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.
167 citations across 1,311 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Newport Plant has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$76K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
162 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $49K in penalties contested before the Commission, $30K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-03.
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.
45citations taken to the federal commission · 27% of citations on record
Settled
35 · 78%
Stood as issued
5 · 11%
Vacated or withdrawn
5 · 11%
88%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
39%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$49K proposed, $30K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2019-08-18.
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: 2024-12-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (43)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-12-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-12-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
Utility Man
2024-04-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2023-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.58
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
1.82
Truck Driver
2016-12-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2016-12-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-05-19
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Arsenic fumes
5.88
1500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Copper fumes
1.96
300
0.01
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Iron oxide fumes
0.26
20
0.01
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Lead fumes
12.61
450
0.03
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Magnesium oxide fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Manganese fumes
0.02
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-05-19
Zinc oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.31
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-11-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.42
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.86
0.24
Washer Operator
2003-09-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2003-09-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2000-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.04
0.16
Mechanic
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.
Newport Plant recorded 12.43 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.
12.43
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 *
12.43
0.00
0.000
2024 *
6.20
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
6.93
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
17
2025
19
2024
18
2023
15
2022
17
2021
14
2020
14
2019
14
2018
14
2017
14
2016
13
2015
13
2014
13
2013
14
2012
17
2011
16
2010
14
2009
12
2008
13
2007
11
2006
8
2005
8
2004
7
2003
7
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Newport Plant sits in Cumberland County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Cumberland County, New Jersey · Population 152,915
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,499
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
During installation of drive belts on Warman Pump employee received a laceration on left pinky finger. The belts had already been installed. Employee was manually turning the shiv to check belt tension when the tip of finger was pinched between one of the belts and the shiv. X-rays revealed a nondisplaced fracture.
April 12, 2025NJ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was taking a small boulder off of a locked-out conveyor. EE pinched the tip of right ring finger between the rock and the conveyor structure when removing the boulder. Stitches were needed for EE's fingertip.
2024 · 1 incident
June 11, 2024NJ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A Contractor employee was working on top of a silo performing of an abandoned plant. The injured worker fell off the 64' silo to the ground, as a result the injured worker suffered a broken neck
February 22, 2012NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The EE was standing on a 41" high conveyor frame using a torch to remove the walkway and handrails. The frame was positioned on the ground. While the EE was repositioning himself his foot slipped off the structure and went under on of the cross members. EE fell backwards, was upside down by 1 leg. EE sprained ankle and severe contusion to lower leg/sprained hip.
2011 · 1 incident
February 4, 2011NJ · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While walking, the injured EE tripped on a small pile of sand, lost his balance and fell to his hands and knees. The injured EE sustained a strained right shoulder and returned to work with restrictions and prescription medication.
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