Somerset Metal/Non-Metal

General Shale Brick, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Wienerberger AG

Somerset, Orange County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4400214

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Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$685

proposed penalties

$685

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
2005 Q3	442	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	522	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	245	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	482	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	467	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	467	3	1	6424.0
2003 Q4	237	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	237	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.

1 on file

June 2, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

General Shale Webster Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was driving a loaded pan around a turn and the pan flipped over and his foot got caught under the rollover protection and crushed his foot.