Mining Incidents

FAULKNER SITE Metal/Non-Metal

Ridgely, Caroline County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800810

FAULKNER SITE has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $361 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
37
citations
15
significant & substantial
$16,022
proposed penalties
$9,348
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,674 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
12
inspections on record
234
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: 234 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FAULKNER SITE has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $361 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$361
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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 4,102 1 0 243.8
2025 Q3 4,391 1 0 227.7
2025 Q2 4,890 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,097 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,310 1 0 188.3
2024 Q3 5,342 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,511 1 0 181.5
2024 Q1 5,384 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,434 4 1 902.1
2023 Q3 4,957 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,442 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,776 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,344 8 1 5952.4
2022 Q3 2,856 5 3 1750.7
2022 Q2 2,885 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,250 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,460 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,060 14 9 6796.1
2021 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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