EE was getting off the excavator. EE was walking down a ramp made out of sandy clay when EE lost footing and fell into the pit. EE's left shoulder contacted the ground, resulting in a cracked scapula & 5 broken ribs.
Byrum Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Suffolk Materials LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Henry Morgan; Richard L Turner
Chuckatuck,
Suffolk (City) County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407376
Byrum Pit has $5K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2024
- Latest incident
- May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
20
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,724
proposed penalties
$4,724
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
12
inspections on record
266
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.Rate withheld: 266 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Byrum Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 1,945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,549 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,191 | 3 | 1 | 940.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,792 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,039 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,151 | 2 | 0 | 634.7 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,613 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q4 | 3,448 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,014 | 2 | 1 | 498.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,070 | 2 | 0 | 651.5 |
| 2021 Q4 | 3,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,848 | 3 | 0 | 779.6 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,954 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,506 | 1 | 0 | 285.2 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,046 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,287 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,068 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,301 | 2 | 0 | 605.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,599 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,889 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,871 | 5 | 1 | 1291.7 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,394 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2024 · 1 incident
May 30, 2024
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Suffolk Materials LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
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