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BEAR MATERIALS LLC: 98 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bear Materials-LLC · Surface
New Castle, New Castle County, DE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0700061

BEAR MATERIALS LLC has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Apr 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
98
citations
31
significant & substantial
$13,173
proposed penalties
$13,173
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bear Materials-LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
652
inspection hours
n/a
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: 652 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BEAR MATERIALS LLC has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-29.
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.
32.0%
significant & substantial
17.5%
high negligence or reckless
32.0%
reasonably likely or greater
49.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.2% low, 77.3% moderate, 17.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2018-03-13, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2014-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2014-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.91 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.64 0.12 Backhoe Operator
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.48 0.42 Bulldozer Operator
2005-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-08-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-10-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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.

BEAR MATERIALS LLC recorded 8.61 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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.
8.61
total case rate
8.61
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Delaware, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.88 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
2008 * 8.61 8.61 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 7.70 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Whittington Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1995
  2. Whittington Sand & Gravel Inc 1995 to 1999
  3. Bear Materials-LLC 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 5
2018 5
2017 4
2016 6
2015 6
2014 7
2013 7
2012 8
2011 6
2010 6
2009 9
2008 10
2007 10
2006 10
2005 12
2004 10
2003 12
2002 16
2001 15
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BEAR MATERIALS LLC sits in New Castle County, Delaware, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
New Castle County, Delaware · Population 573,030
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$89,901
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
2019 Q3 4,266 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,157 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,509 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,762 1 0 362.1
2018 Q3 2,298 2 1 870.3
2018 Q2 2,820 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,512 2 1 796.2
2017 Q4 2,541 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 2,123 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,569 4 0 1557.0
2017 Q1 2,660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,910 1 1 255.8
2016 Q3 3,957 2 1 505.4
2016 Q2 3,445 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,062 2 0 969.9
2015 Q4 3,389 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,720 1 0 268.8
2015 Q2 3,466 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,875 1 1 347.8
2014 Q4 3,849 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,847 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,369 3 2 890.5
2014 Q1 1,569 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,792 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,844 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,940 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,080 3 0 974.0
2012 Q4 3,702 1 0 270.1
2012 Q3 4,510 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,482 2 1 574.4
2012 Q1 3,937 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,325 3 2 902.3
2011 Q3 3,157 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,254 5 2 1536.6
2011 Q1 2,188 3 1 1371.1
2010 Q4 2,944 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,729 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,958 1 1 338.1
2010 Q1 757 2 0 2642.0
2009 Q4 3,168 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,288 4 2 756.4
2009 Q2 4,573 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,111 7 0 1369.6
2008 Q3 6,580 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,756 1 0 148.0
2008 Q1 4,770 1 0 209.6
2007 Q4 5,015 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,612 1 1 151.2
2007 Q2 8,016 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,469 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,870 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,674 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,364 3 0 407.4
2006 Q1 6,058 1 1 165.1
2005 Q4 5,565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,151 5 1 613.4
2005 Q2 6,192 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,474 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,876 10 2 1454.3
2004 Q3 7,187 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,747 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,065 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,323 5 0 682.8
2003 Q3 7,022 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,104 1 0 163.8
2003 Q1 5,559 13 7 2338.6
2002 Q4 5,957 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,915 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,286 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,856 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,502 4 1 421.0
2001 Q3 9,099 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,254 2 1 216.1
2001 Q1 6,301 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,115 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,574 1 1 132.0
2000 Q2 7,471 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,727 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

April 22, 2008 DE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bear Materials-LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting the frame work of grizzly feeder grate when the right hand corner broke off and dropped on his right foot.

2006 · 1 incident

September 23, 2006 DE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Materials-LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Mechanic working on Sand Plant claims he injured his left knee during shift, reported it to his supervisor on 9/25/06. He said he was lying on his back pushing up screen with his feet, "it must have happened then". He said that he didn't realize he hurt it until later that night at home, his knee was painful & swollen. He was sent to Medical Center on 9/26/06.