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Ewing Stone: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
London, Lee County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400234

Ewing Stone has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
95
citations
23
significant & substantial
$16,077
proposed penalties
$15,889
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $188 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hinkle Contracting Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
76
inspections on record
1,386
inspection hours
6.9
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.
95 citations across 1,386 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ewing Stone has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28 outstanding across 1 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$28
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $460 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-16.
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.
24.2%
significant & substantial
6.3%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
56.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.9% low, 75.8% moderate, 6.3% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$460 proposed, $300 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 2014-10-30.
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 2015-0030 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $460 → $300
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: 2026-06-29
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (28)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2026-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2023-09-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 Truck Driver
2020-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 Utility Man
2016-05-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2009-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 2.24 0.26 Truck Loader
2009-04-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.54 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.11 0.49 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.92 0.16 Truck Driver
2003-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 3.13 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.79 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Ewing Stone recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.36 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 7.33 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Rogers Group Inc 1950 to 2002
  2. Elmo Greer & Sons LLC 2002 to 2010
  3. Hinkle Contracting Company LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 6
2023 6
2022 7
2021 6
2020 8
2019 5
2018 9
2017 5
2016 7
2015 7
2014 8
2013 9
2012 7
2011 9
2010 12
2009 9
2008 9
2007 9
2006 10
2005 10
2004 9
2003 10
2002 3
2001 8
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ewing Stone sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
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 3,614 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,592 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,415 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,503 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,819 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,084 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,836 1 0 352.6
2024 Q3 4,053 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,159 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,874 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,590 1 0 217.9
2023 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,830 6 2 878.5
2022 Q4 3,868 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,102 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,394 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,506 1 0 221.9
2021 Q4 3,028 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,868 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,313 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,198 1 0 238.2
2020 Q4 2,548 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,206 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,185 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,001 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,814 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,475 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,746 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,433 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,870 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,284 2 0 378.5
2018 Q1 2,963 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,604 4 0 1109.9
2017 Q3 3,442 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,518 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,190 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,170 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,884 1 1 257.5
2016 Q1 1,968 2 1 1016.3
2015 Q4 6,223 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,086 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,670 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,622 1 0 616.5
2014 Q4 1,494 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,592 1 0 151.7
2014 Q2 4,151 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,014 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,952 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,090 2 0 392.9
2013 Q2 5,716 1 0 174.9
2013 Q1 3,588 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,287 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,008 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,071 2 2 965.7
2012 Q1 1,773 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,531 2 0 361.6
2011 Q3 7,410 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,378 1 0 185.9
2011 Q1 2,948 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,892 1 0 145.1
2010 Q3 8,811 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,465 9 4 1646.8
2010 Q1 6,745 5 1 741.3
2009 Q4 5,867 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,134 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,007 5 2 832.4
2009 Q1 5,720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,228 3 0 481.7
2008 Q3 6,275 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,430 1 0 184.2
2007 Q4 6,130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,034 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,889 1 0 169.8
2007 Q1 5,507 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,497 2 0 307.8
2006 Q3 7,340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,221 3 0 415.5
2006 Q1 6,231 10 2 1604.9
2005 Q4 7,095 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,991 4 2 667.7
2005 Q1 5,408 7 2 1294.4
2004 Q4 6,321 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,598 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,122 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,934 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,994 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,568 3 0 538.8
2003 Q2 5,952 6 3 1008.1
2003 Q1 6,346 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,930 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1,174 1 0 851.8
2001 Q4 2,490 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,672 3 0 642.1
2001 Q2 3,118 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,157 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,733 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,189 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,076 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2019 · 1 incident

March 28, 2019 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 2 pound hammer to remove a key stock from a bushing on a 400 HP motor that was seized to the shaft. While driving out the key, EE hit EE's thumb with the hammer, causing an injury to EE's left thumb. Employee received 7 stitches on left thumb.

2006 · 1 incident

January 12, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elmo Greer & Sons LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Cleaning oil pressure relief valve on Mack truck, stepped off truck onto air hose lying on floor, fell, tried to break fall with left arm & broke left wrist in 2 places.

1997 · 1 incident

February 21, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rogers Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING R-35 TRUCK UP HILL. TRUCK QUIT PULLING AND STARTED GOING BACKWARD. TRUCK WENT BACK APPROX 100 FT, RAN UP ON AN EMBARKMENT AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. TRUCK BROKE AXEL. DRIVER WAS WEAR ING SEATBELT.

1994 · 1 incident

May 18, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Rogers Group Inc · Flash burns (electric)

WIRE FAILURE IN LINE SIDE ABOVE DISCONNECT BOX, BOX BLEW, WHEN OPERATOR GRABBED LEVER ON DISCONNECT BOX INSIDE SWITHCHOUSE.

1987 · 2 incidents

September 24, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMER HIT EMPL2YEES FINGER WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE IN PIN ON LOADER BUCKET.

July 14, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

OPER HOLDING ST9EL BREAKER WRENCH WITH LEFT HAND ROTATING STEEL WHEN COUPLING CAUGHT AND PINNED OPER LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST MAST.