Data / Mines / Maryland / Chesapeake Minerals
Chesapeake Minerals: 7 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Chesapeake Minerals is an active quartz, ground surface mine in Cecil County, Maryland, operated by York Building Products Co Inc with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1800823). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 7 citations and orders there with $906 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1800823
- Status
- Active since May 21, 2025
- Main commodity
- Quartz, ground
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Cecil County, Maryland
- Nearest town
- Port Deposit
- Operator
- York Building Products Co Inc
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Kutztown PA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 7
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (14.3%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $906
- Amount paid so far
- $906
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 50
- Citations per inspection
- 1.40 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- May 8, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | $604 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | $302 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Chesapeake Minerals
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.5001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Chesapeake Minerals
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Chesapeake Minerals describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Other open mines in Cecil County, Maryland
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvedere Plant | York Building Products Co Inc | Cecil County, MD | Construction sand and gravel | 28 | 56 |
| Principio Quarry | York Building Products Co Inc | Cecil County, MD | Crushed, broken granite | 25 | 19 |
| Cecil Plant | York Building Products Co Inc | Cecil County, MD | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 18 |
| Perryville Plant | York Building Products Co Inc | Cecil County, MD | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 16 |
| Elk Mills Quarry | Allan Myers Materials, MD | Cecil County, MD | Crushed, broken granite | 32 | 15 |
| Furnace Bay Plant | Stancills Inc | Cecil County, MD | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 6 |
| North East Quarry | Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC | Cecil County, MD | Crushed, broken granite | 31 | 5 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.