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: 641 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
DORCHESTER PLANT has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$94K
proposed penalties
$71K
current assessed
$71K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $89K in penalties contested before the Commission, $66K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-29.
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.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$89K proposed, $66K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-11-23.
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.
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: 2009-10-14, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-02-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.9
0.48
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.3
0.16
Washer Operator
2004-02-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.75
0.33
Truck Driver
2004-02-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
2.48
0.22
Dredge/Barge 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.
DORCHESTER PLANT recorded 7.79 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.
7.79
total case rate
0.00
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 New Jersey, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.52 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 *
7.79
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
6.16
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
1
2010
2
2009
6
2008
11
2007
13
2006
12
2005
12
2004
12
2003
13
2002
16
2001
20
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
DORCHESTER PLANT sits in Cumberland County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Cumberland County, New Jersey · Population 152,915
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,499
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
This is being filed at the request of MSHA. On 3/31/10 torrential rains & flooding throughout S New Jersy overwhelmed the area surrounding the mine & ultimately engulfed the dredging pond. This regional flooding resulted in declaration of federal & state disaster areas. The mine dredging pond is not an impoundment. Co disputes any reportable accident. No impoundment, no failure.
2008 · 1 incident
July 7, 2008NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee stated that he was standing in the center of the truss support and hooked come-along to lower truss support stacker when truss came loose. His hand was caught in frame and that broke the middle finger in the middle of his right hand.
1998 · 1 incident
June 19, 1998NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
WHILE INSTALLING BELT WIPER ON FLAT CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING WIPER AND PULLING ON HOLDING SHAFT AT SAME TIME. WHILE PULLING SHAFT HE JAMMED FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT AND SIDE OF WIPER.