Mining Incidents

Porter Sand & Gravel, Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Stacey R Sizemore
Harrington, Kent County, DE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0700110

Porter Sand & Gravel, Inc. has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $407 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
57
citations
15
significant & substantial
$8,398
proposed penalties
$7,991
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $407 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
42
inspections on record
450
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: 450 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Porter Sand & Gravel, Inc. has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $407 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$407
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
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 1,081 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,314 1 0 761.0
2025 Q2 1,002 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 910 2 0 2197.8
2024 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,022 1 0 978.5
2024 Q1 851 1 0 1175.1
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,123 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,038 1 1 963.4
2023 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 591 3 0 5076.1
2022 Q3 1,434 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,406 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,352 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 254 3 1 11811.0
2021 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 295 1 0 3389.8
2020 Q2 255 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 662 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 778 1 0 1285.3
2019 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 857 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,081 2 0 1850.1
2018 Q2 1,539 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,462 4 0 2736.0
2017 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,281 3 0 914.4
2017 Q1 2,971 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,033 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,459 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,221 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,920 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,999 1 0 333.4
2015 Q3 3,855 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,082 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,481 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,133 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,141 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,227 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,776 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,795 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,196 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,712 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,159 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,835 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,872 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,913 1 0 522.7
2012 Q1 2,155 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,929 3 1 1555.2
2011 Q2 3,185 1 0 314.0
2011 Q1 2,085 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,306 1 0 433.7
2010 Q3 4,258 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,150 1 0 241.0
2010 Q1 3,124 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,364 23 11 6837.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 15, 2012 DE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Porter Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured EE was changing brakes on truck. Brake EQ. slammed together and EE's thumb was caught between. EE pulled finger out causing fracture.

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