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Amrize Rappahannock Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Douge, King George County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4406471

Amrize Rappahannock Mine has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1995–2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
103
citations
13
significant & substantial
$17,001
proposed penalties
$16,654
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $347 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Amrize Mid-Atlantic Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
1,352
inspection hours
7.6
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.
103 citations across 1,352 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-01-13.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Amrize Rappahannock Mine has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $693 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-16.
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.
12.7%
significant & substantial
18.6%
high negligence or reckless
12.7%
reasonably likely or greater
56.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.9% low, 75.5% moderate, 18.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $693 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2021-03-23.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
VA 2021-0010 Settlement Sullivan 2021 $729 → $575
VA 2019-0013 Settlement McCarthy 2019 $311 → $118
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-09-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg22
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Washer Operator
2019-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2019-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.76 0.26 Cleanup Man
2004-11-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.63 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-11-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Amrize Rappahannock Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.37 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
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
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 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. Solite Corp 1988 to 1997
  2. Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc 1997 to 2011
  3. Amrize Mid-Atlantic Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 18
2025 18
2024 17
2023 17
2022 15
2021 12
2020 9
2019 9
2018 7
2017 10
2016 17
2015 17
2014 10
2012 3
2011 3
2010 5
2009 6
2008 9
2007 12
2006 12
2005 11
2004 12
2003 12
2002 8
2001 9
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Amrize Rappahannock Mine sits in King George 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.
King George County, Virginia · Population 27,468
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$110,517
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
2026 Q2 8,078 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 8,497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,331 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,292 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,957 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,684 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,593 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,648 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,582 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,119 1 0 123.2
2023 Q4 7,046 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,450 1 0 118.3
2023 Q2 6,662 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,187 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,596 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,419 2 1 269.6
2022 Q2 7,985 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,476 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,709 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,935 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,793 1 0 208.6
2021 Q1 4,311 3 1 695.9
2020 Q4 3,804 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,764 2 0 419.8
2020 Q2 4,568 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,359 2 0 458.8
2019 Q4 4,373 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,345 1 0 187.1
2019 Q2 4,584 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,389 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,462 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,524 2 0 567.5
2018 Q2 3,427 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,534 1 0 283.0
2017 Q4 4,022 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,609 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,392 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,486 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,577 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,370 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,852 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,462 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,817 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,299 2 0 317.5
2015 Q1 4,376 2 1 457.0
2014 Q4 2,853 3 0 1051.5
2014 Q3 885 2 1 2259.9
2012 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,028 13 0 12645.9
2011 Q2 1,323 2 2 1511.7
2011 Q1 1,734 1 0 576.7
2010 Q4 658 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 738 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,518 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,768 1 0 361.3
2009 Q4 2,740 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,926 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,013 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,079 1 0 324.8
2008 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,359 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,567 2 0 233.5
2007 Q4 6,443 1 0 155.2
2007 Q3 7,379 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,183 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,824 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,069 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,069 5 1 619.7
2006 Q1 7,518 3 0 399.0
2005 Q4 6,061 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,602 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,700 4 1 459.8
2005 Q1 7,531 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,800 5 0 735.3
2004 Q3 7,972 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,454 3 0 402.5
2004 Q1 7,126 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,985 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,837 1 0 146.3
2003 Q2 7,464 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,302 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,460 1 0 183.2
2002 Q3 8,634 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,086 2 1 282.2
2002 Q1 4,308 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,715 1 1 212.1
2001 Q3 6,246 3 0 480.3
2001 Q2 6,669 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,065 3 0 592.3
2000 Q4 5,392 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,532 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,228 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,210 1 0 237.5

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 1, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Solite Corp · Fall from machine

WASHING OUT BARGE LOADOUT SYSTEM. FELL FROM CONVEYOR BELT 30 FT ONTO WOODEN DECK. HEAD INJURIES.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 1 incident

February 15, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

scrapped arm (small cut) on mail box as employee walked by it.

2009 · 1 incident

August 26, 2009 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a razor knife to cut conveyor belt. As he was making the cut away from him the knife slipped cutting his left forearm. The resulting cut was approximately 1/2" in length.

2006 · 2 incidents

July 13, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Individual was splicing 36" conveyor belt utilizing a belt knife, slipped with knife and cut right leg upper thigh with tip causing 1/4" laceration. Individual was cutting with knife in a direction towards body instead of away from body.

April 12, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Lack of clear communication while attempting to tow a broke down truck. The towing truck backed up when it should have pulled forward and caught employee between vehicles.