Mining Incidents

DORCHESTER PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by WHIBCO, Inc.
Port Elizabeth, Cumberland County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2800567

DORCHESTER PLANT has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1999–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,810
proposed penalties
$4,090
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,720 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
582
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: 582 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 $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 10 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-02.
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 528 1 0 1893.9
2025 Q3 553 2 0 3616.6
2025 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 494 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 521 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 518 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 533 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 524 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 516 1 0 1938.0
2022 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 537 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 687 1 0 1455.6
2021 Q2 1,002 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 997 1 0 1003.0
2020 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,041 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 940 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 797 1 0 1254.7
2019 Q3 1,138 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,053 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 951 2 0 2103.0
2018 Q4 1,117 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,092 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,110 1 0 900.9
2018 Q1 1,098 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,126 5 3 4440.5
2017 Q3 1,121 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,132 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,630 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,664 1 0 601.0
2015 Q3 1,655 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,622 1 0 616.5
2015 Q1 1,654 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,637 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,639 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,639 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,617 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,611 1 0 620.7
2013 Q3 1,662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,604 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,623 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,579 1 0 633.3
2011 Q4 1,615 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,513 1 0 660.9
2011 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,786 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,551 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,057 1 0 486.1
2009 Q3 1,550 9 1 5806.5
2009 Q2 1,666 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,940 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,673 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,723 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,924 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,036 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,374 2 0 842.5
2007 Q3 2,018 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,583 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,343 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,060 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,432 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,084 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,974 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,932 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,580 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,801 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,090 1 0 323.6
2004 Q3 2,471 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,505 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,492 7 2 2809.0
2003 Q4 2,449 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,167 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,040 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,481 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,019 1 0 495.3
2002 Q3 1,512 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,998 2 0 1001.0
2002 Q1 2,331 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,699 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,337 1 0 427.9
2001 Q2 2,112 1 0 473.5
2001 Q1 1,821 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,255 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,682 2 0 1189.1
2000 Q2 1,795 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,231 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2018 · 1 incident

January 17, 2018 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Whibco of New Jersey, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Audiometric Shifts Log

2006 · 1 incident

October 19, 2006 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Whibco of New Jersey, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sliding dolly off forklift onto truck when dolly slid off forks. He attempted to catch dolly to keep from landing on foot. Hurt right arm.

2000 · 1 incident

September 26, 2000 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Whibco Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING DUMP TRUCK AT WEATHERBY PIT, HIT A RUT IN DIRT ROAD WITH TRUCK TIRE. HEAD BOUNCED OFF ROOF OF CAB. CLAIMS HEAD, NECK AND BACK HURTS. CLAIMS SEAT BELT WAS ON BUT KEEPS LOOSE.

1999 · 1 incident

April 29, 1999 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whibco Inc · Fall from machine

EE HAD LOADED 950 LOADER ONTO FLAT BED TRAILER .WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF LOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND.

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The full compliance file on DORCHESTER PLANT

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.