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Appomattox Quarry: 121 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Appomattox, Appomattox County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4402973

Appomattox Quarry has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1991–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
121
citations
31
significant & substantial
$86,574
proposed penalties
$62,336
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24,238 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rogers Group Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
1,666
inspection hours
7.3
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.
121 citations across 1,666 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Appomattox Quarry has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $74K in penalties contested before the Commission, $46K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
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.
25.8%
significant & substantial
15.8%
high negligence or reckless
25.8%
reasonably likely or greater
56.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.7% low, 72.5% moderate, 15.8% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
67%
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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$74K proposed, $46K 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 2015-05-07.
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 2012-506M Settlement Feldman 2014 $69K → $45K
VA 2015-0207 Withdrawal Simonton 2015 $3K → $0
VA 2012-116M Settlement Koutras 2013 $784 → $509
VA 2012-478M Settlement Koutras 2013 $327 → $327
VA 2013-128M Settlement Koutras 2013 $190 → $127
VA 2012-170M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $100 → $100
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: 2026-05-19
4%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
42
samples
26
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz211 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Show the individual readings (42)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.07 1.72 1.20 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 2.44 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.9 2.94 0.31 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.98 2.5 0.39 Utility Man
2024-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-08-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Utility Man
2022-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-08-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2022-08-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.47 10 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Washer Operator
2021-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2021-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2021-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 2.87 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-01-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.62 0.73 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 3.04 0.25 Ball Mill Operator
2009-03-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Utility Man
2009-03-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-03-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Truck Loader
2009-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 2.47 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.7 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1.67 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2005-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 2.5 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.39 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.37 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1.67 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.41 1.53 0.92 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 2.21 0.24 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.88 2.41 0.78 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 2.33 0.18 Backhoe 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.

Appomattox Quarry 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
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 * 11.03 5.51 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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. Appomattox Lime Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Appomattox Lime Company 1989 to 2026
  3. Rogers Group Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 16
2025 18
2024 17
2023 14
2022 13
2021 12
2020 13
2019 12
2018 20
2017 16
2016 16
2015 18
2014 18
2013 18
2012 17
2011 18
2010 19
2009 20
2008 19
2007 20
2006 20
2005 20
2004 18
2003 17
2002 21
2001 21
2000 21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Appomattox Quarry sits in Appomattox County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Appomattox County, Virginia · Population 16,424
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$62,337
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 9,121 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 8,865 1 0 112.8
2025 Q4 9,036 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,734 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,847 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,359 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,150 1 0 109.3
2024 Q3 8,769 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,414 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,940 1 0 111.9
2023 Q4 8,278 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,027 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,913 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,594 1 0 131.7
2022 Q4 6,527 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,852 3 3 437.8
2022 Q2 6,474 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,132 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,013 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,868 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,862 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,231 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,549 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,841 1 0 127.5
2020 Q2 7,855 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 8,306 3 2 361.2
2019 Q4 6,384 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,107 1 1 163.7
2019 Q2 7,367 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,380 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,110 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,091 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,788 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,788 1 0 147.3
2017 Q4 6,393 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,808 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,515 1 0 133.1
2017 Q1 9,476 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,020 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,791 1 0 102.1
2016 Q2 9,117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,142 3 0 420.1
2015 Q4 9,847 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,975 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 9,139 2 0 218.8
2015 Q1 8,650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10,257 3 1 292.5
2014 Q3 12,659 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,970 5 3 501.5
2014 Q1 9,848 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,054 5 1 497.3
2013 Q3 9,148 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,866 1 0 101.4
2013 Q1 10,049 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 10,606 2 1 188.6
2012 Q3 8,873 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,581 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10,219 3 0 293.6
2011 Q4 10,322 1 0 96.9
2011 Q3 11,871 5 1 421.2
2011 Q2 9,369 3 1 320.2
2011 Q1 8,819 3 2 340.2
2010 Q4 9,658 4 0 414.2
2010 Q3 8,718 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 10,127 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,151 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10,133 3 0 296.1
2009 Q3 10,413 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 10,157 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 9,772 5 2 511.7
2008 Q4 11,588 6 1 517.8
2008 Q3 10,353 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,522 3 0 260.4
2008 Q1 11,372 3 1 263.8
2007 Q4 11,371 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,014 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11,105 1 0 90.0
2007 Q1 11,367 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11,716 1 0 85.4
2006 Q3 11,346 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11,145 1 0 89.7
2006 Q1 11,727 1 0 85.3
2005 Q4 11,401 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 11,613 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,747 2 0 186.1
2005 Q1 9,928 1 0 100.7
2004 Q4 8,741 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,083 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,746 5 1 465.3
2004 Q1 9,211 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,462 8 2 845.5
2003 Q3 8,296 4 2 482.2
2003 Q2 10,024 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,486 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,209 2 0 195.9
2002 Q3 10,449 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,075 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,107 1 0 90.0
2001 Q4 10,490 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,341 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 11,112 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 11,344 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,894 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,517 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,998 3 2 272.8
2000 Q1 10,610 2 1 188.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 22, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck by falling object

The operator was using and excavator to lift a load and the material slipped on the employees hand when employee tried to put lifting strap under load.

2024 · 3 incidents

October 2, 2024 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appomattox Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to unplug a dust bin chute when the material shifted causing pain in EE's lower right back. The incident did not involve any equipment or compliance issues. It also did not involve job skill, proficiency, training, PPE or protective devices.

May 7, 2024 VA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator OTHER
Appomattox Lime Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee arrived onsite and parked in the employee parking lot to start EE's workday. EE was experiencing what was described as chest pain and shortness of breath. EMS was called and the employee was transported to the local hospital for tests and observation. Note: the employee did not exit EE's personal vehicle and did not clock in for EE's shift.

January 2, 2024 VA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator MACHINERY
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While attempting to reposition the flange holes of a 12" HDPE pump line, the EE removed the last bolt and the pump line shifted and hit EE in the lower left leg. The incident did not involve any equipment or compliance issues. It also did not involve job skill, proficiency, training, PPE or protective devices.

2014 · 1 incident

November 6, 2014 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck by falling object

Employee reported that metal plate he had just cut, fell on his foot just above the steel toe.

2013 · 1 incident

September 23, 2013 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee reported that he was driving rebar into the ground with a sledge hammer when his swing missed causing the top of his right hand to come in contact with second piece of rebar. Injury resulted in 13 stitches.

2012 · 1 incident

April 6, 2012 VA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appomattox Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling under jaw crusher. Employee was bending over and twisting when he felt pain in lower back.

2011 · 1 incident

March 19, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was welding on excavator bucket supported by three pieces of wooden cribbing. Bucket was attached to excavator. Two of the three pieces of cribbing split causing the bucket to suddenly drop. Employee was struck in the knee by a piece of cribbing.

2008 · 1 incident

August 12, 2008 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appomattox Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was working on Ex-tec turbo mahcine and was in an odd position under screen, tightening bolts on screen.

2006 · 1 incident

July 31, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was running a rock crusher, when a rock hit him in the back of head under his hard hat.

2003 · 1 incident

April 29, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal
Appomattox Lime Company · -

BACK WAS HURT WHILE REMOVING CHUTE FROM SCREEN AT LIME PLANT WITH ANOTHER EE.

2001 · 1 incident

April 24, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING A TRUCK DRIVER OFFLOAD EXCESS FERTILIZER FILLER & TAILGATE CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT HAND

1995 · 2 incidents

November 5, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Appomattox Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING RECENT RENOVATIONS EE WAS BENDING OVER CUTTING IRON FOR A FEW HOURS, AND LIFTING AND MOVING IT. AT LUNCH HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN NECK, SHOULDER AND ARM. DR SAYS AREA IS INFLAMED FROM S TRAIN.

June 20, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING BEARING OFF HAMMERMILL SHAFT WITH CUTTING TOCH--TOOK HAMMER 7 TAPPED ON BEARING HOUSING & PIECE FLEW OPFF 7 HIT ON LEFT (RIGHT). HE REMAINED ON THE JOB FOR THE REST OF DAYS AFTER A VIS IT TO DR--REFERRED TO SURGEON. ALL OK.

1991 · 1 incident

September 24, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appomattox Lime Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

INJURED WAS WORKING ON MAINTENANCE TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE, NOT NORMALLY WHERE WE WORK FROM, TO GAIN BETTER ACCESS TO THE BEARING HE WAS REMOIVNG. GOOD ACCESS WAS NOT PROVIDED AS WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE. HE WAS STEPPING OVER THE MOTOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL 2 FT AND HIT I-BEAM WITH KNEE.