James River Slate Company Inc has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2013–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
69
citations
21
significant & substantial
$22,762
proposed penalties
$19,645
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,117 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
46
inspections on record
858
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: 858 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
James River Slate Company Inc has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
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 Q4
5,822
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,690
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,521
2
1
306.7
2025 Q1
5,211
1
0
191.9
2024 Q4
5,336
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,336
2
0
374.8
2024 Q2
6,612
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,951
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
6,472
2
0
309.0
2023 Q3
6,819
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,364
4
1
543.2
2023 Q1
5,234
1
0
191.1
2022 Q4
5,712
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,075
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
6,916
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,115
3
0
490.6
2021 Q3
6,409
1
0
156.0
2021 Q2
5,569
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,795
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,328
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,721
1
0
211.8
2020 Q2
5,496
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,517
1
0
221.4
2019 Q4
4,672
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,368
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,759
3
1
520.9
2019 Q1
6,039
7
2
1159.1
2018 Q4
5,837
2
0
342.6
2018 Q3
5,768
1
1
173.4
2018 Q2
5,957
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6,130
2
1
326.3
2017 Q4
7,110
7
4
984.5
2017 Q3
7,199
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,968
1
1
125.5
2017 Q1
10,438
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,625
9
1
1043.5
2016 Q3
7,528
6
3
797.0
2016 Q2
8,944
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,882
5
4
1734.9
2015 Q4
11,274
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
9,479
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,683
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
7,146
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,150
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,604
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,860
1
0
145.8
2014 Q1
6,816
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
7,422
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,625
2
0
432.4
2013 Q2
960
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2023 · 1 incident
August 17, 2023VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee was busting rock and felt a pain in shoulder, the next day, back started hurting.
2016 · 3 incidents
September 28, 2016VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I do not have any information about an 'accident' occurring. Employee notified employer that it was a work related injury on January 14, 2014. He was diagnosed with trigger finger on his right hand.
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