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: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bowden Quarry has $846 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.
$846
proposed penalties
$846
current assessed
$846
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-23.
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.
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: 2000-11-02, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2000-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
2.26
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2000-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.43
0.19
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
0
2002
2
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bowden Quarry sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
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
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
701
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,484
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
212
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,217
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,770
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2
3,167
2
1
631.5
2001 Q1
192
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,667
2
2
1199.8
2000 Q3
2,578
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,398
4
1
1668.1
2000 Q1
926
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
1996 · 1 incident
August 7, 1996WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WERE PUTTING BELT IN CRUSHER. EE WAS ON CHUTE AND ONE BOLT WOULDN'T COME LOOSE, USE SHOE TO LOOSEN, WHEN BOLT LOOSENED, LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO CHUTE.
1995 · 4 incidents
October 18, 1995WV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS GREASING MOTOR ON CRUSHER. THE PASSAGE WAS DRY AND CLEAR OF ANY DEBRIS. EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON FRAME OF THE CRUSHER. SPRAIN L WRIST, POSSIBLY BROKE SMALL BONE IN WRIST, SPRAINED R 5TH F INGER AND ABRASION ON LEFT LEG.
August 26, 1995WV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CHANGING SCREEN IN SCREEN BOX. EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING 2" SCREEN WHEN ONE HOOK FROM SCREEN RAKED ACROSS TOP ON RT HAND CAUSING CELLULITIS - INFECTION ON THE BONE.
June 12, 1995WV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SLIPPED ON LADDER OF 988 LOADER WHILE REFUELING. STRUCK LEFT HAND AT BASE OF RING FINGER ON LADDER.
September 2, 1994WV · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON