Mining Incidents

Waldorf-MD Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chaney Enterprises LP
Waldorf, Charles County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800287

Waldorf-MD Sand & Gravel has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
47
Years on record
1983–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
37
significant & substantial
$28,381
proposed penalties
$23,705
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,676 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
79
inspections on record
1,732
inspection hours
8.9
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.
154 citations across 1,732 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Waldorf-MD Sand & Gravel has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
153 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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 6,630 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,256 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,170 2 0 278.9
2025 Q1 6,804 1 0 147.0
2024 Q4 6,781 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,657 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,047 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,534 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 7,908 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,620 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,871 5 0 563.6
2023 Q1 8,745 7 1 800.5
2022 Q4 8,332 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,298 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,211 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,261 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11,008 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,240 1 0 97.7
2021 Q2 10,302 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,703 4 0 459.6
2020 Q4 12,206 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,009 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,312 5 0 536.9
2020 Q1 11,507 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 11,837 4 2 337.9
2019 Q3 11,667 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 13,170 3 0 227.8
2019 Q1 11,240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,561 3 1 284.1
2018 Q3 12,623 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,810 6 2 555.0
2018 Q1 9,134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 11,212 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,910 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,632 8 2 633.3
2017 Q1 10,512 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,812 2 0 185.0
2016 Q3 12,915 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 12,887 3 2 232.8
2016 Q1 11,283 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 14,016 2 0 142.7
2015 Q3 12,974 2 0 154.2
2015 Q2 13,625 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,147 1 0 98.6
2014 Q4 11,321 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 10,665 1 0 93.8
2014 Q2 11,253 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,498 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,553 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 10,526 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,506 1 0 105.2
2013 Q1 9,329 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 10,531 2 0 189.9
2012 Q3 10,472 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 11,041 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 9,182 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,432 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,328 2 0 272.9
2011 Q1 7,028 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,454 2 1 236.6
2010 Q3 8,247 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,713 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,534 2 1 306.1
2009 Q4 8,622 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,808 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,524 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,059 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 12,081 1 1 82.8
2008 Q3 11,171 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10,940 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10,571 2 0 189.2
2007 Q4 12,147 5 1 411.6
2007 Q3 11,779 7 0 594.3
2007 Q2 14,773 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 12,631 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 13,104 2 0 152.6
2006 Q3 13,761 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 14,194 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 15,225 8 3 525.5
2005 Q4 14,497 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 15,824 4 1 252.8
2005 Q2 24,234 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 13,564 9 4 663.5
2004 Q4 16,825 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 13,705 5 1 364.8
2004 Q2 19,438 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,388 7 3 486.5
2003 Q4 13,090 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,653 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,158 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 11,263 2 0 177.6
2002 Q4 13,048 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 14,735 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,410 6 3 713.4
2002 Q1 9,970 4 0 401.2
2001 Q4 5,414 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,756 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,317 11 5 1322.6
2001 Q1 8,112 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,379 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,059 6 1 662.3
2000 Q2 7,300 3 1 411.0
2000 Q1 6,058 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

47 on file

2023 · 1 incident

May 26, 2023 MD · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Accident type, without injuries

Contractor maintenance work (installing a sheet metal patch) was being performed on a bin under a vibrating screen at the facility wash plant. Welding slag blew through exterior wall of bin, igniting combustible rubber liners inside bin, causing a fire which impacted the bin, a vibrating screen, four conveyor belts, and adjacent infrastructure.

2010 · 2 incidents

November 12, 2010 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing stairs to the sand and gravel plant when his foot slipped. He was holding onto the railings, so he did not fall, but reported that he twisted his right knee.

April 2, 2010 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee mechanic was at our mine site doing PM to our excavator #18. He was underneath the machine, on the ground in a squatting position, installing the belly pan twisting from side to side and in the process twisted his left knee.

2004 · 1 incident

June 25, 2004 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Struck by falling object

Grates used for guarding were stacked against a wall. He was trying to lift one that fell on the ground. It was partially under the others. As he lifted, the other started to fall forward. He caught them with his hands and thigh. They came to rest on his thighs and knee cap. No cuts, there was bruising and soreness to knee.

2002 · 1 incident

January 21, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Fall onto or against objects

HURT LOWER BACK STEPPING OFF MACHINE. TRACKS OF THE EXCAVATOR WERE WET AND MUDDY.

1998 · 1 incident

1997 · 10 incidents

December 24, 1997 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES:SHOVELING UNDER CONVEYOR BELT,FOOT BECAME STUCK IN THE WET SAND, PULLED ON LEG/FOOT AND INJURED LEG.

September 15, 1997 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHUNKING HOPPER-SLIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN GRATES.NO MEDICALL TREATMENT NEEDED. HOWEVER, MISSED TWO DAY OF WORK.

September 15, 1997 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVE BOLDERS ON TOP OF HOPPERS AND MISPLACED FOOTING AND TWISTED BACK.

July 17, 1997 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WORKINGOUTSIDE IN THE HEAT ON A DOZER AND NEARLY FELL OVER TO THE HEAT.

June 11, 1997 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES WALKING FROM WATERPUMP PLATFORM TO PLANT TOWER AND TWISTED FOOT.

June 9, 1997 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Fall from machine

EE TRIED CLIMBING UP ON HOPPER AND FELL. TRIED CATCHING HIMSELF W/HAND AND PULLED MUSCLES IN ARM/SHOULDER AREA.

April 20, 1997 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING PIPELINE ON THE DREDGE A PIECE OF PINE TREE GOT CAUGHT IN THE RIGHT EYE.

1994 · 6 incidents

November 26, 1994 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES: I WAS SITTING IN AD05 CAT DUMP BEING LOADED BY EE IN THE BIG CRANE WHEN ACHAIN IN THE CRAMES BUCKET BROKE CAUSING THE BUCKET TO SLAM INTO MY DUMP.

November 15, 1994 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATES WE MOVED A LOT OF STEEL BEAMS AND HEAVY STEEL OBJECTS ON 11-14/15/16-1994, I HAD NOTICED AFTER WORK MY LOWER BACK WAS VERY TIRED BUT NOT HURTING, TODAY IT BEGAN HURTING.

June 22, 1994 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING HOPPER OUT FOR NIGHT SHIFT. WALKING ON CRATE AND FOOT SLIPPED. NOT TOO MUCH PAIN AT FIRST NOW MORE PAIN OCCURRED.

June 15, 1994 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PUTTING CHAIN COVER ON NEW PLANT, HAND SLIPPED, HIT FINGER, RIPPING FINGER NAIL OFF.

March 8, 1994 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AT THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER AT THE PLANT LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED ON LADDER. HE FELL ON A PILE OF BANK RUNHITTING HIS ELBOW.

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 2 incidents

1989 · 3 incidents

January 25, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Charles County Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON GROUND UNDER CAT.615 PAN WHEN FUEL TRUCK PULLED ALONG SIDE TO REFUEL PAN. EMPLOYEE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN REAR TAMIUM WHEELS OF FUEL TRUCK-WHEN FUEL TRUCK PULLED ON I I RAN OVER EMPLOYEE LEFT FOOT.

January 6, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A FRAME BOLT ON 966-D CAT FRONT END LOADER WHEN BOLT BROKE EMPLOYEE FELL OFF MACHINE TO SHOP FLOOR CUTTING FOREHEAD

1988 · 5 incidents

September 13, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Charles County Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING DUMP TRUCK LOADED INTO WASH PLANT LOOKED TO RIGHT RAN UP O/N STOCK PILE TURNING DUMP TRUCK OVER ON R IGHT SIDE.

July 14, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Charles County Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE PULLED GRAVEL HOPPER DOWN, TO DRAIN WATER OUT OF TRUCK HE PULLED UP A HAUL STOPPED TO DRAIN WATER LOSS CONTROL, DRIFTED BACK STRUCK POLE WENT UP ON STOCK PILE LAID TRUCK OVER ON PASSE NGER SIDE.

1987 · 9 incidents

November 10, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Charles County Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A V-JOINT FROM TRUCK WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH HAMMER.

July 20, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Charles County Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF CONCRETE MIXER TRUCK. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF PULLED MUSCLES.

July 13, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Charles County Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE USING OPEN END WRENCH ON HYDRAULIC LINES UNDER FLOOR BOARDS WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED, CAUSING ABRASION TO BACK OF RIGHT HAND.

1986 · 1 incident

March 5, 1986 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Charles County Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING CHAIN UP ON SPROCKET AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK.

1983 · 4 incidents

February 28, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WS STANDING ON BACKHOE (KOEHNING) R EPACKING CYLINDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND

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