Mining Incidents

Byrum Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Chuckatuck, Suffolk (City) County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407376

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
20
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,724
proposed penalties
$4,724
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
2024 Q4 1,945 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,549 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,191 3 1 940.1
2024 Q1 3,792 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,373 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,039 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,151 2 0 634.7
2023 Q1 3,613 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.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

May 30, 2024 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Suffolk Materials LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE was getting off the excavator. EE was walking down a ramp made out of sandy clay when EE lost footing and fell into the pit. EE's left shoulder contacted the ground, resulting in a cracked scapula & 5 broken ribs.