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: 411 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KIMBALLTON PLT #2 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-09-09.
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.
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: 2003-06-17, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-06-17
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
4.11
Hydrating Plant Operator
2002-07-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Car Shake-out Operator
2000-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.53
Truck Loader
2000-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.25
Hydrating Plant Operator
2000-11-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.48
Bagging Operator
2000-11-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.2
3.21
0.37
Bagging 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.
KIMBALLTON PLT #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.65 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.
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
2003
5
2002
3
2001
3
2000
40
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KIMBALLTON PLT #2 sits in Giles County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Giles County, Virginia · Population 16,610
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,819
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
EE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE GIRTH GEAR ON #3 KILN. FIRE WAS NOTICED & EXTINGUISHERS UTILIZED TO PUT OUT FIRE, BUT AFTER FIRE WAS NOT EXTINGUISHED IN 30 MIN, THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED. THE FIRE DEPT PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
1999 · 1 incident
January 31, 1999VA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Apg Lime Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLOSE DOOR ON RAILCAR WITH A PIECE OF STEEL. STEEL SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND DOOR.
OPERATOR WAS SHOOTING OUT SCAL RING IN #3 KILN, WHEN SOME OF THE MATERIAL BECAME LODGE IN THE FEEDER'S UNDERNEATH THE COOLING HOPPER OF #3 KILN. EES WORKED TO CLEAR BLOCKAGE, ONE OF THE SPRING S THAT SUPPORT FEEDER CAME LOOSE, ALLOWING FEEDER TO DROP DOWN & SPILL HOT SCAL ONTO BELT. AT THIS TIME THE BELT CAUGHT FIR (THE BELT IS HEAT RESISTANT TO 1000 DEGREES).
1996 · 13 incidents
November 10, 1996VA · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantOTHER
EE WAS TAKING SAMPLE FROM 2RD DISCHARGE CHUTE, PIECE OF ASHRING FELL AND HIT SHOVEL CAUSING THE SHOVEL TO TURN SIDEWAYS AND CAUGHT HAND AGAINST SIDE OF CHUTE.
EMP WAS PRYING A ROCK WITH SCALING BAR. ROCK BROKE. EMP FELL BACKWARDS, AFTER LOSING BALANCE, FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK. EMP DID NOT LOSE TIME FROM WORK TILL 5-22-96.
WHILE INSTALLING A NEW DRIVE SHAFT IN THE SCREEN, EE LIFTED THE END OF THE SHAFT TO ALIGN & PUSHED AGAINST OPPOSITE END WITH HIS CHEST. MUSCLE IN UPPER RIGHT CHEST BECAME PAINFUL AFTERWARD.
March 7, 1996VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ICE OFF STAIRWAY TO STONE SILO, HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL BACKWARDS AND GOT HIS FOOT HUNG BETWEEN STEPS.
January 10, 1996VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE FELL ON ICE, REPORTING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT REQUIEST MEDICAL TREATMENT TIL 4-1-96. AT THAT TIME HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF NOT TO COME TO WORK THE DAY OF HIS MEDICAL APPOINMENT. TH E DR. LATER SENT A REPORT TO COVER THE DAY.
1995 · 1 incident
December 14, 1995VA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON