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DICKENSONVILLE PLANT: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Castlewood, Russell County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407168

DICKENSONVILLE PLANT has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
49
citations
10
significant & substantial
$18,153
proposed penalties
$7,018
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,135 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Appalachian Aggregates, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
50
inspections on record
1,037
inspection hours
4.7
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.
49 citations across 1,037 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DICKENSONVILLE PLANT has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 3 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-18.
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.
20.4%
significant & substantial
16.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.4%
reasonably likely or greater
63.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.2% low, 71.4% moderate, 16.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 10%
  • Still open 9 · 90%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-03-19.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
VA 2015-0244 Settlement Feldman 2015 $2K → $1K
VA 2025-0054 Decision pending
VA 2026-0007 Decision pending
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-05-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
38
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg24
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (38)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2026-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Truck Driver
2025-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-11-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2025-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-07-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-07-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Truck Driver
2022-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2019-10-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-10-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.88 10 0.09 Backhoe Operator
2018-10-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.55 10 0.06 Truck Driver
2018-10-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.51 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-02-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-02-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-02-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-02-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-12-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2009-11-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.02 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.31 0.20 Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Ownership history
  1. Rock It Stone Inc 2006 to 2007
  2. Oldcastle Industrial Minerals, Inc. 2007 to 2008
  3. Mountain Materials Inc 2008 to 2020
  4. Appalachian Aggregates, LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 10
2024 6
2023 7
2022 11
2021 17
2020 11
2019 7
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 7
2014 7
2013 6
2012 7
2011 6
2010 5
2009 9
2008 5
2007 7
2006 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DICKENSONVILLE PLANT sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
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
2026 Q2 3,788 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,541 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,853 1 0 170.9
2025 Q3 4,154 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,116 8 6 1943.6
2025 Q1 5,033 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,085 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,162 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,277 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,015 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,053 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,033 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,471 1 1 288.1
2023 Q1 4,328 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,059 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,351 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,869 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,718 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,264 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,398 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,851 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,768 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,840 1 0 352.1
2020 Q2 1,602 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,306 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,960 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,039 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,899 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,492 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,470 1 0 154.6
2018 Q3 3,551 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,792 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,043 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,044 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,285 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,917 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,766 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,672 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,359 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,149 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,678 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,449 1 1 408.3
2015 Q3 4,501 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,475 1 0 223.5
2015 Q1 5,511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,434 1 0 225.5
2014 Q3 4,346 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,853 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,752 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,868 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,317 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,859 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,766 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,210 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,908 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,164 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,603 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,574 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,371 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,865 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,516 1 1 284.4
2010 Q4 3,333 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,602 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,894 4 0 1382.2
2010 Q1 2,578 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,698 2 0 540.8
2009 Q3 4,562 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,711 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,873 5 1 1026.1
2008 Q4 3,262 4 0 1226.2
2008 Q3 2,743 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,934 3 0 1022.5
2007 Q4 2,788 1 0 358.7
2007 Q3 2,987 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,735 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,995 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,038 7 0 1733.5
2006 Q3 5,650 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,440 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

March 3, 2023 VA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Aggregates, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Blaster was working on a bench and fell, as the blaster attempted to catch self from the fall cut a finger in the process. There was a laceration to the left pinky finger requiring 6 stitches.

2019 · 1 incident

July 9, 2019 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Mountain Materials Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

It was a yearly Comprehensive Hearing test, which shows a Recordable Standard Threshold Shift of 25 db or more.

2011 · 1 incident

July 19, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountain Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stripping large diameter wire for installation in new motor control center when knife slipped and lacerated the palm of right hand.