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: 853 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
FRANKLIN QUARRY has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 3 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$6
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $716 in penalties contested before the Commission, $716 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 33%
Stood as issued
2 · 67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$716 proposed, $716 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2019-01-27.
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: 2024-01-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
Fibers, >5um3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-01-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-01-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Utility Man
2023-04-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-11
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2022-05-11
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-11
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Backhoe Operator
2018-11-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.61
10
0.06
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-11-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.91
10
0.19
Washer Operator
2018-05-15
Fibers, >5um
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-15
Fibers, >5um
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-05-15
Fibers, >5um
0.02
Drill Operator, Rotary
2014-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2009-11-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
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.
FRANKLIN QUARRY recorded 3.36 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
3.36
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New Jersey, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.60 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
2025 *
3.36
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
9.41
4.70
0.000
2020 *
5.59
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
24
2025
23
2024
20
2023
19
2022
16
2021
18
2020
16
2019
17
2018
16
2017
15
2016
17
2015
15
2014
12
2013
11
2012
9
2011
6
2010
5
2009
3
2008
2
2007
1
2006
2
2004
0
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
FRANKLIN QUARRY sits in Sussex County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Sussex County, New Jersey · Population 145,117
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$114,316
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
2026 Q2
16,121
1
0
62.0
2026 Q1
12,724
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
16,413
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
15,282
2
1
130.9
2025 Q2
15,346
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
12,456
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
14,949
1
0
66.9
2024 Q3
12,962
0
0
0.0
Show 78 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
12,395
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
10,375
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
11,491
2
0
174.0
2023 Q3
12,243
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
12,294
2
0
162.7
2023 Q1
10,597
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,426
1
0
106.1
2022 Q3
10,089
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
10,468
1
0
95.5
2022 Q1
10,787
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
12,116
1
0
82.5
2021 Q3
10,575
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
10,930
1
1
91.5
2021 Q1
8,906
1
0
112.3
2020 Q4
11,235
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
9,474
3
0
316.7
2020 Q2
7,599
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,458
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
11,278
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
10,737
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
11,398
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,125
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
10,916
1
1
91.6
2018 Q3
10,660
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
8,377
1
0
119.4
2018 Q1
7,710
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
10,619
3
1
282.5
2017 Q3
11,416
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
9,110
2
0
219.5
2017 Q1
6,360
1
0
157.2
2016 Q4
10,583
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
11,650
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
10,951
2
0
182.6
2016 Q1
9,741
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
11,100
2
0
180.2
2015 Q3
12,750
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
9,345
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,119
1
1
163.4
2014 Q4
8,928
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,192
2
1
278.1
2014 Q2
7,349
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,367
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,586
4
2
607.3
2013 Q3
7,004
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,248
3
1
413.9
2013 Q1
5,200
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
7,229
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,618
4
1
712.0
2012 Q2
4,807
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,547
1
0
281.9
2011 Q4
3,874
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,483
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,349
1
0
298.6
2011 Q1
1,964
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,670
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,243
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,007
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,123
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,200
3
1
937.5
2009 Q3
2,637
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,300
2
0
1538.5
2009 Q1
701
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,173
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,433
1
0
697.8
2008 Q2
1,416
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
542
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
590
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
589
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
587
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
400
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
27
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2025 · 1 incident
February 27, 2025NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While throwing out shards of metal a piece of metal got caught on the employee's glove, ripping it causing a small piece of metal to become embedded in employee's hand
2021 · 2 incidents
March 1, 2021NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was cutting zip ties off of plate press bags using a utility knife when they cut the palm of left hand requiring 3 stiches.
2020 · 1 incident
January 30, 2020NJ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Braen Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was attempting to place take-up bearing onto shaft then the bearing slipped and pinned miner's middle finger between concrete floor and bearing resulting in a fracture of the tip of the miner's middle finger. No surgery necessary, light duty accommodated.
2014 · 1 incident
July 23, 2014NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee slipped while walking out of a tunnel and put his wrist down to break the fall. He has a fractured right wrist.
2011 · 1 incident
December 6, 2011NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE slipped and fell while fueling crushing equipment. EE has a sprained lumbar-sacral sprain with radiculitis and a sprained rotator cuff.
1986 · 1 incident
February 11, 1986NJ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON