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01 MINE: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roy D Simmons Jr
Glasgow, Rockbridge County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400067

01 MINE has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
26
Years on record
1983–2013
Latest incident
May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
191
citations
45
significant & substantial
$93,859
proposed penalties
$79,997
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,862 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rockbridge Stone Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
92
inspections on record
1,667
inspection hours
11.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
191 citations across 1,667 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

01 MINE has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$94K
proposed penalties
$80K
current assessed
$80K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
Of $72K in penalties contested before the Commission, $58K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
24.1%
significant & substantial
8.6%
high negligence or reckless
24.6%
reasonably likely or greater
72.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.5% low, 69.0% moderate, 8.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
81 citations taken to the federal commission · 42% of citations on record
  • Settled 74 · 91%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 7 · 9%
81%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 26 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$76K proposed, $59K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-07-28.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
VA 2007-36M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $50K → $40K
VA 2009-291M Settlement Koutras 2011 $4K → $4K
VA 2014-13M Settlement Gill 2014 $4K → $3K
VA 2009-187M Settlement Paez 2010 $2K → $2K
VA 2017-0019 Settlement Steele 2017 $2K → $2K
VA 2011-690M Settlement Barbour 2014 $2K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-09-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (25)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2023-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2014-08-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Mechanic
2014-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2014-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2010-05-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Building Repair/Maint.
2010-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2005-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.01 0.15 Washer Operator
2005-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.95 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.82 0.21 Truck Driver
2005-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 1.45 0.32 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.2 0.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-05-02 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 6.02 10 0.60 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

01 MINE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.37 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc 1950 to 1993
  2. Rockbridge Stone Products Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 11
2024 11
2023 11
2022 10
2021 10
2020 9
2019 12
2018 15
2017 15
2016 14
2015 14
2014 12
2013 12
2012 10
2011 9
2010 8
2009 7
2008 11
2007 10
2006 13
2005 10
2004 8
2003 7
2002 8
2001 10
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

01 MINE sits in Rockbridge County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Rockbridge County, Virginia · Population 22,578
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,975
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 5,585 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,747 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,315 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,836 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,080 1 0 164.5
2025 Q1 4,913 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,048 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,656 2 0 353.6
2024 Q1 4,948 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,631 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,196 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,195 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,164 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,950 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,032 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,811 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,952 2 0 403.9
2021 Q4 6,179 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,134 1 0 163.0
2021 Q2 4,965 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,635 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,642 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,324 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,020 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,019 1 0 199.2
2019 Q4 4,555 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,873 4 2 681.1
2019 Q2 6,925 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,729 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,450 1 1 155.0
2018 Q3 10,189 1 0 98.1
2018 Q2 7,947 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,591 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,275 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,952 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,508 1 0 133.2
2017 Q1 9,197 5 1 543.7
2016 Q4 7,377 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,258 9 4 972.1
2016 Q2 9,606 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,449 2 0 268.5
2015 Q4 9,209 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,885 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 9,051 5 1 552.4
2015 Q1 6,731 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,602 1 1 116.3
2014 Q3 6,068 2 1 329.6
2014 Q2 5,567 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,803 2 1 416.4
2013 Q4 7,873 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,861 3 1 617.2
2013 Q2 6,210 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,145 3 1 583.1
2012 Q4 6,098 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,278 5 1 1168.8
2012 Q2 5,971 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,984 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,426 2 0 451.9
2011 Q3 4,989 4 1 801.8
2011 Q2 5,286 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,563 1 0 280.7
2010 Q4 3,515 5 1 1422.5
2010 Q3 5,790 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,491 3 2 546.3
2010 Q1 4,111 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,101 2 0 327.8
2009 Q3 3,734 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 490 4 1 8163.3
2009 Q1 4,100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,366 5 2 1145.2
2008 Q3 5,829 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,843 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,624 4 0 603.9
2007 Q4 4,577 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,477 4 2 535.0
2007 Q1 5,584 15 1 2686.2
2006 Q4 6,557 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,389 22 8 2343.2
2006 Q1 7,972 2 1 250.9
2005 Q4 5,972 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,696 5 0 649.7
2005 Q2 5,954 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,611 4 1 867.5
2004 Q4 5,261 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,902 1 0 169.4
2004 Q1 3,951 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,665 1 0 214.4
2003 Q3 3,922 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,789 5 0 1319.6
2003 Q1 2,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,583 10 2 2791.0
2002 Q3 4,601 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,388 3 1 683.7
2002 Q1 4,428 9 1 2032.5
2001 Q4 5,274 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,086 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,568 11 2 1674.8
2001 Q1 3,971 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,849 9 0 1856.1
2000 Q3 4,827 2 1 414.3
2000 Q2 4,737 1 1 211.1
2000 Q1 5,376 5 2 930.1

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 12, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing hydraulic line on Volvo loader. He had raised the bucket, remove front cover, taken 3 bolts out of line. The line then blew off then the main boom cylinder came down on top of him pinning him between differential and boom causing accident.

Reportable incidents

25 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2013 · 1 incident

May 22, 2013 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Subject was not feeling well due to a accident at home that happened several weeks ago. Had a nail puncture right temple area.(reason behind calling rescue squad). Subject was sitting in break room; tingling in limbs, dizzy & light headed, tunnel vision, rapid pulse rate, heavy breathing, stumbling around. Subject said he felt like he was going to pass out.

2011 · 1 incident

July 15, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Person was attempting to threw block of wood onto conveyor, block was wet causing block to slip back and injure finger.

2006 · 1 incident

May 12, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Struck by flying object

The crusher was out of adjustment. EE went to put in return rotor and plate flew back and hit his thumb.

2005 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

June 10, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

1997 · 1 incident

April 4, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE EXCAVATOR ON THE TRACK. WHEN GETTING OFF HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLEANING THE DOOR WINDOW WHILE THE BED WAS COMING DOWN. HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE ROCK PROTECTOR.

June 7, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS WALKING IN HOT DUST ON FLOOR AT 810 BELTCONVEYOR. SUFFERED BURNS ON BOTTOM OF BOTH FEET FROM HOT DUST.

1995 · 1 incident

July 31, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE USING BAR TO LOSSEN MOTOR, BAR SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST WALL, RESULTING IN BRUSING BACK & ALSO CRACK 3 RIBS.

1993 · 1 incident

May 12, 1993 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS REMOVING ROCK LODGED IN SHUTE WHEN A ROCK FROM ABOVE CAME DOWN & HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, WHICH CUT LIP, REQUIRING 12 STITCHES.

1992 · 1 incident

February 5, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SHOVELING IN MILL FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIT FELL LANDING ON ROCK

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 4 incidents

July 26, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJ CYLINDER ON 82-40 TRACK DOZER. WAS THOUGHT NOT TO HAVE PRESSURE, RELEASED VALVE AND PRESSURIZED INTO LB SMITH INC EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

June 25, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPL CHANGING ROLLER & TRACK WHEELS.ROLLER SLIPPED AND MASHED EMPL FINGER

February 15, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRYING TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM DUMP TIRES WITH METAL BAR BAR SLIPPED CAUGHT HAND AGAINST TRUCK BODY

1989 · 1 incident

June 13, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MOUNTING TRUCK STEPS TO GET INTO TRUCK, TURNED WRONG AND TWISTED BACK.

1988 · 4 incidents

October 26, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SHOVELING SAYS HE HAD SOME DISCOMFORT SAYS HE TOLD SUPERVISOR APPROX 2 WEEKS LATER 11-10-88 HE WENT TO DR DR RELEASED ON 11-14-88 THEN APPROX 11-18-88 WENT BACK DR RELEASED AGAIN ON 1-25-89

September 27, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRUCK AND LATER PUSHING WHEELBARROW AND STARTED EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN.

August 29, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SHOVELING IN MILL CLEANING OUT PIT AND STRAINED BACK.

February 8, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF DUMP. EUCLID KEPT GOING OVER EDGE, FLIPPED AND ROLLED WITH EMPLOYEE STILL INSIDE.

1987 · 1 incident

March 17, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STEPPED OF0 AIR COMPRESSOR AND BACK GAVE AWAY.

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 2 incidents

May 20, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING CRUSHER FOR DAMAGE WITH THE ELECTRICITY OFF, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELTS BY HAND, HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO BELTS.

May 6, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lone Jack Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A ROCK LOOSE WITH STEEL BAR WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE, CAUSING BROKEN FRONT TOOTH.