Mining Incidents

Newport Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Newport, Cumberland County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2801007

Newport Plant has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
167
citations
42
significant & substantial
$75,865
proposed penalties
$57,049
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,816 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
79
inspections on record
1,311
inspection hours
12.7
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.
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-23.
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 7,904 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,916 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,792 3 0 341.2
2025 Q1 5,562 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,921 2 0 289.0
2024 Q3 8,401 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,334 4 0 480.0
2024 Q1 8,587 2 0 232.9
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,486 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,062 1 0 99.4
2023 Q2 8,940 2 0 223.7
2023 Q1 9,171 3 0 327.1
2022 Q4 8,564 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,857 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,531 3 0 459.3
2022 Q1 7,665 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,742 4 2 457.6
2021 Q3 7,518 3 1 399.0
2021 Q2 8,591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,626 3 1 452.8
2020 Q4 7,788 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,171 5 2 545.2
2020 Q2 6,002 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,903 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,025 4 1 498.4
2019 Q3 8,825 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,811 3 1 384.1
2019 Q1 5,738 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,462 4 0 536.0
2018 Q3 7,332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,644 6 3 784.9
2018 Q1 6,010 3 1 499.2
2017 Q4 7,010 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,829 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,725 2 0 258.9
2017 Q1 5,823 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,418 1 0 134.8
2016 Q3 6,108 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,470 5 1 772.8
2016 Q1 4,412 5 2 1133.3
2015 Q4 7,928 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,283 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,987 2 0 286.2
2015 Q1 4,663 2 1 428.9
2014 Q4 6,828 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,914 1 0 126.4
2014 Q2 5,682 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,619 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,811 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,835 3 0 438.9
2013 Q1 5,973 2 0 334.8
2012 Q4 6,764 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,616 19 12 2494.7
2012 Q1 8,291 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,020 2 0 221.7
2011 Q3 7,987 3 1 375.6
2011 Q2 7,898 1 0 126.6
2011 Q1 7,982 7 0 877.0
2010 Q4 8,373 3 0 358.3
2010 Q3 7,746 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,212 8 2 1109.3
2010 Q1 5,377 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,522 5 1 664.7
2009 Q3 6,439 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,914 17 1 3459.5
2009 Q1 4,409 5 3 1134.0
2008 Q4 4,897 3 1 612.6
2008 Q3 7,019 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,279 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,027 1 0 165.9
2007 Q4 6,244 3 2 480.5
2007 Q3 6,786 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,983 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,782 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,489 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,751 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,522 1 0 283.9
2006 Q1 4,005 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,625 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,045 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,010 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,669 1 0 272.6
2004 Q4 3,541 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,847 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,838 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,309 1 0 302.2
2003 Q4 3,352 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,204 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,998 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,359 4 0 917.6
2000 Q3 4,738 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,443 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

May 22, 2025 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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, 2025 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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, 2024 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee felt pain in their lower back after shoveling clean rock. Employee was placed on work restrictions.

2020 · 1 incident

January 11, 2020 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While participating in an annual hearing exam employee experienced a threshold shift of greater than 10% in hearing.

2012 · 2 incidents

April 9, 2012 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

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, 2012 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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, 2011 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was closing a pinch valve when he strained his left shoulder

2010 · 1 incident

September 28, 2010 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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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