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Ashland Plant: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Aggregate Industries
· Surface
Controlled by
Amrize Ltd
Ashland,
Hanover County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407073
Ashland Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2006–2014
- Latest incident
- Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
40
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,601
proposed penalties
$4,601
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
33
inspections on record
518
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 518 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ashland Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.25.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
67.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 77.5% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2012-03-28, 14 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg9
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
- Fibers, >5um2
Show the individual readings (17)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-28 | Fibers, >5um | 0.03 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2012-03-28 | Fibers, >5um | 0.1 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2011-11-01 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2011-11-01 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Laborer, Bullgang | ||
| 2011-11-01 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Building Repair/Maint. | ||
| 2009-01-22 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2009-01-22 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.22 | 0.78 | 0.28 | Mechanic |
| 2009-01-22 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Bulldozer Operator | ||
| 2005-04-20 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.37 | 1.37 | 0.27 | Laborer, Bullgang |
| 2005-04-20 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Washer Operator | ||
| 2005-04-20 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2005-04-20 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.12 | 0.79 | 0.15 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2004-04-22 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2004-04-22 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.12 | 0.8 | 0.15 | Scale Man |
| 2004-04-22 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.15 | 0.75 | 0.20 | Cleanup Man |
| 2004-04-22 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.13 | 0.53 | 0.25 | Cleanup Man |
| 2004-04-22 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader 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.
Ashland Plant recorded 17.91 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
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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.17.91
total case rate
8.95
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 * | 17.91 | 8.95 | 0.000 |
| 2005 * | 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
- Brett Aggregates Inc 2003 to 2008
- Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc 2008 to 2011
- Aggregate Industries 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2003 | 8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ashland Plant sits in Hanover County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Hanover County, Virginia · Population 111,652
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$109,504
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,628 | 1 | 1 | 614.3 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,319 | 1 | 0 | 758.2 |
| 2014 Q2 | 343 | 1 | 0 | 2915.5 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 260 | 1 | 0 | 3846.2 |
| 2012 Q3 | 797 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,433 | 1 | 0 | 697.8 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,351 | 1 | 0 | 425.4 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,806 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,861 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,712 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,659 | 1 | 1 | 376.1 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,998 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,926 | 1 | 0 | 341.8 |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,256 | 1 | 0 | 307.1 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,449 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,687 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 4,789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 4,658 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 4,516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 4,342 | 1 | 0 | 230.3 |
| 2007 Q4 | 4,703 | 3 | 0 | 637.9 |
| 2007 Q3 | 3,802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 4,503 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 4,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 5,095 | 3 | 1 | 588.8 |
| 2006 Q3 | 5,864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 5,760 | 2 | 0 | 347.2 |
| 2006 Q1 | 5,618 | 3 | 2 | 534.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 5,553 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 6,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 5,467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 3,856 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 3,545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 3,833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 3,698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 3,559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 3,674 | 3 | 0 | 816.5 |
| 2003 Q3 | 4,342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 2,885 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2014 · 1 incident
2009 · 1 incident
Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc · Drowning
Individual drowned in fresh water pond while fishing. Individual fell out of boat. Was no on shift.
2006 · 2 incidents
May 18, 2006
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Brett Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object
The employee was working on installing a pipe for a new piece of equipment with another employee. The pipe broke loose and forced the employee off of the ladder from which he was working. The employee came off the ladder in a back and to the left motion and landed (stepped) on a 1" x 6" piece of pipe laying on the ground.
January 10, 2006
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brett Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was using excavator to assist coworker with changing out a bearing on the head box of the overland conveyor. Excavator positioned in an awkward position: no access to the step to mount/dismount. EE attempted to dismount in a safe manner, but caught his right foot in the tracks & twisted his right knee as he stepped to ground (did not fall - twisted out of his shoe).