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PLANT #2: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Georgetown, Sussex County, DE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0700113

PLANT #2 has $772 in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$772
proposed penalties
$470
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See M.L. JOSEPH SAND & GRAVEL INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
9
inspections on record
113
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: 113 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PLANT #2 has $772 in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 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.
$772
proposed penalties
$772
current assessed
$470
paid to date
$302
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-23.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-10-09
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Shovel Operator
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2024-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer 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.
Ownership history
  1. M.L. Joseph Sand & Gravel Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 7
2023 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT #2 sits in Sussex County, Delaware, 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, Delaware · Population 247,799
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,162
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 4,633 2 0 431.7
2026 Q1 4,788 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,300 1 0 232.6
2025 Q3 4,700 2 1 425.5
2025 Q2 4,890 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,334 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,577 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,918 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,460 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,565 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,096 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,734 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,402 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,777 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

May 28, 2024 DE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M.L. Joseph Sand & Gravel Inc. · Fall from ladders

Employee was removing one end of 10" rubber hose; employee removed the bolts on one side of the flange then EE moved ladder to remove remaining bolts. The hose sprung loose on bottom, knocked EE off ladder.