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.
58 citations across 1,305 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hofmeyer Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 42%
Stood as issued
4 · 33%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 25%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $7K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2016-01-12.
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: 2026-06-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
40
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (40)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-06-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Backhoe Operator
2026-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2026-01-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2026-01-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2025-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2025-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-09-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
Bulldozer Operator
2023-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-06-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2022-06-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Backhoe Operator
2019-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
Backhoe Operator
2019-06-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.97
Truck Driver
2019-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2017-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2017-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
1.23
0.37
Bulldozer Operator
2017-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2017-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Backhoe Operator
2009-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2009-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-03-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.84
0.21
Washer Operator
2004-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2004-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-03-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-03-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.37
0.09
Washer 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.
Hofmeyer Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.37 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
17.35
8.67
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
20
2025
13
2024
8
2023
8
2022
10
2021
10
2020
11
2019
12
2018
13
2017
11
2016
13
2015
12
2014
12
2013
12
2012
13
2011
17
2010
16
2009
16
2008
19
2007
21
2006
18
2005
18
2004
15
2003
13
2002
12
2001
12
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hofmeyer Pit sits in Charles City County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Charles City County, Virginia · Population 6,686
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$70,339
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
A driver from the trucking Div. of Branscome Inc. was coming into the mine site on the main haul road to dump off millings. Driver was reaching for a bottle of water, they failed to maintain control of the truck and drove off into the ditch on the right side, causing the truck to lay over on its side. The weather was sunny and dry .
May 6, 2020VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was performing clean up duty at 18 plant using a shovel. It was sand, rock, clay material it was wet. EE put the shovel in the ground and prying back on it to loosen it was when EE felt the pain in EE's left shoulder.
2015 · 2 incidents
September 1, 2015VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The off road truck driver was exiting the truck. When he stepped down on the ground he put his foot down on the wheel chock. This caused him to lose his balance and go down on his right knee. This resulted in a sprained right knee.
April 26, 2015VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was helping R&I screens in the sand shaker. It was then that the sand debris was dislodged and became airborne. The sand debris got lodged in the left eye. The employee then rubbed the left which caused a corneal abrasion. He was wearing eye protection.
2014 · 2 incidents
July 16, 2014VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
There was two haul trucks parked @ the wash rack. The employee then proceeded to wash the bed of his haul truck out. That is when the dirt from the other truck come loose slide down and struck him in the back of his legs ,half way to his calfs. This put him on his knees. Resulting in a left lower back sprain, right ankle pain.
June 30, 2014VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
At the time of the injury he was operating the excavator. He did have one window open at the time of injury. At that time he had trouble seeing from the right eye. It was hard for him to see from his right eye that afternoon but as the the day went on it got better. They did not bandage the eye.
2012 · 1 incident
December 10, 2012VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
The worker was reinstalling a guard on the rock screw. As the loader let the guard down. The guard came in contact with the frame of the rock screw. Causing the chain to release resulting with the guard coming down on the right foot just above the steel toe of the boot. The resulting injury is a broken little toe on the right foot.
2011 · 1 incident
May 11, 2011VA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was connecting a chain from the stacking conveyor to the front end loader to reposition stacking conveyor. Loader began backing, chain tightened, and employee did not release chain. Employee strained right shoulder.
2010 · 1 incident
February 4, 2010VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standing on low wall turned and foot slipped causing him to fall, scrapping calf on edge of wall. Employee was fine but then decided to see M.D. on Feb. 11, 2010. M.D. returned him to modified work on same day.
2009 · 1 incident
August 3, 2009VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
Dump truck driver hauling clay. Had to dump some off, had his hands under tailgate when clods fell out causing fingers to be pinched when tail gate shut.
2004 · 1 incident
October 13, 2004VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE BRUISED HIS SHOULDER, WHEN A ICON BAR SLIPPED AT HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
1994 · 2 incidents
November 7, 1994VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS