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Holcim - MAR, Inc. Charles City Plant: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Holcim - MAR, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Charles City, Charles City County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407056

Holcim - MAR, Inc. Charles City Plant has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
91
citations
16
significant & substantial
$15,016
proposed penalties
$14,820
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $196 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Holcim - MAR, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
50
inspections on record
961
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: 961 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Holcim - MAR, Inc. Charles City Plant has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $654 in penalties contested before the Commission, $458 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-25.
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.
17.8%
significant & substantial
7.8%
high negligence or reckless
17.8%
reasonably likely or greater
67.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.4% low, 87.8% moderate, 7.8% 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%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$654 proposed, $458 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 2019-09-18.
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 2019-0150 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $654 → $458
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: 2022-08-17, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2018-02-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.62 0.92 Mechanic
2017-06-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-06-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.35 0.57 Bulldozer Operator
2010-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.11 0.15 Utility Man
2010-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-03-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Backhoe Operator
2004-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 1.18 0.40 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 2.27 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 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.

Holcim - MAR, Inc. Charles City Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.07 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
2005 * 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. Brett Aggregates Inc 2002 to 2008
  2. Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc 2008 to 2011
  3. Holcim - MAR, Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 6
2022 7
2021 8
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 9
2016 10
2015 11
2014 7
2013 7
2012 7
2011 7
2010 7
2009 7
2008 7
2007 7
2006 8
2005 8
2004 9
2003 11
2002 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Holcim - MAR, Inc. Charles City Plant 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 214 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,276 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,511 1 0 661.8
2022 Q3 3,230 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,031 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,587 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,520 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 3,178 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,263 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,740 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,933 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,090 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,903 1 0 344.5
2020 Q1 3,202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,926 1 0 341.8
2019 Q3 3,245 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,380 3 1 887.6
2019 Q1 3,193 1 1 313.2
2018 Q4 2,909 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,523 1 0 283.8
2018 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,895 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,364 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,233 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,239 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,281 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,551 1 0 281.6
2016 Q3 3,886 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,905 1 0 256.1
2016 Q1 3,677 3 1 815.9
2015 Q4 3,768 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,245 1 0 235.6
2015 Q2 3,728 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,724 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,002 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,244 1 1 235.6
2014 Q1 2,951 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,257 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,623 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,477 1 0 287.6
2013 Q1 3,574 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,273 3 1 916.6
2012 Q3 3,482 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,548 2 0 563.7
2012 Q1 3,980 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,626 1 1 275.8
2011 Q3 3,562 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,778 1 0 264.7
2011 Q1 3,967 3 1 756.2
2010 Q4 2,447 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,709 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,087 2 2 647.9
2009 Q4 3,108 3 0 965.3
2009 Q3 3,350 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,259 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,512 1 0 284.7
2008 Q4 3,743 1 0 267.2
2008 Q3 4,006 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,177 1 0 239.4
2008 Q1 4,724 1 0 211.7
2007 Q4 4,076 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,114 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,435 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,889 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,357 3 0 688.5
2006 Q3 4,760 7 3 1470.6
2006 Q2 4,880 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,942 4 0 809.4
2005 Q4 4,833 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,279 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,157 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,639 6 0 1293.4
2004 Q3 5,464 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,148 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,745 2 0 421.5
2003 Q4 5,425 4 0 737.3
2003 Q3 6,008 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,889 2 0 409.1
2002 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,632 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2016 · 2 incidents

March 10, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Holcim - MAR, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was using a 3lb hammer to connect equipment. Set hammer on conveyor belt and place hand on structure. Hammer fell, striking the left thumb of EE.

March 1, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Holcim - MAR, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Victim was riding with another EE to the pit. When they exited the plant truck, the victim fell to the ground almost immediately. The driver called out, thinking that EE had tripped. Upon walking around to the back of the truck, the driver noted that the victim was on the ground, not breathing and had no pulse.

2009 · 1 incident

January 8, 2009 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee stepped off of a concrete pad, lost his balance and fell. The fall resulted in a broken ankle.

2004 · 1 incident

January 17, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Brett Aggregates Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Standard Threshod Shift on Hearing test, noted at "reportable hearing loss" as required by Part 50 for reporting occupational injuries and illnesses. Amended original edoc to include name, social and job title per call to Company on 4/1/04.