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Branchville Sand Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Branchville, Southampton County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4406591

Branchville Sand Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $568 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,052
proposed penalties
$3,484
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $568 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
533
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: 533 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Branchville Sand Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $568 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$568
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 9,234 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,005 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,939 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,890 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,890 1 0 126.7
2024 Q3 7,995 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,071 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,195 2 0 278.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 7,895 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,108 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,004 2 1 399.7
2023 Q1 2,402 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,898 2 0 408.3
2022 Q3 6,028 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,230 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,995 4 1 800.8
2021 Q3 5,800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,364 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,608 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,450 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,967 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,568 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,767 4 0 1061.9
2019 Q4 4,533 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,046 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,152 3 1 582.3
2019 Q1 4,841 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 1,985 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,095 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,708 2 0 738.6
2005 Q3 2,505 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,781 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,306 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,448 1 0 408.5
2004 Q3 2,542 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,291 2 0 873.0
2004 Q1 2,260 1 0 442.5
2003 Q4 2,372 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,339 2 0 855.1
2003 Q2 2,363 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,165 3 0 1385.7
2002 Q4 2,885 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,018 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,287 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,828 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,764 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,745 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,264 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,094 1 0 477.6
2000 Q4 1,599 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,542 1 0 393.4
2000 Q2 2,879 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,412 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

August 15, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Titan Mid Atlantic Aggregates, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee had finished washing on a conveyor belt and jumped from the head pulley of the belt to the ground. Employee was unable to walk and sought medical treatment. Employee was placed on restricted work duties and diagnosed with a broken leg.

March 18, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Titan Mid Atlantic Aggregates, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

A customer truck driver stopped their truck at the entrance of the property. They got out of the truck and went to troubleshoot a vibrating noise. Then they were just behind the passenger side front wheel, the truck began to roll backwards. The truck rolled over the driver's foot and came to a stop on top of their foot, breaking a toe.

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