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: 775 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lynnwood Farm has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 8 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
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$55
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-10-17.
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.
23citations taken to the federal commission · 27% of citations on record
Settled
19 · 83%
Stood as issued
2 · 9%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 9%
73%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $13K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2013-04-22.
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: 2012-01-25, 14 years ago
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz111 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.21
1.14
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-01-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-11-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.52
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-11-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2007-11-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
2.24
0.31
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2005-05-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
1.03
0.36
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
2.98
0.27
Bulldozer Operator
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.94
0.14
Truck Driver
2004-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.33
0.52
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.58
0.28
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.55
0.33
Mechanic
2001-08-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.8
0.26
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.21
0.22
Truck Driver
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.
Lynnwood Farm recorded 9.90 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ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.
9.90
total case rate
9.90
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.36 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
2011 *
9.90
9.90
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
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
2013
3
2012
5
2011
10
2010
9
2009
6
2008
10
2007
11
2006
13
2005
13
2004
14
2003
14
2002
13
2001
13
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lynnwood Farm sits in Rockingham County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Rockingham County, Virginia · Population 84,739
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$78,468
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
2013 Q4
0
1
0
2013 Q3
1,946
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,673
1
0
374.1
2013 Q1
1,997
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,343
5
1
2134.0
2012 Q3
2,737
2
0
730.7
2012 Q2
3,370
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,720
3
0
806.5
Show 48 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4
5,052
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
5,718
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,152
2
0
388.2
2011 Q1
4,276
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,893
9
4
1839.4
2010 Q3
6,179
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,755
2
1
420.6
2010 Q1
2,282
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,574
3
0
538.2
2009 Q3
5,096
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
283
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
844
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,559
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,682
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,874
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,220
2
0
383.1
2007 Q4
4,006
3
1
748.9
2007 Q3
5,793
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,741
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,600
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,556
1
0
152.5
2006 Q3
7,984
1
0
125.3
2006 Q2
7,618
1
0
131.3
2006 Q1
7,030
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,646
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,022
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,347
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,803
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,272
1
0
137.5
2004 Q3
8,836
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,924
2
0
252.4
2004 Q1
6,186
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,311
10
2
1367.8
2003 Q3
6,819
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,916
7
3
1012.1
2003 Q1
5,545
7
1
1262.4
2002 Q4
5,947
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,717
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,407
5
3
675.0
2002 Q1
7,775
2
2
257.2
2001 Q4
7,933
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,719
4
0
518.2
2001 Q2
9,364
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,649
1
0
150.4
2000 Q4
7,693
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,177
2
0
217.9
2000 Q2
10,145
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,030
7
3
871.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
22 on file
2012 · 1 incident
October 12, 2012VA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
THE EE BUMPED HIS LEFT HAND WHILE RETRIEVING A RAG FROM BEHIND THE SEAT OF THE MINE FUEL TRUCK. HIS HAND HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INJURED PRIOR TO BEING HIRED.
CONVEYOR WAS BEING SUPPORTED BY CRAIN WHILE VICTIM ADN WELDER WERE ATTEMPTING TO WELD SUPPORT BRACK UNDER HEAD END. VICTIM LAID ON BELT TO SUPPORT ONE END OF BRACE. WHEN CONVEYOR FRAME BROKE AT CHAINS, VICTIM FELL WITH CONVEYOR AND HIT HEUAD ON MOTOR MOUNTING FRAME.
1989 · 1 incident
March 9, 1989VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO TURN ENGINE FAN HUB TO SEE IT ENGINE PUMP WAS FROZEN AND LEANED ON STARTER BUTTON CUT ON RIGHT HAND AT WRIST REQUIRING STITCHES.
EMP WAS DRIVING3A TRUCK AT PLANT AND IN DOING SAME STEERING WHEEL FLIPPED AROUND FAST AND CAUGHT TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND, SPRAINING SAME
August 22, 1987VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING FASTENERS OUT OF CONVEYOR BELT HOT BOLT FELL INTO BOOT AND BURNED LEFT LEG.
1984 · 1 incident
August 13, 1984VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN PC OF METAL WHEN HE CAUGHT 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN METAL AND CLAMP FRACTURE MASHED AND CRACKED FINGERS 3 ON LEFT HAND