Pocomoke City Sand & Gravel has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1984–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
13
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,153
proposed penalties
$1,886
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $267 gap.
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: 442 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pocomoke City Sand & Gravel has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $635 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-04-07.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 54% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 86%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 14%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $635 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 2011-08-23.
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: 2015-07-09, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2015-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2015-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2010-06-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Shovel Operator
2010-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.88
0.27
Truck Driver
2010-06-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.02
0.23
Truck Driver
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.
Pocomoke City Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.
Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.95 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
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
7.81
7.81
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
8.09
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
2017
11
2016
11
2015
11
2014
11
2013
14
2012
15
2011
18
2010
16
2009
11
2008
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pocomoke City Sand & Gravel sits in Worcester County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Worcester County, Maryland · Population 53,279
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,455
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
2017 Q2
5,721
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
6,805
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,690
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,291
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,675
1
0
149.8
2016 Q1
5,734
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
5,590
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,010
0
0
0.0
Show 30 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2
5,828
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,823
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,071
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,181
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,220
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,528
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
5,980
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,206
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,939
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,504
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6,398
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,464
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,032
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,728
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,402
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
10,346
1
0
96.7
2011 Q2
6,694
1
0
149.4
2011 Q1
6,997
1
1
142.9
2010 Q4
9,327
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,342
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,607
2
0
262.9
2010 Q1
7,104
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,993
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,282
2
0
318.4
2009 Q2
5,542
5
1
902.2
2009 Q1
6,918
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,802
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,475
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,382
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,537
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2012 · 1 incident
October 15, 2012MD · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was attempting to trim urethane skirt board rubber with a utility knife in his left hand, the knife tracked inwards toward his body cutting his left leg.
2009 · 1 incident
September 3, 2009MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was welding on the dredge cutterhead teeth when he lifted his shield to reposition the fan & got airborne debris in his eye.
2008 · 1 incident
August 13, 2008MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was preparing an old pump house cleanout that was worn on one end to weld. Using a wire brush to remove the rust, he moved his pinky finger along the sharp end causing a laceration requiring stitches.
1991 · 1 incident
May 23, 1991MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF WINCH OF D7 DOZER. GROUND WAS WET AND UNEVEN CAUSING EE TO STUMBLE. HE EXTENDED HAND TO BRACE HIS FALL AND BRUISED HAND ON TREE STUMP NO INITIAL DISCOMFORT EE REPORTED DISCOMFORT SEVERAL DAYS LATER NO MEDICAL TREATMENT NECESSARY AFTER 3 WEEKS NO IMPROVEMENT IN DISCONFORT. MEDICAL TREAT SOUGHT ON 6-7-91 X RAYS REVEALED MINOR FRACTURE DR PRESCRIBED 2 WEEKS
1990 · 1 incident
July 9, 1990MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER TRYING TO REMOVE A BROEKN BOLT FROM THE BASE OF A WATER PUMP WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON AN OVERHANG FROM THE BUILDING SIDEWALL. THE BLOW KNOCKED HIS HARD-HAT OFF. WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT THE VERY SAME SPOT CAUSING A ONE INCH LACERATION ACROSS AN AREA SLIGHTLY ABOVE HIS FOREHEAD. WE SENT HIM TO THE MEDICAL CENTER TO GET CHECKED OUT. THE LACERATION
1984 · 2 incidents
November 5, 1984MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
WHILE MAKING HYDRAULIC REPAIR TO A CASE UNILOADER EMP WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WITH CRANE BOOM THROWING HIM FORWARD INTO THE FRA ME OF THE UNILOADER AND LANDING ON THE GROUND EMP WAS INJURED O ON HIS MID TORSO WITH CUTS AND BRUISES
November 5, 1984MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
WHILE MAKING A HYDRAULIC REPAIR TO A CASE UNILOADER, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WITH CRANE BOOM, THROWING HIM FORWARD INTO THE FRAME OF THE UNILOADER AND LANDING ON THE GROUND. EMPLOYE W AS INJURED ON HIS MID-TORSO WITH CUTS AND BRUISES.
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