Mining Incidents

Tarburton Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Pennsy Supply Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Dover, Kent County, DE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0700093

Tarburton Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1992–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,897
proposed penalties
$9,627
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,270 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
1,018
inspection hours
4.8
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.
49 citations across 1,018 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tarburton Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 6 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
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
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 4,373 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,893 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,148 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,445 1 1 183.7
2024 Q4 7,492 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,894 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,414 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,187 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,663 2 0 300.2
2023 Q3 7,864 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,724 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,934 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,785 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,958 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,435 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,553 2 1 360.2
2021 Q4 6,601 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,064 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,986 1 0 143.1
2020 Q4 7,584 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,374 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,840 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,882 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,983 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,491 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,210 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,478 2 0 446.6
2018 Q3 5,421 2 1 368.9
2018 Q2 4,878 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,087 2 1 489.4
2017 Q4 3,253 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,911 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,722 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,482 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,223 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,938 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,408 1 0 184.9
2016 Q1 3,988 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,928 2 1 405.8
2015 Q3 3,881 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,984 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,245 2 1 471.1
2014 Q4 3,623 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,621 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,158 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,820 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,542 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,820 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,884 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,808 1 0 208.0
2012 Q4 6,501 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,544 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,092 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,965 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,074 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,208 3 0 576.0
2011 Q2 5,179 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,919 6 2 1219.8
2010 Q4 4,406 3 0 680.9
2010 Q3 3,837 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,012 2 0 399.0
2010 Q1 5,165 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,493 2 1 308.0
2009 Q3 6,284 10 2 1591.3
2009 Q2 5,880 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,501 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,332 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,519 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,565 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,904 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,433 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,737 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,487 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,417 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,277 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,993 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,352 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,955 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,089 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,544 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,318 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,708 1 0 149.1
2004 Q2 6,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,183 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,752 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,234 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,108 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,789 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,905 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,875 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,596 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,309 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,024 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,183 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,997 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,835 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,208 1 0 161.1
2000 Q2 9,118 1 0 109.7
2000 Q1 8,682 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 9, 2024 DE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Pennsy Supply Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was using a drill to put screws in a wooden deck while laying on their back under the deck and applied too much pressure while pushing the drill. The employee overextended the tendon in their finger causing a strain.

2023 · 1 incident

April 6, 2023 DE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsy Supply Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Slip while entering a skid steer.

2013 · 1 incident

June 27, 2013 DE · Metal/Non-Metal dispatcher OTHER
Pennsy Supply Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered seizure in office for unknown reasons, not work related.

2011 · 1 incident

September 20, 2011 DE · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsy Supply Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting and moving a sump pump from the waste pit to the service water pump house. When lifting the pump he felt a pull in his back muscle.

2010 · 1 incident

October 8, 2010 DE · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Pennsy Supply Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hired Hauler driver was in his truck on the scale. He retrieved his ticket from the weigh master and returned to his truck. When the vehicle did not move, someone approached the truck and found the driver slumped over the seat. He was unresponsive. CPR was begun and an ambulance was called.

2003 · 1 incident

July 15, 2003 DE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tilcon Delaware · Fall onto or against objects

WORK BOAT WAS PULLED ON TO ONE SAND BAR BY CABLE FLIPPING THE BOAT, EE JUMPED FROM BOAT STRIKINGHIS HEAD ON EDGE OF BOAT DOCK, THIGH ON SIDE OF BOAT.

2000 · 1 incident

July 17, 2000 DE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tilcon Delaware · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CUT AND FASTEN 3 SECTIONS OF 2 PLY BELTING TO A 72' LONG PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. THE TWO EMPLOYEES CARRIED THE BELTING AND ANGLE IRON UP THE PLANT. FIRST EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED INJURED UP THE STAIRS. INJURED THEN WENT TO THE PLANT OFFICE AND STATED THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

August 23, 1993 DE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tilcon Delaware Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE MOVING OF A SCREEN DECK STRTUCTURE WHEN THE DECK WAS IN PLACE EE MOUNTED THE DECK TO UNFASTEN RIGGING LINES HE SSLIPPED INTO AN OPENING IN THE DECK & LACERATED HIS LEFT KNEE THE OPENING WAS FOR A MOTOR MOUNT THAT HADBEEN REMOVED

1992 · 1 incident

March 26, 1992 DE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tilcon Delaware Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ON THE DREDGE PREPARING TO DO SOME BASIC START UP MAINTENANCE HE OPENED THE HATCH DOOR TO GET TOOLS. THE DOOR IS VERY HEAVY AND AS HE WAS CLOSING IT THE DOOR SLIPPED FROM HIS GROSP AS I T FELL CLOSED IT STRUCK AND FRACTURE HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

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The full compliance file on Tarburton Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.