Mining Incidents

Chesapeake Minerals Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David J Stewart
Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800823

Chesapeake Minerals has $906 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
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$906
proposed penalties
$906
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
5
inspections on record
101
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: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chesapeake Minerals has $906 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.
$906
proposed penalties
$906
current assessed
$906
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 8,871 1 0 112.7
2025 Q3 6,720 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,804 3 1 440.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 4, 2026 MD · Metal/Non-Metal plumber, pipefitter, millwright HANDLING OF MATERIALS
York Building Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Removing a rubber liner in valve, right pinky got pinched in the valve.

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