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: 662 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fulks Plant has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$75K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$75K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $343 in penalties contested before the Commission, $270 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-14.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$343 proposed, $270 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-11-03.
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.
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: 2019-05-01, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2019-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2019-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2010-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2010-01-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.13
0.12
Washer Operator
2010-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2005-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Fulks Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.16 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
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
17.29
11.52
0.000
2006 *
7.34
7.34
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
6
2019
7
2018
7
2017
11
2016
11
2015
13
2014
9
2013
10
2012
6
2011
8
2010
9
2009
9
2008
11
2007
14
2006
10
2005
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fulks Plant sits in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia · Population 143,876
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$109,576
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
2020 Q1
1,607
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,784
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,462
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,154
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,100
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,494
1
0
286.2
2018 Q3
3,998
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,831
0
0
0.0
Show 50 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1
3,214
1
0
311.1
2017 Q4
3,610
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,859
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
4,231
1
0
236.4
2017 Q1
5,755
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,772
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,162
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,172
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,562
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,094
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,724
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,963
1
1
252.3
2015 Q1
3,169
3
1
946.7
2014 Q4
4,820
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,794
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,089
3
2
589.5
2014 Q1
4,703
1
1
212.6
2013 Q4
4,330
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,335
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,588
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,590
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,731
1
1
268.0
2012 Q3
3,111
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,336
3
1
899.3
2011 Q3
4,614
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,281
5
0
1168.0
2011 Q1
4,162
5
2
1201.3
2010 Q4
6,256
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,275
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,027
1
0
198.9
2010 Q1
3,478
3
0
862.6
2009 Q4
5,240
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,768
6
4
886.5
2009 Q2
4,346
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,383
4
1
912.6
2008 Q4
5,947
4
1
672.6
2008 Q3
5,156
12
5
2327.4
2008 Q2
6,336
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,796
3
1
384.8
2007 Q4
7,826
5
0
638.9
2007 Q3
9,446
3
0
317.6
2007 Q2
8,517
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,923
1
0
112.1
2006 Q4
9,185
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
9,379
5
3
533.1
2006 Q2
5,545
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,150
2
1
634.9
2005 Q4
2,629
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,092
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,692
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2013 · 1 incident
August 9, 2013VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Replacing plastic guiding chain on JLG 600S boomlift. Plastic Chain links began to burr up and ee used pocket knife to shave off burred plastic. Knife slipped and stabbed ee in left arm causing laceration.
slipped in muddy conditions and hit back on tracks of parked excavator.
August 28, 2007VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ennstone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Cut to little finger on right hand while putting a hydraulic pump back on an engine and it caught his finger between pump and engine. Engine was not running. Pump was not running. Unit was shut down and locked out.
July 30, 2007VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)