Darden Pit Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Darden Pit (mine ID 4406731). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
5
inspections on record
50
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: 50 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Materials Delivery 1993 to 2015
- Hunter Darden III 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Darden Pit sits in Southampton County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Southampton County, Virginia · Population 17,988
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,465
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.