Mining Incidents

Seashore Asphalt Corporation: 101 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Seashore Asphalt Corporation · Surface
Controlled by Mary Lou Ottinger
Petersville, Cape May County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2800961

Seashore Asphalt Corporation has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1993–2005
Latest incident
Apr 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
101
citations
32
significant & substantial
$19,290
proposed penalties
$17,029
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,261 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
51
inspections on record
617
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: 617 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Seashore Asphalt Corporation has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $796 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
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.
31.7%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
31.7%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.0% none, 7.9% low, 82.2% moderate, 8.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
YORK20020033M Settlement Bulluck 2002 $2K → $796
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: 2024-11-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2024-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2024-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.41 0.85 Washer Operator
2023-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2023-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-08-25 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Iron oxide fumes 0.13 20 0.01 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Manganese fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-08-25 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2022-08-25 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2015-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.62 0.23 Shovel 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.

Seashore Asphalt Corporation recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In New Jersey, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.63 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 9.43 9.43 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. Daley's Pit 1980 to 2010
  2. Daley's Pit 2011 to 2021
  3. Daley's Pit Holding Company LLC 2022 to 2024
  4. Seashore Asphalt Corporation 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 5
2015 5
2014 4
2013 4
2012 3
2011 6
2010 8
2009 7
2008 8
2007 11
2006 12
2005 11
2004 10
2003 7
2002 7
2001 6
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Seashore Asphalt Corporation sits in Cape May 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.
Cape May County, New Jersey · Population 95,236
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,046
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 2,432 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,060 5 0 2427.2
2025 Q4 3,318 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,030 2 0 660.1
2025 Q2 2,865 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,280 2 1 877.2
2024 Q3 2,055 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,808 2 1 1106.2
2024 Q1 963 3 2 3115.3
2023 Q4 1,960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,504 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,695 2 1 1179.9
2023 Q1 1,505 3 2 1993.4
2022 Q4 1,817 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,718 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,276 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,045 1 1 956.9
2021 Q4 1,381 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,744 1 0 573.4
2021 Q2 1,830 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,167 1 0 461.5
2020 Q4 2,106 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,174 2 0 920.0
2020 Q2 1,976 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,326 1 0 429.9
2019 Q4 1,814 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,242 2 0 892.1
2019 Q2 1,946 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,851 3 2 1620.7
2018 Q4 2,311 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,191 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,898 2 0 1053.7
2018 Q1 1,969 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,878 4 0 2129.9
2017 Q3 2,210 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,917 2 0 1043.3
2017 Q1 2,238 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,386 2 0 838.2
2016 Q3 2,777 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,798 2 1 714.8
2016 Q1 2,154 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,744 1 0 364.4
2015 Q3 2,408 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,405 1 1 415.8
2015 Q1 1,690 1 0 591.7
2014 Q4 2,682 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,081 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,460 1 0 406.5
2014 Q1 1,690 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,591 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,040 1 0 490.2
2013 Q2 1,838 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,431 2 1 1397.6
2012 Q4 2,031 2 0 984.7
2012 Q3 1,497 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,843 4 2 2170.4
2012 Q1 1,326 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,489 2 0 1343.2
2011 Q3 3,105 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,515 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,307 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,480 1 1 287.4
2010 Q3 3,054 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,639 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,206 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,019 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,905 5 1 1721.2
2009 Q2 3,439 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,642 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,782 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,092 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,200 21 9 6562.5
2008 Q1 3,356 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 361 2 1 5540.2
2007 Q3 3,031 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,497 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,941 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,477 1 0 182.6
2006 Q3 5,193 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,213 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,322 3 1 563.7
2005 Q3 6,119 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,419 2 0 369.1
2005 Q1 4,342 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,514 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,513 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,502 2 0 444.2
2004 Q1 3,941 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,688 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,568 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,944 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,977 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,179 1 0 239.3
2002 Q3 4,376 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,605 1 0 277.4
2002 Q1 2,890 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,612 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,365 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,705 5 4 1349.5
2001 Q1 2,718 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,858 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,768 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2005 · 1 incident

April 7, 2005 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Daley's Pit · Fall onto or against objects

Mechanic doing maintenance on excavator - finished and was climbing down ladder and slipped off rung and leg hit machine and caused a bruise which caused a blood clot. Grease on rubg of ladder caused him to slip.

2000 · 1 incident

August 3, 2000 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Daley's Pit · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONVEYOR ON WASH-SEPERATOR PLANT STOPPED. EE LIFTED GUARD TO CHECK-WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF POWER. HE TOUCHED CONVEYOR IT STARTED CATCHING TIP OF RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER CRUSHED TIP OF FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

August 28, 1998 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daley's Pit · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING FORK FROM WELDING TABLE. OVER-HEAD CHAIN HOIST WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR LIFTING. WHEN SETTING FORK ON GROUND, FINGERS GOT CAUGHT UNDER FORK.

1993 · 1 incident

December 7, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Daley's Pit · Struck against stationary object

LACERATION TO LEG AREA REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES HE WAS CLEANING OUT DUMP BODY WHEN CLIMBING OUT OF BODY SLIPPED AND CUT SKIN ON TRUCK.