Mining Incidents

Newport Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Newport, Cumberland County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2801007

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
164
citations
41
significant & substantial
$75,865
proposed penalties
$57,049
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 7,904 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,916 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,792 3 0 341.2
2025 Q1 5,562 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,921 2 0 289.0
2024 Q3 8,401 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,101 4 0 563.3
2024 Q1 8,587 2 0 232.9
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

2025 · 2 incidents

May 22, 2025 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

During installation of drive belts on Warman Pump employee received a laceration on left pinky finger. The belts had already been installed. Employee was manually turning the shiv to check belt tension when the tip of finger was pinched between one of the belts and the shiv. X-rays revealed a nondisplaced fracture.

April 12, 2025 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was taking a small boulder off of a locked-out conveyor. EE pinched the tip of right ring finger between the rock and the conveyor structure when removing the boulder. Stitches were needed for EE's fingertip.

2024 · 1 incident

June 11, 2024 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee felt pain in their lower back after shoveling clean rock. Employee was placed on work restrictions.

2020 · 1 incident

January 11, 2020 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While participating in an annual hearing exam employee experienced a threshold shift of greater than 10% in hearing.

2012 · 2 incidents

April 9, 2012 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

A Contractor employee was working on top of a silo performing of an abandoned plant. The injured worker fell off the 64' silo to the ground, as a result the injured worker suffered a broken neck

February 22, 2012 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The EE was standing on a 41" high conveyor frame using a torch to remove the walkway and handrails. The frame was positioned on the ground. While the EE was repositioning himself his foot slipped off the structure and went under on of the cross members. EE fell backwards, was upside down by 1 leg. EE sprained ankle and severe contusion to lower leg/sprained hip.

2011 · 1 incident

February 4, 2011 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was closing a pinch valve when he strained his left shoulder

2010 · 1 incident

September 28, 2010 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking, the injured EE tripped on a small pile of sand, lost his balance and fell to his hands and knees. The injured EE sustained a strained right shoulder and returned to work with restrictions and prescription medication.