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Belvidere Sand & Gravel: 101 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Columbia, Warren County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2801000

Belvidere Sand & Gravel has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
101
citations
26
significant & substantial
$14,616
proposed penalties
$13,674
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $942 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Naceville Materials J.V.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,006
inspection hours
10.0
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.
101 citations across 1,006 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Belvidere Sand & Gravel has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $700 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-30.
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.
25.7%
significant & substantial
21.8%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.7% low, 52.5% moderate, 21.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
91%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$700 proposed, $60 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 2004-12-28.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2005-24M Settlement Lesnick 2005 $700 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-11-02
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz171 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (28)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.32 1.84 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-11-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2023-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-07-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.54 0.35 Utility Man
2020-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.14 0.47 Truck Driver
2014-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.92 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.86 1.79 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.82 0.30 Backhoe Operator
2012-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 3.19 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.5 0.70 Truck Driver
2012-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.87 0.14 Utility Man
2007-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.68 0.25 Utility Man
2005-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.47 0.45 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 2.03 0.31 Washer Operator
2005-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.64 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.48 0.40 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.6 0.52 Truck Driver
2001-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.97 0.14 Backhoe 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.

Belvidere Sand & Gravel recorded 7.96 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ 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.
7.96
total case rate
7.96
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In New Jersey, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.45 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
2023 * 7.96 7.96 0.000
2022 * 7.32 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 13.40 13.40 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 15.30 7.65 0.000
2016 * 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. Oscar Unagst 1998 to 2000
  2. Belvidere S & G/Div Lehigh Valley Site Cont Inc 2000 to 2015
  3. Naceville Materials J.V. 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 11
2023 12
2022 12
2021 11
2020 12
2019 13
2018 12
2017 12
2016 11
2015 11
2014 12
2013 10
2012 10
2011 12
2010 10
2009 9
2008 11
2007 15
2006 17
2005 15
2004 14
2003 10
2002 10
2001 7
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Belvidere Sand & Gravel sits in Warren County, New Jersey, 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.
Warren County, New Jersey · Population 110,238
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$99,596
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 4,200 2 0 476.2
2026 Q1 3,194 1 0 313.1
2025 Q4 4,270 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,129 1 1 242.2
2025 Q2 4,438 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,219 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,701 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,404 1 0 185.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,861 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,533 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,849 1 0 171.0
2023 Q3 5,917 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,290 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,076 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,286 1 0 137.2
2022 Q3 8,433 2 0 237.2
2022 Q2 6,773 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,824 2 0 414.6
2021 Q4 5,209 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,543 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,794 2 0 345.2
2021 Q1 4,084 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,637 1 0 150.7
2020 Q3 6,451 2 1 310.0
2020 Q2 5,663 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,145 3 1 488.2
2019 Q4 6,806 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,891 6 2 674.8
2019 Q2 8,341 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,814 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,997 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,447 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,910 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,572 1 0 218.7
2017 Q4 5,903 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,519 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,635 2 0 262.0
2017 Q1 6,090 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,400 3 0 405.4
2016 Q3 6,305 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,118 3 1 490.4
2016 Q1 5,549 3 0 540.6
2015 Q4 6,756 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,302 3 3 361.4
2015 Q2 6,406 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,175 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,013 2 1 285.2
2014 Q3 6,613 3 0 453.7
2014 Q2 5,680 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,001 1 0 249.9
2013 Q4 4,761 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,932 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,638 1 0 215.6
2013 Q1 3,935 1 0 254.1
2012 Q4 3,951 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,631 1 0 215.9
2012 Q2 5,264 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,968 1 1 336.9
2011 Q4 4,605 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,168 1 0 193.5
2011 Q2 4,837 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,891 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,337 2 1 461.1
2010 Q3 5,969 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,796 1 0 172.5
2010 Q1 2,933 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,656 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,623 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,229 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,180 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,888 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,528 1 0 220.8
2008 Q2 5,543 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,713 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,588 3 0 536.9
2007 Q3 7,859 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,878 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,797 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,799 1 0 102.1
2006 Q3 11,312 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11,329 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,724 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,139 6 1 656.5
2005 Q3 9,454 8 3 846.2
2005 Q2 9,557 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,192 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,998 5 2 714.5
2004 Q3 8,768 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,817 1 1 146.7
2004 Q1 5,878 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,291 1 0 159.0
2003 Q3 5,844 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,548 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,182 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,512 2 0 362.8
2002 Q3 5,138 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,754 1 0 210.3
2002 Q1 3,557 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,567 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,458 4 1 2743.5
2001 Q2 2,086 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,752 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,108 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 13, 2025 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Naceville Materials J.V. · Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped out of EE's truck onto a large rock and twisted EE's left ankle.

2024 · 1 incident

February 1, 2024 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Naceville Materials J.V. · Struck by falling object

Employee was moving a plate when it slipped from EE's hands and landed on EE's foot.

2023 · 1 incident

November 7, 2023 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Naceville Materials J.V. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee lifted gas can and felt pinch in shoulder. Later, employee was fixing a belt when it hit EE in the forearm.

2022 · 1 incident

September 19, 2022 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Naceville Materials J.V. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was going into crusher to do maintenance when EE felt EE's back tense up. When EE tried to crawl back out EE couldn't move.

2019 · 2 incidents

April 2, 2019 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Naceville Materials J.V. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE was using high pressure hose and the pressure resulted in arm being thrown in the air. Possible rotator cuff tear.

2017 · 2 incidents

February 3, 2017 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Naceville Materials J.V. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE bent over and back tightened and started to have spasm.

2010 · 1 incident

2007 · 3 incidents

June 8, 2007 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Belvidere S & G/Div Lehigh Valley Site Cont Inc · Contact with heat

Emp passed out due to extreme heat, dehydration.

2006 · 3 incidents

May 9, 2006 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belvidere S & G/Div Lehigh Valley Site Cont Inc · Struck by flying object

While emp was moving long arm to weld cutting edge on bucket, a piece of metal off of the track arm flew off and hit emp in the chin.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2005 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Belvidere S & G/Div Lehigh Valley Site Cont Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While employee was repairing the grizzly car at the feeder the backhoe operator went to set the grizzly bar and when it was lifted the grizzly bar swung hitting employee causing him to fall approx. 13 feet to the ground onto # 1 belt. (9/22/05 call to company - possible paralysis)

2001 · 1 incident

August 9, 2001 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Belvidere S & G/Div Lehigh Valley Site Cont Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SAFETY BLOCKS FROM HYD. CYLINDER OF CRUSHER. INSTEAD OF DECREASING PRESSURE, HE INCRESED PRESSURE AND CRUSHED BLOCK. BLOCK FLEW OUT AND HIT EE IN ABDOMEN.