Mining Incidents

CERTIFIED QUARRY: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tilcon New York Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Stanhope, Morris County, NJ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2800490

CERTIFIED QUARRY has $1K 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
6
Years on record
1991–2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,089
proposed penalties
$1,089
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
97
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: 97 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CERTIFIED QUARRY has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-11-28.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2001-11-28, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-11-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.79 0.24 Washer Operator
2001-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.85 0.21 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.

CERTIFIED QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In New Jersey, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.38 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
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 4.05 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Certified Aggregates Company Inc 1950 to 1984
  2. R A Hamilton Corp 1984 to 1994
  3. Certified Aggregates 1994 to 1999
  4. Tilcon New York Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 0
2003 3
2002 11
2001 19
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CERTIFIED QUARRY sits in Morris 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.
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 510,375
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$134,929
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q3 1,370 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,595 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,762 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,827 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,771 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,991 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,237 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 14,499 1 0 69.0
2001 Q3 13,401 5 3 373.1
2001 Q2 12,391 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,082 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,834 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,110 2 0 165.2
2000 Q2 10,798 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,747 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

October 20, 2001 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tilcon New York Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING OUT A CRUSHER WITH A PRY ROD. EE ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS MOUTH WITH PRY ROD CRACKING THREE 3 TEETH.

1999 · 2 incidents

September 11, 1999 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Tilcon New York Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CROUCHED DOWN W KNEES BENT. EE WENT TO STAND UP & FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE

July 20, 1999 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Tilcon New York Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

UNKNOWN - BACK INJURY

1998 · 2 incidents

July 6, 1998 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Certified Aggregates · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

REMOVING HYDRAULIC LINE ON LOADER, EE WAS SPRAYED IN LEFT EYE WITH HYDRAULIC OIL. NE SAFETY GLASSES WORN.

March 19, 1998 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Certified Aggregates · Fall from ladders

FELL OFF LADDER. FELL APPROX. 4 TO 5 FEET. INJURY SUSTAINED TO RIGHT ELBOW AND FOREARM.

1991 · 1 incident

April 19, 1991 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R A Hamilton Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WHILE PREPARING CONVEYOR BELT FOR INSTALLATION INTO A CHUTE FOR WEAR AND NOISE RESISTANCE. HE WAS STANDING ON THE PLATFORM AND REACHED UP TO RECEIVE THE PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT AND THEN STEPPED BACK ONTO THE PLATFORM PUTTING HIS LEFT FOOT ON A PIECE OF WOOD CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL 10 FEET FROM CATWAY WALKWAY.