Mining Incidents

Bean's Quarry: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Petersburg, Grant County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4600004

Bean's Quarry has $841 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
12
Years on record
1988–1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$841
proposed penalties
$841
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
123
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 123 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bean's Quarry has $841 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$841
proposed penalties
$841
current assessed
$841
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-30.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2002-05-15, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-05-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.71 10 0.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-05-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.71 10 0.07 Shovel Operator
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.88 0.33 Truck Driver
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.

Bean's Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
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 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.83 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.
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. Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc 1985 to 1997
  3. Fairfax Sand & Crushed Stone Company Inc 1997 to 2002
  4. Fairfax Materials Inc 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 6
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bean's Quarry sits in Grant County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Grant County, West Virginia · Population 10,972
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$61,530
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
2004 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,849 2 0 1081.7
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,190 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,973 4 0 1345.4
2002 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,365 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,516 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,519 1 0 658.3
2001 Q1 847 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,220 4 2 643.1
2000 Q3 5,717 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,355 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,933 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1998 · 1 incident

August 24, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fairfax Sand & Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING NEXT TO CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT AND RIGHT ARM.

1997 · 1 incident

September 29, 1997 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fairfax Sand & Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE DRIVERS TRUCK WASN'T POSITIONED IN A NORMAL WEIGHING POSITION AND WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS TRUCK HE WALKED OFF THE END OF THE SCALES. HE FELL 3 1/2 FEET ONTO CONCRETE.

1994 · 1 incident

July 25, 1994 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WASCLIMBING DOWN THE FRONT LADDER OF A769 CAT TRUCK AND WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE LAST RUNG ONTO THE GROUND HE FELT HIS KNEE POP.

1992 · 2 incidents

April 2, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HELPING TO PUT UP A NEW GARAGE STORAGE BUILDING & WAS SLIDING SEAFOLDING ACROSS THE FLOOR WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK

February 28, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CLEARING OFF LAND STRAINED SELF

1990 · 3 incidents

May 18, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

ON BREAK GOING IN FEEDER TUNNEL GET DRINK OF WATER WALKING BACK THROUGH SM PC OF ROCK FLEW OFF BELT STRIKING L EYE

March 16, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS ON OUR 760 CAT TRUCK & IT WAS QUITTING TIME SO HE STARTED DOWN OFF TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF STEP & FELL ON TRUCK BUMPER.

January 2, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS HAULING STONE TO OUR STOCKPILES THE HOIST BROKE ON THE TRUCK CAUSING IT TO TURN ONTO ITS SIDE THROWING HIM TO THE PASSENGERS SIDE

1989 · 2 incidents

September 13, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

WAS MOVING LARGE ROCKS, ONE FELL OFF LOADER, ROLLED ON RIGHT ARM AND WRIST.

April 24, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ON A ALUMINUM LADDER, WORKING AT THE ASPHALT PLANT, WHEN HE FELT THE LADDER WAS GOING TO FALL AND IN TURN HE GRABBED TO THE SIDE OF PLANT, STRAINING HIS LEFT SHOULDER, AS TO KEEP FROM FALL ING.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 14, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN CAUSED BY OPERATING A RUBBER TIRED FRON TEND LOADER.THIS CONDITION WAS CAUSED BY NORMAL OPERATION OF THE LOADER.INJURY APPEARS TO BE TEMPORARY.

July 23, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bean'S Lime & Stone Inc · Fall onto or against objects

IN THE NORMAL RERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES(NAME) WAS INSPECTING THE QUARRY AREA,WHEN HE STEPPED ON AL LARGE ROCK.HIS WEIGHT CAUSED THE ROCK TO SHIFT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE.UNABLE TO REG AIN BALANCE,HE FELL AND JUMPED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 3' LANDING ON SMALLER LOOSE ROCKS,CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN HIS RIHGT ANKLE AND DISLOCATE HIS LEFT HUMB.