FRACTURE OF LEFT ELBOW AND A CONTUSION OF LEFT LEG. HE DID NOT USE AVAILABLE LADDER.
1992 · 1 incident
February 11, 1992DE · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)