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MARYLAND MINERALS: 67 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Beverly A Critchfield
Accident, Garrett County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800348

MARYLAND MINERALS has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1988–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
14
significant & substantial
$8,657
proposed penalties
$8,512
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $145 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Maryland Minerals Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
714
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: 714 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MARYLAND MINERALS has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $818 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-16.
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.
20.9%
significant & substantial
7.5%
high negligence or reckless
20.9%
reasonably likely or greater
59.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.8% low, 59.7% moderate, 7.5% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 89%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 11%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $818 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 2012-05-31.
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 2012-182M Settlement Koutras 2012 $926 → $518
YORK 2010-83M Settlement Melick 2011 $300 → $300
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: 2026-08-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg25
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2007-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.49 0.43 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. Garrett Minerals Corp 1950 to 1980
  2. Maryland Minerals Inc 1980 to 1991
  3. Maryland Minerals Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 6
2022 5
2021 5
2020 4
2019 5
2018 5
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MARYLAND MINERALS sits in Garrett County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garrett County, Maryland · Population 28,713
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,031
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 2,300 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,401 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,027 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,486 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,093 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,291 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,959 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,735 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,065 2 0 968.5
2024 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,686 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,235 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,797 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,842 1 0 542.9
2022 Q3 1,568 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,630 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,055 2 0 1895.7
2021 Q4 2,345 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,429 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,254 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 764 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,033 3 0 1475.7
2020 Q3 2,041 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,176 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 759 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,154 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,167 2 0 922.9
2019 Q1 773 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,613 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,372 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,790 5 2 2793.3
2018 Q1 752 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,182 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,132 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,641 2 2 1218.8
2017 Q1 395 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,442 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,344 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,671 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 346 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,536 2 0 1302.1
2015 Q3 1,638 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,871 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 267 1 0 3745.3
2014 Q4 1,402 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,719 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,734 2 0 1153.4
2014 Q1 594 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,630 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,593 2 0 1255.5
2013 Q1 591 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,272 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,094 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,817 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,179 5 1 4240.9
2011 Q4 1,528 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,668 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,761 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 582 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,727 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,991 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,453 8 0 5505.8
2010 Q1 582 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,567 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,714 3 2 1750.3
2009 Q2 1,590 2 0 1257.9
2009 Q1 874 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,152 1 0 464.7
2008 Q2 1,937 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,903 3 0 1576.5
2007 Q3 2,218 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,851 2 1 1080.5
2007 Q1 1,144 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,511 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,247 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,972 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 689 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,215 2 1 1646.1
2005 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,831 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,732 1 0 577.4
2004 Q3 2,238 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,932 3 1 1552.8
2004 Q1 532 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,931 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,725 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,050 4 1 1951.2
2003 Q1 436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,508 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,467 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,133 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 88 4 1 45454.5
2001 Q4 1,928 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,756 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,694 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,823 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,625 2 1 761.9
2000 Q2 2,807 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 944 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2020 · 1 incident

November 6, 2020 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Maryland Minerals Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping to flip the blow Bars at the Hazemag crusher area; pounding out wedges. A piece of metal flew out of the area where they were hammering, hit employee in the left arm, and became embedded in the arm.

2003 · 1 incident

November 10, 2003 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Maryland Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A FOOT VALVE USING A COME-ALONG WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 30, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEEL CABLES WERE BEING TIED THRU CONCRETE BARRIERS TO FORM A FOUNDATION FOR A RAMP. EE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING THE CABLES THROUGH THE BARRAIERS WHEN A CABLE GOT STUCK. EE PULLED HARD ON THE C ABLE. IT BROKE AND FLEW BACK INTO HIS FACE CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS RIGHT EYE.

February 7, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maryland Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS USING TORCHES TO CUT OLD MOTORS OFF. HE STEPPED BACK & TRIPPED OVER A PIECE OF STEEL.

1992 · 1 incident

December 9, 1992 MD · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maryland Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME WALKING TO OFFICE TO OPEN UP FOR MORNING. SLIPPED ON ICE AND LANDED FLAT ON BACK.

1989 · 1 incident

April 25, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Maryland Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND AND DRIVER HAD HIS L ARM STUCK IN WHEEL BRUISED SOFT TISSUE IN L ARM

1988 · 3 incidents

October 13, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINGER GOT STUCK IN HANDLE USED TO CLOSE BIN.

August 25, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED A STEEL BAND OUT OF SJOME SCREENS THAT IT WAS STUCK IN AND IT SNAPPED UP AND HIT INJ ON BACK OF R. HAND CUTTING IT.

July 22, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED SAID HE GOT AN HERNIA FROM MOVING A BIG ROCK BY HAND.THE ROCK WAS IN FRONT OF THE SHOVEL TRACK AND WE SLID THE ROCK OUT OF THE WAY.IT WAS TWO TO THREE WEEKS TILL HE FOUND OUT HE HA D A HERNIA.