Mining Incidents

Sahara Sand of Eagleswood Inc Metal/Non-Metal

West Creek, Ocean County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2801003

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2003–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
103
citations
30
significant & substantial
$42,809
proposed penalties
$24,002
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 9,593 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,078 1 0 99.2
2025 Q2 9,688 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,946 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,442 1 0 105.9
2024 Q3 8,968 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,204 3 0 936.3
2024 Q1 5,977 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

8 on file

2024 · 1 incident

February 12, 2024 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EE was in process of cleaning up job site from winter maintenance. Placing pieces of angle iron when left thumb came in contact with a steel burr on the angle iron. Thumb laceration.

2022 · 1 incident

November 3, 2022 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was transferring 55-gal drums from dredge to the boat. They fell on top of the barrel cutting their face, requiring stitches and injured their leg

2011 · 1 incident

September 1, 2011 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting heavy parts while rebuilding a dredge pump. No contributing conditions.

2009 · 1 incident

September 14, 2009 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was straddled on top of washer, washing the screw out. He called twice to man below to start the screw. Leg caught in the screw. Broken and lacerated leg below the knee.

2005 · 2 incidents

November 10, 2005 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing coupler from motor shaft with an impact gun, put wrench on with impact gun & when the bolt broke loose the wrench spun around hitting EE's hand causing lacerations.

January 18, 2005 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee doing maint/ welding; chipping weld and a piece of slag went into eye.

2004 · 1 incident

May 27, 2004 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER SCALES USING POWER WASHER. LAID DOWN WAND TO USE SHOVEL AND PICKED UP WAND ON POWER WASHER WITH RIGHT HAND. FINGERS HIT TRIGGER CAUSING WAND TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. TRIED TO GRAB WAND WITH LEFT HAND AND SPRAY FROM WAND HIT LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER CAUSING CUT AND FRACTURE OF INDEX FINGER.

2003 · 1 incident

March 3, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagles Lake Reserve Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING HAMMER TO KNOCK OFF FROZEN MATERIAL FROM CONVEYOR AT GROUND & HIT HIS RIGHT HAND WITH HAMMER.