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: 92 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
LOUISA PLANT has $995 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.
$995
proposed penalties
$550
current assessed
$550
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $500 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-09-25.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
LOUISA PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ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 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.06 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
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
6.01
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
2003
3
2002
11
2001
16
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
LOUISA PLANT sits in Louisa County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Louisa County, Virginia · Population 39,012
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$80,343
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
2003 Q4
87
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
38
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
80
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
45
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,060
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,147
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,768
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
7,941
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4
7,972
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,008
1
0
111.0
2001 Q2
8,391
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,462
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,541
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,123
9
0
1108.0
2000 Q2
9,668
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,952
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2000 · 2 incidents
May 1, 2000VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING ROCK OUT OF SHOT. HOOKED BUCKET TEETH ON BIG ROCK AND TRIED TO LIFT ROCK. THE REAR OF LOADER RAISED UP OFF THE GROUND; AT THAT POINT, THE BUCKET SLIPPED OFF OF THE ROCK AND THE REAR OF THE LOADER DROPPED TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING HAM, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
1994 · 2 incidents
September 12, 1994VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO PICK UP PARTS AT A DIFFERENT DROP OFF LOCATION. HE WAS LOADING PARTS INTO TRUCK THAT WAS HEAVY. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A BACK BRACE.
August 25, 1994VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
08-25-94 EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A COVER OVER DRIVE LINE AS HE WAS PULLING UP ON HOSES & HOLDING COVER TRYING TO BOLT IT HE FELT STRAIN IN SHOULDER 08-29-94 EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING COVERS O NB ACKHOE AFTER FINISHING EMPLOYEE FELT SHOULDER WAS HURTING AGAIN
EMPL WAS CLEANING CRUSHED STONE AROUND DECK OF CRUSHER WITH SHOVEL. SHOVEL HIT SOMETHING & STOPPED HOVEL FROM MOVING HOWEVER BODY KEPT SWINGING IN SAME DIRECTION & MOUTH HIT SHOVEL HANDLE.
April 29, 1991VA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING W 2 OTHER MEN AT JAW CRUSHER.AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF A SWING JAW CRUSHER TO A LOWER PART OF THE PLATFORM HE HIT HIS KNEE AGAINST A BROKEN PIPE.THIS CAUSED AN ABRASION ON HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.
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