Mining Incidents

Tarburton Pit Metal/Non-Metal

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,746
proposed penalties
$9,627
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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 5,226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,918 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,136 1 1 880.3
2024 Q4 6,197 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,752 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,031 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,228 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 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.