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1 PIT AND MILL: 77 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kevin Miles
Hiwassee, Pulaski County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4402828

1 PIT AND MILL has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1988–2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
77
citations
14
significant & substantial
$9,320
proposed penalties
$9,320
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See OXERRA AMERICAS, INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
1,382
inspection hours
5.6
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.
77 citations across 1,382 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

1 PIT AND MILL has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-17.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
68.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 79.2% moderate, 2.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2023-09-07, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
37
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz23
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (37)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.74 10 0.07 Pelletizer Operator
2023-09-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Bagging Operator
2023-09-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Ball Mill Operator
2023-09-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2021-07-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.56 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-07-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.87 Hammer Mill Operator
2021-07-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 Bagging Operator
2021-07-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.69 Bagging Operator
2021-07-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-02-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Cleanup Man
2018-02-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.6 10 0.06 Bagging Operator
2018-02-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.63 10 0.16 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-02-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.99 10 0.10 Packaging Operations Worker
2018-02-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.35 10 0.24 Packaging Operations Worker
2016-01-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.98 Bagging Operator
2016-01-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.52 Bagging Operator
2016-01-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.99 Bagging Operator
2016-01-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.42 Bagging Operator
2009-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 Ball Mill Operator
2009-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Bagging Operator
2009-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.82 Hammer Mill Operator
2009-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.76 Ball Mill Operator
2007-07-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.28 Hammer Mill Operator
2007-07-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.66 Hammer Mill Operator
2007-07-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.6 Hammer Mill Operator
2004-01-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.39 Hammer Mill Operator
2004-01-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.12 2.66 0.42 Ball Mill Operator
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.6 Ball Mill Operator
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.84 Ball Mill Operator
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.34 Hammer Mill Operator
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.11 Hammer Mill Operator
2003-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 1.92 0.42 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2001-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.16 0.17 Truck Driver
2001-04-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.83 Bagging Operator
2001-04-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.96 Bagging Operator
2001-04-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.23 Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2001-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.46 0.15 Backhoe Operator
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.

1 PIT AND MILL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.53 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
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
2020 * 10.05 5.02 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 4.11 4.11 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. Hoover Color Corp 1950 to 2016
  2. Oxerra Americas, Inc. 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 11
2023 21
2022 23
2021 23
2020 23
2019 23
2018 22
2017 22
2016 21
2015 22
2014 22
2013 28
2012 30
2011 34
2010 34
2009 35
2008 39
2007 44
2006 42
2005 44
2004 42
2003 40
2002 39
2001 37
2000 37
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

1 PIT AND MILL sits in Pulaski County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Pulaski County, Virginia · Population 33,771
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,767
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
2025 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 834 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,196 3 0 938.7
2024 Q2 8,022 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,838 1 1 101.6
2023 Q4 7,820 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,946 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 15,298 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 10,744 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,530 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,370 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 14,796 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 10,002 3 0 299.9
2021 Q4 9,653 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 11,587 2 0 172.6
2021 Q2 14,283 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10,030 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,810 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 11,621 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,867 1 1 127.1
2020 Q1 11,506 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,586 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 11,962 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,115 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 11,128 4 0 359.5
2018 Q4 8,964 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,887 1 1 91.9
2018 Q2 11,264 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11,081 1 1 90.2
2017 Q4 9,156 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,645 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 16,008 1 0 62.5
2017 Q1 11,844 4 2 337.7
2016 Q4 9,115 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 11,259 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,907 1 0 91.7
2016 Q1 10,487 1 0 95.4
2015 Q4 9,018 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,879 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 16,361 2 0 122.2
2015 Q1 10,628 1 0 94.1
2014 Q4 9,483 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 13,161 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 11,336 1 1 88.2
2014 Q1 10,296 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,170 1 0 98.3
2013 Q3 12,553 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 18,097 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 19,136 1 0 52.3
2012 Q4 15,053 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 16,910 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 16,677 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 17,399 3 0 172.4
2011 Q4 12,145 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 17,275 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 20,192 1 1 49.5
2011 Q1 19,633 1 0 50.9
2010 Q4 10,254 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 18,899 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 18,594 5 3 268.9
2010 Q1 16,726 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 15,622 2 1 128.0
2009 Q3 16,494 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 17,749 1 0 56.3
2009 Q1 16,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 16,564 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 20,306 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 19,684 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 19,149 2 0 104.4
2007 Q4 19,746 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 22,732 2 0 88.0
2007 Q2 22,321 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 23,089 3 0 129.9
2006 Q4 22,243 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 21,858 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 21,724 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 22,207 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 20,322 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 24,598 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 25,033 1 0 39.9
2005 Q1 20,716 1 0 48.3
2004 Q4 21,914 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 22,712 2 0 88.1
2004 Q2 21,832 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 18,440 3 0 162.7
2003 Q4 20,696 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 22,680 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 21,156 4 0 189.1
2003 Q1 19,395 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 20,075 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 20,145 1 0 49.6
2002 Q2 21,204 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 19,367 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 18,863 8 2 424.1
2001 Q3 18,455 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 18,536 2 0 107.9
2001 Q1 18,481 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 17,928 1 0 55.8
2000 Q3 19,772 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 21,010 1 0 47.6
2000 Q1 19,429 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2020 · 2 incidents

July 13, 2020 VA · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor MACHINERY
Oxerra Americas, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was drilling a hole in angel iron metal for door frame. Employee was not using the secondary handle during drilling. The drill spun around, twisting employee's right hand and striking EE on back of hand.

March 4, 2020 VA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oxerra Americas, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking through the drive/walkway between lab building and sample building on the premises. EE stumbled and fell on left wrist due to uneven pavement while walking to collect a sample container.

2017 · 1 incident

April 17, 2017 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oxerra Americas, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was placing a bulk bag on the unloader. It would not go up high enough to get the discharge spout over the hole to be able to untie the bulk bag. EE had untied the bag and was pushing over in the hole. EE fingers were pushed against the edge of the opening. The edge went between 2 fingers on left hand.

2015 · 1 incident

January 8, 2015 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Color Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was putting the dock board down and caught his 1st finger (right hand) between the dock board & dock. Employee was wearing gloves.

2013 · 1 incident

October 2, 2013 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Color Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped off of the weighing scale and right knee was hurting - said it "popped". Pain hurting all the way form knee to hip.

2012 · 1 incident

March 15, 2012 VA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Color Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking down driveway stepped off path onto grass instead of continuing on driveway, turned left ankle, lost her balance and fell down on right knee.

2009 · 1 incident

December 9, 2009 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Color Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that he bent over to stencil a bag, then felt a pain in his lower back. Employee had trouble straightening up. Employee reported incident at 7:45 a.m. and stated he felt better moving around, then returned to work. Employee was sent to hospital for evaluation at about 9:45 a.m.

2008 · 1 incident

June 27, 2008 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Color Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stretch wrapping a pallet of material and did not pay attention to where he had stationed/placed the portable pallet jack. Employee tripped over the pallet.

1993 · 2 incidents

November 18, 1993 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Color Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MAN TRIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON HIS ELBOW(LEFT)

August 13, 1993 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Color Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS REPAIRING STEAM LINE, IN AREA OF OLD BOILER (NOT IN SERVICE, BEING DISMANTLED). COVER FOR SUMP (12 X 18) HAD BEEN REMOVED. AREA WAS COVERED WITH 2" OF RAIN WATER. MAN STEPPED INTO OPEN SUMP HOLE.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 18, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Color Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING TARP AND STEPPED OFF LOAD OF TAILINGS BAGS AND TURNED ANKLE.

March 12, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Color Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS MOVING FIBER DRUM WITH MUTAL TOP AND RING CLIP OF RING CUT INSIDE OF PALM ON LEFT HAND.

March 9, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Color Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE MAINTENCE MAN WAS INSTALLING A HANGING CEILING IN OFFICE SLIPPED AND CUT ARM ON METAL STRIP.

1991 · 3 incidents

November 11, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoover Color Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BAGS,DEVELOPED HERNIA.

July 8, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Color Corp · Fall from machine

MAN WAS FUELING LOADER AT END OF SHIFT, SLIPPED AND BRUISED LEG BETWEEN TANKER AND LOADER.

February 20, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hoover Color Corp · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

EMPLOYEE CHANGED VBELT DRIVE UNIT ON MILL STARTED MILL & CUT OFF MILL MILL WAS SHUT OFF BUT STILL MOVING EMPLOYEE WAS CHOCKING BELT TENSIONS GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN MILL BELT & PULLEY

1988 · 1 incident

September 19, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hoover Color Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN LEFT LOADER RUNNING GOT OFF AS HE GOT BACK ON HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED & STRUCK FOOT CONTROLS OF BUCKET PINNING RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN BUCKET & LOADER ARM. MAN WAS WEARING SAFETY SHOES WHICH MI MIMIZED DAMAGE TO FOOT.