Mining Incidents

Vienna Sand & Gravel: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chaney Enterprises LP
Rhodesdale, Dorchester County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800773

Vienna Sand & Gravel has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
41
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,528
proposed penalties
$12,528
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
24
inspections on record
312
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: 312 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Vienna Sand & Gravel has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-03.
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.
34.1%
significant & substantial
9.8%
high negligence or reckless
34.1%
reasonably likely or greater
68.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 90.2% moderate, 9.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2015-11-04, 10 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-11-04 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. Barnett Sand and Gravel LLC 2006 to 2012
  2. Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 10
2015 9
2014 7
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 7
2009 9
2008 8
2007 9
2006 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Vienna Sand & Gravel sits in Dorchester County, Maryland, 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.
Dorchester County, Maryland · Population 32,612
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,495
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
2016 Q1 1,756 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,250 1 0 307.7
2015 Q3 2,687 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,857 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,903 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,155 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 1,845 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,961 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,781 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,710 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,718 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,788 2 2 1118.6
2012 Q3 1,915 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 347 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,040 1 0 961.5
2011 Q1 1,077 3 1 2785.5
2010 Q4 4,391 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,570 2 1 560.2
2010 Q2 3,764 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,824 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,298 1 0 303.2
2009 Q3 2,828 1 0 353.6
2009 Q2 3,511 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,206 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,363 2 0 458.4
2008 Q3 4,922 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,626 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,693 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,421 8 4 1809.5
2007 Q3 3,982 11 3 2762.4
2007 Q2 4,965 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,526 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 774 7 3 9043.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

September 29, 2015 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was sliding forks in for a Genie GTH-844 Telehandler. After sliding the forks in, he let the front of the fork drop pinching his 5 digit of his right hand between the heel of the fork and the mast of the telehandler