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Henderson-MD Sand & Gravel: 265 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chaney Enterprises LP
HENDERSON, Caroline County, MD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1800738

Henderson-MD Sand & Gravel has $95K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
2001–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
265
citations
74
significant & substantial
$95,180
proposed penalties
$78,490
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,690 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sustainable Land Use, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
1,222
inspection hours
21.7
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.
265 citations across 1,222 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-08-16.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Henderson-MD Sand & Gravel has $95K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$95K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$78K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
240 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $48K in penalties contested before the Commission, $31K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-08.
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.
28.2%
significant & substantial
17.9%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
68.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.1% low, 67.9% moderate, 17.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
46 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 46 · 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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$48K proposed, $31K 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 2004-09-22.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2004-66M Settlement Melick 2005 $18K → $11K
YORK 2004-65M Settlement Melick 2005 $16K → $10K
YORK 2005-1M Settlement Melick 2005 $9K → $6K
YORK 2004-67M Settlement Melick 2005 $5K → $3K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2025-03-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2025-03-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2024-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-11-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Washer Operator
2018-10-24 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.52 Truck Driver
2018-10-24 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.6 Backhoe Operator
2018-10-24 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.75 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-07-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Backhoe Operator
2010-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2003-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.89 0.65 Bagging Operator
2003-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.76 2.85 0.97 Bagging Operator
2003-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.86 0.34 Bagging Operator
2003-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.78 1.23 0.63 Bagging Operator
2003-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.26 1.62 0.78 Bagging 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.

Henderson-MD Sand & Gravel recorded 9.42 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.
9.42
total case rate
9.42
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 Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.46 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 * 9.42 9.42 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 7.47 7.47 0.000
2003 * 13.41 6.71 0.000
2002 * 22.85 5.71 0.000
2001 * 9.80 6.53 0.000
2000 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC 1996 to 2024
  2. Sustainable Land Use, LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 4
2024 6
2023 8
2022 6
2021 4
2020 4
2019 3
2018 10
2017 9
2016 7
2015 7
2014 5
2009 4
2008 9
2007 8
2006 9
2005 13
2004 26
2003 32
2002 32
2001 29
2000 29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Henderson-MD Sand & Gravel sits in Caroline County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Caroline County, Maryland · Population 33,406
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,368
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 0 1 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,493 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,109 2 1 643.3
2024 Q4 4,075 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,487 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,228 4 0 1239.2
2024 Q1 2,937 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,121 3 0 961.2
2023 Q3 3,122 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,275 4 1 1221.4
2023 Q1 4,246 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,005 2 0 665.6
2022 Q3 3,784 1 0 264.3
2022 Q2 1,789 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,662 2 0 751.3
2021 Q4 3,748 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,994 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,499 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,576 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,618 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,368 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,373 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 749 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 729 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 705 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 911 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 943 1 1 1060.4
2018 Q2 943 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 800 2 2 2500.0
2017 Q4 887 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 726 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 966 2 0 2070.4
2017 Q1 855 1 0 1169.6
2016 Q4 1,102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 812 2 1 2463.1
2016 Q2 622 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 709 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 814 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 818 1 1 1222.5
2015 Q1 694 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 813 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 1,429 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,225 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,616 1 0 178.1
2008 Q3 5,304 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,307 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,004 2 0 399.7
2007 Q4 5,529 9 3 1627.8
2007 Q3 4,367 3 0 687.0
2007 Q2 4,504 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,845 4 0 1040.3
2006 Q4 4,441 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,978 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,992 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,004 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,073 1 0 164.7
2005 Q3 7,881 2 2 253.8
2005 Q2 10,295 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,179 14 6 1950.1
2004 Q4 12,153 2 1 164.6
2004 Q3 11,601 47 14 4051.4
2004 Q2 16,207 1 1 61.7
2004 Q1 13,614 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 16,320 16 6 980.4
2003 Q3 20,288 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 18,048 42 12 2327.1
2003 Q1 4,991 2 0 400.7
2002 Q4 15,006 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 17,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 18,270 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 19,341 3 0 155.1
2001 Q4 17,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 15,748 18 6 1143.0
2001 Q2 13,161 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 14,931 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 13,983 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 15,494 2 0 129.1
2000 Q2 16,002 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 16,530 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 23, 2008 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting out of his loader when his feet slipped on the mud on the step. He caught himself from falling off loader with his right arm and sprained his right shoulder.

2007 · 1 incident

October 25, 2007 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE alleges he was dismantling the shaker for replacement (catwalk).

2006 · 1 incident

June 12, 2006 MD · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE alleges while he was cutting a piece of tubing with a cut-off wheel, the blade got pinched and the piece of steel moved. As it moved, he grabbed the steel and the blade went across his left thumbnail and side of thumb cutting it.

2004 · 2 incidents

May 5, 2004 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

STEPPED BACKWARD AND FELL OVER A PALLET ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS IN A SAND BAGGING OPERATION. NOTE: CHANEY ENTERPRISES LTD WAS NOT THE OPERATOR AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. MIKE DAVIDSON WAS THE OPERATOR. CHANEY ENTERPRISES LTD TOOK OVER THE OPERATION ON MAY 14, 2004.

April 6, 2004 MD · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object

Wind blowing into eyes although he was wearing safety glasses metal flew in his left eye.

2003 · 4 incidents

November 20, 2003 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING REPAIR BEARING ON SHAKER WHEN THE COME-ALONG HOLDING BEARING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE BEARING FELL, SMASHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

March 5, 2003 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SAND PLANT WHEN HIS LEFT HAND WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF STEEL.

January 24, 2003 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND MOVING A PIECE OF MACHINERY WHEN IT ROLLED ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

2002 · 8 incidents

August 29, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A METAL GRINDER ON A METAL SURFACE WHEN E FRAGMENT WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

August 26, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN DEBRIS WONT INTO HIS EYE.

June 21, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HOOKING A PIPE UP TO WATER PUMP WHEN THE PIPE FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG FRACTURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

June 14, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING IN THE BAGGING BUILDING WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE SHOULDER BY A FALLING CHIPPING HAMMER.

May 23, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON EQUIPMENT WHEN HE GOT DEBRIS IN HIS EYES.

May 15, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING A FORKLIFT ON THE TRAILER. WHEN HE GOT OFF THE FORKLIFT HE SLIPPED IN HYDRAULIC FLUID AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

May 3, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF, PULLING MUSCLES IN HIS TORSO.

February 26, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON LOG WASHER WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT. THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HSI RIGHT HAND WAS BROKEN.

2001 · 3 incidents

November 6, 2001 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Shore Sand and Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A GRINDER ON A METAL SURFACE. THE GRINDER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH CAUSING A 2" GASH.