Mining Incidents

Southern Pines Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sam Viola
Portsmouth, Chesapeake (City) County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407346

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Mar 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
40
citations
15
significant & substantial
$19,596
proposed penalties
$17,196
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 549 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 569 1 0 1757.5
2025 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 797 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 347 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 534 3 0 5618.0
2024 Q1 98 1 0 10204.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

March 18, 2021 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Vico Construction Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Employee operating a John Deere bulldozer drove over a raised berm, landing in a 10'-15' non-sloped ditch. EE was unrestrained at the time of the accident resulting in a fractured left foot and right shoulder contusion.