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FLOYD QUARRY: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Doug Dalton
Floyd, Floyd County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4402991

FLOYD QUARRY has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $66K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2003–2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
152
citations
39
significant & substantial
$79,901
proposed penalties
$8,251
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $71,650 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Salem Stone Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,460
inspection hours
10.4
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.
152 citations across 1,460 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-02-11.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

FLOYD QUARRY has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $66K outstanding across 5 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.
$80K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$66K
outstanding
150 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-19.
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.
26.0%
significant & substantial
22.7%
high negligence or reckless
26.0%
reasonably likely or greater
68.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 16.0% low, 60.7% moderate, 22.7% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 89%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 11%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
71%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $3K 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 2011-07-28.
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 2008-228M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $5K → $563
VA 2011-595M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $4K → $1K
VA 2009-28M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $2K → $988
VA 20000021 Settlement Bulluck 2000 $1K → $744
VA 2008-229M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $100 → $100
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: 2026-01-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
39
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg23
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (39)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2026-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.25 0.25 Cleanup Man
2026-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2025-02-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-02-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.69 0.19 Backhoe Operator
2024-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 1.21 0.78 Backhoe Operator
2023-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Mucking Mach. Operator
2023-09-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2018-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2018-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2016-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.57 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-03-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.5 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-03-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2012-03-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 2.1 0.19 Truck Driver
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 2.15 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.2 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.75 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.25 0.52 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 2.27 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Pine Creek Stone Corp 1950 to 1999
  2. Shooting Creek Quarry LLC 1999 to 2009
  3. R&S STONE, INC. 2009 to 2015
  4. Salem Stone Corporation 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 5
2024 6
2023 5
2022 6
2021 6
2020 5
2019 7
2018 7
2017 7
2016 8
2015 5
2014 7
2013 6
2012 7
2011 7
2010 8
2009 8
2008 8
2007 9
2006 7
2005 8
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FLOYD QUARRY sits in Floyd County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Floyd County, Virginia · Population 15,560
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$61,401
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 3,776 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,332 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,838 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,710 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,215 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,757 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,757 1 0 266.2
2024 Q3 3,565 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,959 1 0 252.6
2024 Q1 3,627 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,408 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,289 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,365 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,533 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,714 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,002 2 2 666.2
2022 Q2 3,766 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,486 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,102 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,629 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,548 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,172 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,529 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,296 1 0 435.5
2020 Q2 3,052 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,559 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,820 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,171 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,060 1 0 197.6
2019 Q1 4,452 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,626 2 1 551.6
2018 Q3 3,392 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,275 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,728 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,704 1 0 369.8
2017 Q3 2,793 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,392 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,342 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,575 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,364 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,091 4 0 1294.1
2016 Q1 2,320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,482 16 10 10796.2
2014 Q4 3,276 10 2 3052.5
2014 Q3 3,224 10 6 3101.7
2014 Q2 3,612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,653 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,706 2 0 539.7
2013 Q2 3,417 4 2 1170.6
2013 Q1 2,948 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,879 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,681 7 2 1901.7
2012 Q2 3,552 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,966 6 2 1512.9
2011 Q4 4,206 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,067 6 1 1475.3
2011 Q2 4,154 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,228 9 4 2788.1
2010 Q4 2,599 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,155 6 2 1444.0
2010 Q2 4,851 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,874 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,367 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,891 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,967 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,492 2 0 572.7
2008 Q4 3,320 2 0 602.4
2008 Q3 4,123 5 1 1212.7
2008 Q2 4,375 5 0 1142.9
2008 Q1 4,150 3 0 722.9
2007 Q4 4,306 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,698 12 1 2554.3
2007 Q2 4,578 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,762 2 0 531.6
2006 Q4 3,937 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,528 2 0 441.7
2006 Q2 3,777 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,723 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,519 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,097 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,539 3 0 660.9
2005 Q1 3,539 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,830 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,975 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,453 1 0 224.6
2004 Q1 2,998 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,030 1 0 330.0
2003 Q3 4,268 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,998 4 1 1000.5
2003 Q1 3,186 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,461 2 0 812.7
2002 Q3 3,829 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,770 2 0 530.5
2002 Q1 3,280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,932 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,321 3 1 1292.5
2001 Q2 3,187 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,599 1 0 384.8
2000 Q4 2,940 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,813 3 0 786.8
2000 Q2 4,092 7 0 1710.7
2000 Q1 3,006 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 10, 2014 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
R&S STONE, INC. · Struck by falling object

EE shut down crushing plant to remove a drill bit stuck in the jaw crusher. He was using a torch to cut off drill bit when the bit flew up into his chest & face. He was hospitalized and died on 1/17/15.

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

October 16, 2024 VA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salem Stone Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Large rock was on rock breaker hydraulic line, went to roll rock off line when it rolled catching thumb between rock and frame of breaker causing a small laceration.

2017 · 1 incident

August 18, 2017 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salem Stone Corporation · Struck by falling object

Employee was changing out motor on #1 Conveyor. EE was using a pry bar to help lift motor when bar slipped letting motor fall on tip of finger causing fingernail to pop off and cutting tip of finger.

2012 · 1 incident

April 20, 2012 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R&S STONE, INC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was working on wiper underneath the screen, wrench slipped and hit elbow. Miner was taken to the ER, was referred to orthopedic, where he was diagnosis with contusion left elbow/triceps tendon.

2007 · 1 incident

November 28, 2007 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shooting Creek Quarry LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was replacing hydraulic line on Terex loader. When taking bolts loose, the guard that covered the line fell on his foot. Employee reported accident to manager, refused to go to doctor, has missed two days of work. On 11/30/07, I made a doctor's appointment for him. He said he would go, but didn't show up for the appointment.

2003 · 2 incidents

July 16, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shooting Creek Quarry LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF EQUIPMENT, STARTED WALKING UP EMBANKMENT, HE SLIPPED ON ROCK THAT HAD SAND ON IT. EE HAD SCRAPES ON BACK, LEFT ARM, AND LEFT LEG. BACK WAS HURTING PRETTY BAD. EE SAID HE DID NOT NEED TO GO TO DR, AND REMAINED AT WAORK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

March 26, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shooting Creek Quarry LLC · Struck against stationary object

WAS BENT OVER GREASING CONVEYER, HARD HAT FELL OFF, WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.