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.
Rate withheld: 408 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Albion Plant has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$165
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-15.
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.
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: 2006-04-05, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.23
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2006-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
2.7
0.21
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2006-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.09
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.95
0.18
Truck Driver
2005-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.59
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.84
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.7
0.24
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2005-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2004-07-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.42
Bulldozer 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.
Albion Plant recorded 8.56 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
8.56
total case rate
8.56
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.05 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
2008 *
8.56
8.56
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
6.83
6.83
0.000
2005 *
15.65
15.65
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
0
2010
2
2009
3
2008
11
2007
12
2006
12
2005
9
2004
7
2003
5
2001
7
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Albion Plant sits in Stafford County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Stafford County, Virginia · Population 160,520
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$133,792
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
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
2,349
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,847
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,893
1
0
528.3
2009 Q1
0
1
0
2008 Q4
5,028
2
1
397.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3
5,688
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,230
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
6,415
4
0
623.5
2007 Q4
7,906
5
0
632.4
2007 Q3
9,034
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,917
4
0
578.3
2007 Q1
5,684
3
0
527.8
2006 Q4
6,545
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
9,167
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,679
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,884
2
0
290.5
2005 Q4
6,304
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
7,602
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,518
1
0
153.4
2005 Q1
5,128
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,579
2
0
304.0
2004 Q3
3,757
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,933
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,659
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,950
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
3,266
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,717
3
0
807.1
2000 Q4
3,202
5
1
1561.5
2000 Q3
4,750
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,826
1
0
207.2
2000 Q1
3,728
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2008 · 1 incident
February 28, 2008VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Operator had previous back injury 15 years ago. Operator was driving CAT 350 haul truck on rough road and complains of back pain. Operator is out pending examination and treatment for pain.
2006 · 1 incident
February 6, 2006VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While repairing Powerscreen 1400 employee slipped & lost footing. He then grabbed machine to hold his balance & caused injury to his right arm.
2005 · 2 incidents
July 21, 2005VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ennstone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Tripple and over water hose and fell on concrete landing on left knee.
July 13, 2005VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
Ennstone Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
While working on grizzly he was bitten by a spider on left leg calf muscle.
2004 · 2 incidents
November 2, 2004VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ennstone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
AFTER BEING LOADED WITH SAND, DRIVER WAS CLEANING THE TAILGATE WHEN THE TAILGATE FELL CATCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE GATE AND THE TRUCK BODY.
September 21, 2004VA · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON