Mining Incidents

Continental Brick Company Shale Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C Lynch Christian III
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4600146

Continental Brick Company Shale 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
2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,363
proposed penalties
$5,363
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
36
inspections on record
463
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: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Continental Brick Company Shale Pit has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 12 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 12 3 0 250000.0
2025 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 12 5 1 416666.7
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 24 1 1 41666.7
2018 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 420 1 0 2381.0
2016 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 521 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 486 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 509 7 1 13752.5
2008 Q2 8 4 0 500000.0
2008 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8 4 1 500000.0
2007 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8 1 0 125000.0
2005 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8 1 1 125000.0
2004 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 926 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 874 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,022 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 994 1 0 1006.0
2000 Q1 1,156 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

August 7, 2009 WV · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Brick Company · Struck against a moving object

End loader operator ran over rough area in shale pit. Even with his seatbelt fastened, his head was thrown forward striking a portion of the instrument panel causing a small cut on his forehead that required 2 stitches to close.

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