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Cecil Plant: 141 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David J Stewart
Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800681

Cecil Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $160 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
141
citations
21
significant & substantial
$19,469
proposed penalties
$19,309
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $160 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See York Building Products Co Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
86
inspections on record
1,319
inspection hours
10.7
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.
141 citations across 1,319 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cecil Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $160 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$160
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $143 in penalties contested before the Commission, $143 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
15.0%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.1% low, 68.6% moderate, 14.3% 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%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$143 proposed, $143 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 2023-02-07.
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 2023-0045 Settlement Paez 2023 $143 → $143
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: 2025-04-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg15
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2025-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2024-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Utility Man
2021-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.59 0.36 Washer Operator
2019-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-05-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.96 0.15 Utility Man
2016-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2010-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.81 0.22 Utility Man
2010-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.42 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.92 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.7 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.41 Truck Driver
2002-05-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.14 Truck Driver
2001-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2001-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.78 0.23 Backhoe Operator
2001-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Washer 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.

Cecil Plant recorded 6.52 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
6.52
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.64 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
2025 * 6.52 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 14.14 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 5.24 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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. Mid-Atlantic Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1980 to 1983
  2. Brandywine Sand & Gravel 1983 to 1987
  3. Cecil Sand & Gravel Inc 1987 to 2002
  4. York Building Products Co Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 16
2025 15
2024 13
2023 15
2022 14
2021 18
2020 15
2019 16
2018 15
2017 15
2016 16
2015 13
2014 12
2013 11
2012 12
2011 11
2010 12
2009 12
2008 13
2007 18
2006 15
2005 14
2004 12
2003 10
2002 12
2001 16
2000 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cecil Plant sits in Cecil County, Maryland, 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.
Cecil County, Maryland · Population 104,366
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$91,146
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 9,998 1 0 100.0
2026 Q1 6,731 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,238 3 0 364.2
2025 Q3 7,425 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,311 3 0 361.0
2025 Q1 6,689 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,979 2 0 250.7
2024 Q3 6,776 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,113 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,169 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,969 1 0 125.5
2023 Q3 6,787 3 0 442.0
2023 Q2 7,477 2 0 267.5
2023 Q1 6,052 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,868 2 1 225.5
2022 Q3 9,433 1 0 106.0
2022 Q2 7,782 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,005 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,748 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,755 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,058 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10,625 4 0 376.5
2020 Q4 7,729 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,652 11 2 1271.4
2020 Q2 8,148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,318 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,898 4 1 404.1
2019 Q3 10,428 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,898 2 1 253.2
2019 Q1 8,952 2 1 223.4
2018 Q4 10,047 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,900 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,300 1 0 107.5
2018 Q1 9,762 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,806 1 0 113.6
2017 Q3 10,018 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,618 3 1 348.1
2017 Q1 9,831 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,689 2 0 206.4
2016 Q3 13,371 2 0 149.6
2016 Q2 11,626 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10,618 3 0 282.5
2015 Q4 11,868 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,912 1 1 91.6
2015 Q2 10,501 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,184 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,310 1 0 136.8
2014 Q3 9,641 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,134 2 1 245.9
2014 Q1 5,901 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,179 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,956 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,430 2 1 311.0
2013 Q1 6,331 2 0 315.9
2012 Q4 6,296 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,665 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,455 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,638 4 1 523.7
2011 Q4 7,178 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,875 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,802 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,289 1 0 159.0
2010 Q4 6,835 7 5 1024.1
2010 Q3 6,958 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,037 1 0 142.1
2010 Q1 6,723 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,985 1 1 125.2
2009 Q3 7,055 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,528 1 0 180.9
2009 Q1 6,934 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,409 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,428 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10,928 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 12,582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 14,737 4 0 271.4
2007 Q2 14,414 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,403 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 12,010 2 0 166.5
2006 Q3 11,758 5 0 425.2
2006 Q2 9,406 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,986 2 0 222.6
2005 Q4 9,244 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,970 4 0 401.2
2005 Q2 10,717 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,284 1 0 120.7
2004 Q4 10,377 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,751 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,443 6 1 710.6
2004 Q1 5,600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,246 3 0 363.8
2003 Q3 7,506 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,169 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,324 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,871 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,403 5 0 675.4
2002 Q1 5,766 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,931 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 11,013 5 2 454.0
2001 Q2 9,878 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,402 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,402 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,827 8 0 738.9
2000 Q2 10,215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,735 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2025 · 1 incident

2023 · 2 incidents

November 15, 2023 MD · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator POWERED HAULAGE
York Building Products Co Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee hit a bump while driving a haul truck. As a result, the employee was jolted (was wearing seat belt) and felt pain in upper back.

April 26, 2023 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Co Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Moving a 4'x4' metal plate of off truck bed and plate slid, catching EE's finger between plate and weld equipment on truck. Fractured tip of left 1st finger.

2021 · 1 incident

June 17, 2021 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
York Building Products Co Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating loader and strained lower back when they hit a bump.

2015 · 1 incident

October 30, 2015 MD · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
York Building Products Co Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting bars out of the grizzly with a torch. Employee sent another employee for a tape measure. When employee couldn't find tape measure in the truck, he got in truck and drove to get tape measure. Employee forgot that employee was using the torch that was attached to the truck. Torch jerked and twisted and struck the left wrist of employee that was using it.

2006 · 3 incidents

December 6, 2006 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
York Building Products Co Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking down steps at the sand tanks when he slipped on the ice covered steps. He went to catch himself with the hand rail and that was also ice covered which caused his hand to slip on rail. He bent his right index finger backward and fractured his finger.

July 26, 2006 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
York Building Products Co Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a hammer to dislodge rock from the grizzly when he developed discomfort in his left elbow. Diagnosed with an elbow strain.

January 17, 2006 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Co Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing off counterweight and strained his right upper arm and shoulder. Employee was wearing fall protection at time of occurence. Employee was diagnosed with strained right arm and placed on restricted work activity.

2003 · 1 incident

June 18, 2003 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Co Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS TAKING DAMAGED SCREENS OUT OF THE SHAKER. WHILE TAKING SCREENS OUT HE FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA.

2002 · 5 incidents

November 4, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Co Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR AND HAD TO LIFT THE TAIL WHEEL ONTO WELDING TRUCK. HE HAD ANOTHER HELPING HIM LIFT THE APPROX. 100# TAIL DRUM. WHILE LIFTING HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS LOWER BACK . DIAGNOSED WITH A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

October 8, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
York Building Products Co Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS SHOVELING SAND OUT OF SAND STORAGE TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE TANK AND BRUISED HIS LOWER BACK.

August 27, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products Co Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS MOVING A SPEED REDUCER FROM ONE SIDE OF SHOP TO THE OTHER USING THE LIFT & SLIDE METHOD. WHEN HE LIFTED TO SLIDE HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. HE WAS ALSO COMPLAINING O F PAIN IN HIS LOWER CENTER BACK.

April 15, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
York Building Products Co Inc. · Fall from machine

OPERATOR SLIPED OFF STEP EXITING CAB OF MACHINE FALLING ONTO A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER CONTACTING LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

April 6, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
York Building Products Co Inc. · Fall from machine

OPERATOR STEPPED OUT OF EXCAVATOR CAB ONTO TRACK STARTED TO STEP OFF OF TRACK ONTO THE NEX STEP EXITING THE MACHINE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON BUTTOCKS ABOUT 3 FEET. WENT TO DOCTOR 4/15/02. FIRST DAY OFF 4/16/02.

1996 · 1 incident

August 22, 1996 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cecil Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

TWO PANS COLLIDED ON HAUL ROAD.

1993 · 1 incident

February 2, 1993 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cecil Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING OFF ROAD DUMP TRUCK WHEN TRUCK BROKE IN CENTER BETWEEN DUMP AND CAB.

1989 · 1 incident

March 28, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cecil Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CLIMBING FROM EQUIPMENT.

1988 · 1 incident

October 27, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cecil Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MUDDY BANK WHILE CLEANING SCREEN STANDING ON PIPE.

1983 · 1 incident

July 5, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Mid-Atlantic Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRANKING PONY MOTOR ON CRANE CRANK KICKED BACK FRACTURING SMALL BONE RT HAND