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Sahara Sand of Franklin: 71 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sahara Sand Inc. · Surface
Williamstown, Gloucester County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2801012

Sahara Sand of Franklin has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2007–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
71
citations
16
significant & substantial
$14,277
proposed penalties
$13,776
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $501 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sahara Sand Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
52
inspections on record
771
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: 771 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sahara Sand of Franklin has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 2 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $939 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-02.
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.
22.5%
significant & substantial
23.9%
high negligence or reckless
22.5%
reasonably likely or greater
40.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.5% low, 53.5% moderate, 23.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $939 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 2019-10-13.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2016-0143 Settlement Paez 2017 $1K → $818
YORK 2020-0006 Settlement Rae 2020 $121 → $121
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-03-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-12-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-12-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Mechanic
2009-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2004-03-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 Mechanic
2004-03-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader 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.

Sahara Sand of Franklin recorded 9.97 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.
9.97
total case rate
9.97
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 * 9.97 9.97 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 9.95 9.95 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.
Ownership history
  1. Sahara Sand Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 9
2023 11
2022 10
2021 10
2020 9
2019 8
2018 7
2017 7
2016 7
2015 8
2014 7
2013 8
2012 8
2011 9
2010 9
2009 8
2008 10
2007 11
2006 10
2005 11
2004 10
2003 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sahara Sand of Franklin sits in Gloucester County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Gloucester County, New Jersey · Population 304,504
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$102,807
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 5,660 1 0 176.7
2026 Q1 5,644 3 1 531.5
2025 Q4 4,582 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,871 1 0 205.3
2025 Q2 5,580 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,026 2 1 397.9
2024 Q4 4,413 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,664 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,175 2 0 386.5
2024 Q1 5,248 2 0 381.1
2023 Q4 5,294 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,618 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,606 2 0 356.8
2023 Q1 5,340 1 0 187.3
2022 Q4 5,063 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,638 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,592 1 0 178.8
2022 Q1 5,530 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,244 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,968 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,652 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,948 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,085 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,970 2 1 503.8
2019 Q4 3,965 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,886 1 1 257.3
2019 Q2 3,840 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,621 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,174 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,566 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,700 1 0 270.3
2018 Q1 3,728 1 1 268.2
2017 Q4 3,786 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,680 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,753 4 0 1065.8
2017 Q1 3,713 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,838 2 0 521.1
2016 Q3 3,955 3 1 758.5
2016 Q2 3,677 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,158 2 0 633.3
2015 Q4 4,234 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,096 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,334 3 1 692.2
2015 Q1 4,379 3 0 685.1
2014 Q4 3,823 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,337 1 0 230.6
2014 Q2 4,039 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,302 1 0 232.5
2013 Q4 4,457 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,242 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,264 1 0 234.5
2013 Q1 3,489 1 1 286.6
2012 Q4 3,764 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,486 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,030 2 0 496.3
2011 Q4 3,975 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,343 5 0 1151.3
2011 Q2 4,267 2 1 468.7
2011 Q1 4,153 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,229 2 1 472.9
2010 Q3 3,946 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,820 1 0 261.8
2010 Q1 4,269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,394 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,548 6 5 1691.1
2009 Q2 3,641 1 1 274.6
2009 Q1 3,181 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,423 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,390 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,758 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,882 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,858 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,336 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,406 4 0 907.9
2007 Q1 5,509 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,847 1 0 206.3
2006 Q2 4,463 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,163 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,162 1 0 240.3
2005 Q3 4,856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,272 1 0 189.7
2005 Q1 4,752 2 0 420.9
2004 Q4 6,075 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,307 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,881 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,776 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 22, 2025 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Sand Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was re-routing a cable on the port side of the dredge when wind caused the dredge to shift, resulting in movement of the port side swing sheave, which struck the employee in the face. As a result, the employee sustained a facial laceration and a broken jaw.

2024 · 2 incidents

December 23, 2024 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Sand Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got sand in their eyes behind the safety glasses.

March 26, 2024 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sahara Sand Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Putting hostings together using pipe wrenches, felt pop/tightness in R chest area. Strained of muscle and tendon of front wall of thorax

2010 · 1 incident

June 24, 2010 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sahara Sand Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was holding a wrench while another employee was tightening the nut. The wrench came up and pinched his finger.

2009 · 2 incidents

April 2, 2009 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sahara Sand Inc. · Fall from machine

Normal conditions - employee stepping down from piece of equipment injured foot

January 28, 2009 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Sahara Sand Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting, torching, grinding. Normal conditions. Debris to eye

2008 · 2 incidents

December 11, 2008 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Sahara Sand Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Normal conditions - Individual was hosing under sand plant - hit head (with hardhat) on an 8" water pipe. Individual was looking down and did not see the pipe.

June 9, 2008 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Sand Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Normal conditions for a June day. Individual climbed a new, wet, sand pile from the base. Feet got stuck in the sand and individual strained knee when tried to pull out feet. Sand pile was at a normal angle of repose with no unusual conditions.

2007 · 1 incident

May 2, 2007 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sahara Sand Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Area around the C33 stacker was muddy & EE was walking to & from the compound putting tools away got foot stuck in mud & pulled it free & sprained his right ankle.