Mining Incidents

Berlin Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Williamstown Junction, Camden County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2800615

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2003–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
102
citations
24
significant & substantial
$18,713
proposed penalties
$17,899
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 5,239 1 0 190.9
2025 Q3 862 1 0 1160.1
2025 Q2 4,662 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,905 3 1 768.2
2024 Q3 4,332 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 545 2 1 3669.7
2024 Q1 4,599 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 601 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

10 on file

2018 · 1 incident

January 10, 2018 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE was rebuilding slurry pump at booster EE took rubber guard off of hub seal on pump and laid it on ground next to work area as EE continued to perform task EE tripped on rubber guard and fell on stump and injured lower right side of back and cracked a rib.

2013 · 1 incident

September 23, 2013 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was working on the classifier and had the steel cover opened on the station. The cover fell on and lacerated his left middle finger. EE received six sutures to his middle finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2010 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The office clerk injured her right wrist when she was moving a box of ticket paper into piece to feed the printer. A wrist splint was applied to support her sprained wrist.

July 30, 2010 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The ee was cutting a piece of rubber with his right hand. He was cutting away from his body and out his left pointer finger (was holding the rubber in place with his left hand) Resulted in taking off distal of left pointer. Work status is restricted duty, must keep clean, dry and covered. Wear finger splint. Follow up on Monday 8/2/10.

2008 · 1 incident

January 21, 2008 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was walking and did not notice he was standing on ice, the ice was covered with sand. The ice broke and he went down to his shins and jarred his back.

2006 · 1 incident

February 25, 2006 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE stepped in grease before mounting equipment. When EE was climbing ladder to the truck, his foot slipped on step. He held on with one arm and bumped his arm into the trucks fire extingusher holder.

2005 · 1 incident

May 9, 2005 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

A loading truck was off of the loading road and had his truck stuck in a loading area.Our loader operator was unaware of the vehicle directly behind him and as he backed was unable too see truck and made direct contact.No damage to loader still waiting on quotes for truck.The only injury was a neck strain to loader operator.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 2 incidents

August 8, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE WORKBOAT PULLING ON POWER CABLE FOR DREDGE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE STRIKING HIS KNEE AGAINST BOAT AND TWISTING HIS BACK.

January 14, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF DREDGE PLATFORM AND TWISTED RIGHT FOOT ON WASH HOSE BREAKING LOWER BONE IN RIGHT FOOT.