Employee was handling a screen panel section while replacing the middle screen deck on a 6x16 shaker. The employee lost EE's grip on the panel and it fell onto EE's foot. No broken bones, but light duty was issued
Blacksburg Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Blacksburg Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2016–2020
- Latest incident
- Mar 2020
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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.Blacksburg Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 9,317 | 3 | 0 | 322.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 9,541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 8,256 | 3 | 0 | 363.4 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,997 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 7,339 | 3 | 1 | 408.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 8,959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 9,193 | 6 | 0 | 652.7 |
| 2024 Q1 | 8,531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 9,230 | 3 | 0 | 325.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 9,665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 7,046 | 1 | 0 | 141.9 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,742 | 1 | 0 | 129.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 6,772 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 6,500 | 1 | 0 | 153.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,330 | 5 | 0 | 789.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 6,078 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 6,513 | 1 | 0 | 153.5 |
| 2021 Q2 | 8,014 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 7,891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 7,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 7,322 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 7,354 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 7,594 | 1 | 0 | 131.7 |
| 2019 Q4 | 7,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 8,551 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 7,665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,532 | 1 | 0 | 153.1 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 7,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 9,626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 7,965 | 3 | 3 | 376.6 |
| 2017 Q4 | 7,434 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 12,728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 9,049 | 1 | 0 | 110.5 |
| 2017 Q1 | 8,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 6,099 | 15 | 5 | 2459.4 |
| 2016 Q3 | 11,028 | 1 | 1 | 90.7 |
| 2016 Q2 | 12,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 9,540 | 1 | 0 | 104.8 |
| 2015 Q4 | 7,878 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 14,224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 6,345 | 2 | 0 | 315.2 |
| 2015 Q1 | 5,464 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 7,375 | 1 | 0 | 135.6 |
| 2014 Q3 | 4,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 6,082 | 1 | 0 | 164.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,095 | 1 | 0 | 323.1 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,565 | 2 | 0 | 561.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 4,396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,287 | 6 | 1 | 2623.5 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,482 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,725 | 2 | 1 | 1159.4 |
| 2012 Q1 | 3,046 | 5 | 0 | 1641.5 |
Reportable incidents
4 on file2020 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Using a wrench to loosen up hydraulic line on HP400. The dust cover slipped which pushed their hand and the wrench into the main frame and caused a small stone to be smashed into the side of a finger.
2016 · 2 incidents
Employee was lifting an approximately 65lb shank to a new location about 3 feet away. In the process of lifting the item, combined with the twisting motion, a back strain was suffered.
Employee was lifting an oxygen cylinder. Upon lifting, the employee felt a pop in back and began making complaints of back pain. The employee decided to wait until 9/2/16 to ask to be taken to the doctor. The physician placed the ee on light duty with a back strain as the diagnosis at this time. EE is still on light duty and has a follow up appointment on 9/15/16
The full compliance file on Blacksburg Quarry
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.