Bar C Sand #1 Metal/Non-Metal
Helton Grading Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Tim Helton
Cedar Bluff,
Tazewell County,
VA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4407071
Bar C Sand #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $994 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
12
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,717
proposed penalties
$723
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $994 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
25
inspections on record
247
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: 247 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bar C Sand #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $994 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$723
paid to date
$994
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 150 | 4 | 3 | 26666.7 |
| 2015 Q3 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 60000.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 425 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Bar C Sand #1
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.