Mining Incidents

Bealeton Plant: 83 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Luck Stone Corp · Surface
Controlled by Charles S Luck IV
Bealeton, Fauquier County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4406442

Bealeton Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1995–2017
Latest incident
Jun 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
83
citations
15
significant & substantial
$12,448
proposed penalties
$12,103
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $345 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
1,983
inspection hours
4.2
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.
83 citations across 1,983 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bealeton Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-26.
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.
18.1%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
18.1%
reasonably likely or greater
61.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.1% low, 79.5% moderate, 2.4% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 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%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2016-03-07.
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 2015-0130 Settlement Andrews 2017 $585 → $585
VA 2016-0117 Settlement Andrews 2016 $460 → $322
VA 2011-699M Settlement Weisberger 2012 $308 → $250
VA 2011-343M Settlement Koutras 2012 $207 → $100
VA 20010038M Settlement Barbour 2001 $97 → $55
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: 2026-04-28
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
52
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz151 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg24
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (52)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-02-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.5 1.27 1.18 Jackhammer Operator
2026-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 Lab Technician
2024-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2024-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Blaster, Powder Gang
2024-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-02-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-02-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-02-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 Truck Driver
2022-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Utility Man
2019-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-01-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.58 10 0.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-01-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-01-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Utility Man
2018-01-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-01-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Truck Driver
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2009-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.79 0.33 Cleanup Man
2003-10-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.67 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 2.02 0.16 Cleanup Man
2003-10-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.57 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 2.5 0.12 Utility Man
2002-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.24 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.38 0.18 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.

Bealeton Plant 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
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. Luck Stone Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 20
2025 20
2024 20
2023 18
2022 19
2021 19
2020 16
2019 28
2018 23
2017 21
2016 16
2015 15
2014 15
2013 13
2012 14
2011 14
2010 14
2009 15
2008 22
2007 28
2006 26
2005 27
2004 26
2003 24
2002 24
2001 21
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bealeton Plant sits in Fauquier 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.
Fauquier County, Virginia · Population 73,935
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$129,495
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 10,352 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10,385 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 9,661 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,643 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,667 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,494 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,796 1 1 102.1
2024 Q3 10,699 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 11,013 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,912 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 10,141 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,474 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,153 3 0 295.5
2023 Q1 9,668 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,378 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,018 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11,624 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 10,918 4 1 366.4
2021 Q4 10,363 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,472 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11,663 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10,440 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,893 3 1 337.3
2020 Q3 9,460 1 0 105.7
2020 Q2 8,492 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,058 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 12,173 3 0 246.4
2019 Q3 9,955 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,364 2 1 176.0
2019 Q1 9,076 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 11,639 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,786 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,889 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10,157 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,864 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 10,542 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,887 4 2 367.4
2017 Q1 8,535 1 0 117.2
2016 Q4 7,403 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10,128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,907 1 0 91.7
2016 Q1 7,273 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,713 1 1 114.8
2015 Q3 8,115 1 0 123.2
2015 Q2 9,340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,212 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 9,731 1 0 102.8
2014 Q3 7,712 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,002 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,170 1 0 162.1
2013 Q4 7,868 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,247 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,684 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,476 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,266 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,447 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,468 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,853 2 1 341.7
2011 Q4 7,217 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,765 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,022 1 0 142.4
2011 Q1 8,710 1 0 114.8
2010 Q4 5,595 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,636 1 0 94.0
2010 Q2 7,446 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,445 2 0 367.3
2009 Q4 5,864 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,296 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,922 1 0 144.5
2009 Q1 7,243 1 0 138.1
2008 Q4 7,570 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,282 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,364 1 0 88.0
2008 Q1 12,654 3 0 237.1
2007 Q4 11,288 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,979 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,774 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 12,084 1 0 82.8
2006 Q4 10,287 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,819 3 0 202.4
2006 Q2 14,674 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 14,733 1 0 67.9
2005 Q4 13,702 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 17,659 1 0 56.6
2005 Q2 14,423 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 17,145 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 15,071 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 17,522 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 15,640 1 0 63.9
2004 Q1 15,766 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 15,181 4 0 263.5
2003 Q3 13,775 1 0 72.6
2003 Q2 17,097 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,496 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 15,051 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 13,566 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,851 2 0 126.2
2002 Q1 12,914 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 13,786 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 14,556 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 12,495 1 1 80.0
2001 Q1 10,443 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,973 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,077 2 0 198.5
2000 Q2 12,303 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,586 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2017 · 1 incident

June 29, 2017 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Luck Stone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting bolt holes with a utility knife, when changing a rubber curtain underneath a crusher. The knife slipped off & punctured employee's leg.

2014 · 1 incident

February 28, 2014 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Luck Stone Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Associate was exiting the primary crusher area after replacing toggle plate and seat. While crossing over an I-beam, he tripped and fell fracturing his wrist.

2013 · 1 incident

February 13, 2013 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Luck Stone Corp · Fall onto or against objects

Muddy shoes contributed to slip resulting in laceration to shin on right leg.

2010 · 1 incident

November 9, 2010 VA · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Luck Stone Corp · Struck against stationary object

Associate descended ladder on the front of the Cat water truck. Upon reaching the bottom and dismounting he placed his feet on a wash out hose. Since he was on uneven footing he rolled his ankle causing a sprain.

2008 · 1 incident

August 7, 2008 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Luck Stone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Assoc was greasing at secondary. Had grease line in his hand and hose was going to the bearing. Bearing would not take grease and blew crease out - cutting rubber glove and small laceration to finger.

2007 · 1 incident

May 16, 2007 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Luck Stone Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Associate pulled a muscle in his back while operating a chain jack. His torso was twisted slightly and his back was misaligned, while he was pulling on the chain jack handle.

2006 · 1 incident

April 5, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Luck Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using long bar to dislodge a slab of material from Lokolink 1, rock rolled down conveyor, pinching right pinkie finger between bar and rock, 2 stitches required.

2005 · 3 incidents

July 21, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Luck Stone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Associate is Quality Control lab technician, he was carrying a bucket out the lab door to empty it, stepped down and his right knee twisted and popped.

June 23, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Luck Stone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Associate conducting post shift plant inspection, stepped on rock, rock shifted, twisted knee

April 27, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Luck Stone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Associate descending stairs from tertiary plant, stepped onto ground twisted ankle, upon further doctor care, found chipped bone in ankle.

2003 · 2 incidents

August 8, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luck Stone Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ASSOC. STRAINED CHEST MUSCLE WHILE LIFTING SPOOL OF CABLE INTO MANLIFT.

August 7, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luck Stone Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

ASSOCIATE WAS CLEANING LOKO TRACK HOPPER BRIDGE WHEN LARGE ROCK ROLLED OUT OF HOPPER HITTING HIS LEG. HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT SERIOUS AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, A WEEK LATER IT WAS STILL BOTHER ING HIM. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 8/19/03 AND LACERATION WAS INFECTED.

2001 · 1 incident

January 8, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luck Stone Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING FROZEN MATERIAL, SMASHED FINGER.

2000 · 1 incident

March 10, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Luck Stone Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DRIVE A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. PIECE CHIPPEDOFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

1996 · 1 incident

December 9, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luck Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE HYDRAULIC TOGGLE FOR THE JAW CRUSHER WAS BEING LOWERED TO THE GROUND THROUGH THE CRUSHER FRAME. THE TOGGLE BECAME LODGED ON A SUPPORT BEAM UNDER THE CRUSHER. THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO PULL T HE TOGGLE FREE FROM THE BEAM. WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF OF THE BEAM, THE TOGGLE CRUSHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE BEAM.

1995 · 1 incident

March 15, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Luck Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE BOWL LINER OUT OF 4' CRUSHER BOWL BY STRIKING IT WITH A HEAVY STEEL SHAFT. SHAFT GLANCED OFF THE EDGE OF THE BOWL LINER CAUSING SHAFT TO KICK OUT & SMASH THUMB BETWEEN SHAF T AND BOWL.