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South State Inc Dredge & Plant: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

South State Inc · Surface
Controlled by Chester J Ottinger Jr
Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2800639

South State Inc Dredge & Plant has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
100
citations
22
significant & substantial
$29,420
proposed penalties
$27,602
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,819 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See South State Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
1,087
inspection hours
9.2
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.
100 citations across 1,087 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South State Inc Dredge & Plant has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $21K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-05.
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.
22.4%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
22.4%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.3% low, 77.6% moderate, 6.1% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 11 · 92%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 8%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
28%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$21K proposed, $15K 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 2005-10-04.
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 2005-129M Settlement Feldman 2006 $16K → $14K
YORK 2005-139M Dismissal Feldman 2006 $4K → $207
YORK 2005-125M Settlement Feldman 2006 $574 → $574
YORK 2006-1M Settlement Feldman 2006 $437 → $219
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: 2026-06-12
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-04-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. South State Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 4
2009 4
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

South State Inc Dredge & Plant sits in Cumberland County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Cumberland County, New Jersey · Population 152,915
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,499
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 589 2 0 3395.6
2026 Q1 601 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 686 2 0 2915.5
2025 Q2 611 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 603 1 0 1658.4
2024 Q4 692 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 742 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 621 2 0 3220.6
2024 Q1 549 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 726 4 2 5509.6
2023 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 583 4 0 6861.1
2023 Q1 501 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 730 4 0 5479.5
2022 Q3 651 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 599 1 0 1669.4
2022 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 681 4 0 5873.7
2021 Q3 685 3 0 4379.6
2021 Q2 643 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 538 2 0 3717.5
2020 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 703 2 1 2845.0
2020 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 547 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 705 2 0 2836.9
2019 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 659 4 0 6069.8
2019 Q1 551 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 710 2 0 2816.9
2018 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 662 2 1 3021.1
2018 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 541 3 1 5545.3
2017 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 605 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 491 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 628 3 1 4777.1
2016 Q3 723 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 491 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 452 1 1 2212.4
2015 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 589 5 2 8489.0
2014 Q3 495 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 72 2 1 27777.8
2013 Q3 279 4 1 14336.9
2013 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 300 2 0 6666.7
2011 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 110 1 0 9090.9
2010 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 388 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 314 1 1 3184.7
2009 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 182 6 4 32967.0
2008 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 944 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 690 1 0 1449.3
2007 Q3 974 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 846 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 922 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,036 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 782 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 766 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 498 2 0 4016.1
2005 Q1 448 11 2 24553.6
2004 Q4 401 3 2 7481.3
2004 Q3 645 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,054 4 1 3795.1
2004 Q1 318 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 452 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 645 2 0 3100.8
2003 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 693 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 598 3 0 5016.7
2002 Q1 418 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 681 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 796 3 1 3768.8
2000 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 332 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 14, 2005 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
South State Inc · Drowning

Accident victim was unexpectedly thrown from a boat when it capsized on the dredge pond.