Mining Incidents

Gardencore Castlewood Metal/Non-Metal

Gardencore LLC · Facility
Controlled by CRH PLC
Castlewood, Russell County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407424

Gardencore Castlewood has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
30
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,600
proposed penalties
$7,600
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
15
inspections on record
509
inspection hours
n/a
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: 509 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gardencore Castlewood has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q3 14,962 2 0 133.7
2025 Q2 16,066 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 16,465 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 12,207 8 3 655.4
2024 Q3 14,227 1 1 70.3
2024 Q2 15,498 7 0 451.7
2024 Q1 16,723 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 13,798 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 11,996 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 14,581 4 1 274.3
2023 Q1 15,528 2 0 128.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 13, 2026 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ball/rod/pebble/hand/limestone/dry mill operator, roller operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oldcastle Lawn & Garden NE · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The operator stepped down off a minor platform and twisted an ankle.

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