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Meadows Stone & Paving Incorporated: 532 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C K Meadows II
Valley Head, Randolph County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4604694

Meadows Stone & Paving Incorporated has $849K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 40 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1986–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
532
citations
201
significant & substantial
$848,719
proposed penalties
$598,935
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $249,784 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meadows Stone & Paving Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
106
inspections on record
3,171
inspection hours
16.8
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.
532 citations across 3,171 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
3
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-07-23.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Meadows Stone & Paving Incorporated has $849K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 40 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.
$849K
proposed penalties
$603K
current assessed
$599K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
521 assessments are final orders; 40 contested dockets.
Of $550K in penalties contested before the Commission, $298K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-19.
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.
38.6%
significant & substantial
19.4%
high negligence or reckless
38.6%
reasonably likely or greater
72.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.9% low, 68.7% moderate, 18.6% high, 0.8% 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.
183 citations taken to the federal commission · 34% of citations on record
  • Settled 154 · 84%
  • Stood as issued 22 · 12%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 7 · 4%
85%
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 127 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$555K proposed, $302K 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 2024-06-30.
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
WEVA 2012-1204M Settlement Paez 2014 $146K → $60K
WEVA 2020-0113 Settlement Paez 2020 $53K → $28K
WEVA 2020-0057M Settlement Rae 2021 $52K → $25K
WEVA 2013-719M Settlement Paez 2014 $50K → $22K
WEVA 2012-77M Settlement Paez 2013 $34K → $23K
WEVA 2020-0480 Settlement Bulluck 2021 $19K → $9K
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: 2026-03-25
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
48
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz241 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (48)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.55 3.23 1.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-03-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.5 2.22 0.68 Utility Man
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Utility Man
2025-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 Utility Man
2025-09-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Utility Man
2025-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Bobcat Operator
2025-03-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2025-03-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-03-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Mechanic
2024-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.09 0.50 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 1.27 0.38 Truck Driver
2024-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 1.45 0.47 Bobcat Operator
2023-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.47 0.37 Utility Man
2023-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.75 0.32 Utility Man
2023-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 Truck Driver
2020-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1.37 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 Mechanic
2019-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.58 0.45 Mechanic
2019-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Utility Man
2016-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.92 10 0.09 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2016-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2012-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 2.23 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2009-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.25 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.84 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2004-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.19 0.11 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.

Meadows Stone & Paving Incorporated recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.73 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 4.39 4.39 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 7.92 3.96 0.000
2019 * 5.21 0.00 0.000
2018 * 5.88 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. Hawthorne Industries Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Meadows Stone & Paving Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 23
2025 20
2024 23
2023 23
2022 24
2021 22
2020 27
2019 20
2018 16
2017 16
2016 14
2015 13
2014 12
2013 13
2012 14
2011 13
2010 13
2009 13
2008 10
2007 12
2006 13
2005 12
2004 11
2003 10
2002 10
2001 11
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Meadows Stone & Paving Incorporated sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
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
2026 Q2 10,229 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10,681 3 0 280.9
2025 Q4 9,501 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,470 1 0 87.2
2025 Q2 11,252 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,052 1 0 124.2
2024 Q4 9,791 1 0 102.1
2024 Q3 12,121 2 0 165.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 12,169 7 2 575.2
2024 Q1 11,162 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 11,161 7 3 627.2
2023 Q3 10,744 43 12 4002.2
2023 Q2 11,940 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 11,690 1 0 85.5
2022 Q4 11,225 20 4 1781.7
2022 Q3 8,392 3 0 357.5
2022 Q2 10,618 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11,052 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 12,494 12 5 960.5
2021 Q2 11,983 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,477 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 12,323 8 5 649.2
2020 Q3 14,901 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 13,101 14 9 1068.6
2020 Q1 10,162 4 2 393.6
2019 Q4 12,265 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,492 30 18 2859.3
2019 Q2 8,080 16 9 1980.2
2019 Q1 7,551 27 15 3575.7
2018 Q4 8,311 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,305 19 4 2287.8
2018 Q2 9,043 6 2 663.5
2018 Q1 8,352 29 23 3472.2
2017 Q4 9,016 7 3 776.4
2017 Q3 8,220 1 1 121.7
2017 Q2 8,840 1 1 113.1
2017 Q1 6,924 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,825 10 0 1465.2
2016 Q3 2,708 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,858 3 0 381.8
2016 Q1 6,004 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,910 1 0 126.4
2015 Q3 7,663 5 0 652.5
2015 Q2 6,240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,611 4 1 2482.9
2014 Q4 6,036 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,125 6 2 2823.5
2014 Q2 6,917 12 2 1734.9
2014 Q1 5,251 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,610 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,305 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,190 1 0 161.6
2012 Q4 6,564 6 2 914.1
2012 Q3 8,651 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,464 11 3 1299.6
2012 Q1 6,557 12 9 1830.1
2011 Q4 7,006 1 0 142.7
2011 Q3 7,972 12 5 1505.3
2011 Q2 8,214 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 8,343 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,632 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,673 1 0 130.3
2010 Q2 8,926 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,087 12 5 2359.0
2009 Q4 6,626 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,905 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,478 2 0 267.5
2009 Q1 6,522 2 0 306.7
2008 Q4 6,405 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,153 1 1 139.8
2008 Q2 2,421 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,107 7 0 3322.3
2007 Q4 6,088 6 1 985.5
2007 Q3 2,036 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,448 13 4 5310.5
2007 Q1 5,411 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,436 1 1 184.0
2006 Q3 5,891 24 6 4074.0
2006 Q2 5,948 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,355 10 1 1359.6
2005 Q4 5,906 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,822 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,797 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,949 11 0 2222.7
2004 Q3 5,234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,331 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,066 10 4 1973.9
2003 Q4 4,267 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,102 12 10 2352.0
2003 Q2 5,866 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,738 1 1 211.1
2002 Q4 4,325 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,768 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,399 4 0 625.1
2002 Q1 5,640 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,588 4 0 607.2
2001 Q3 6,898 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,289 3 1 567.2
2001 Q1 5,851 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,689 14 8 2460.9
2000 Q3 7,308 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,674 4 3 599.3
2000 Q1 5,574 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 31, 2023 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Struck by flying object

Cleaning out screen box, material broke loose causing a rock to hit employee in head.

2020 · 3 incidents

June 9, 2020 WV · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was changing v-belts on a crusher and fingers got stuck between the v-belts and the sheave.

June 1, 2020 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was shoveling a tail pulley when employee slipped and fell. When employee fell employee cut forehead above right eye.

2019 · 1 incident

June 20, 2019 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was cutting part numbers out of the box with a knife, it slipped off the box and stabbed my leg.

2018 · 1 incident

March 1, 2018 WV · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Was uncovering conduit to be replaced in soupy mud and clay shoveling heavy material in awkward position and felt back pop in middle and lower part of back had to leave ditch and couldn't straighten up. Will give few days to see if better.

2016 · 1 incident

April 15, 2016 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing liners in impact crusher swinging a hammer and chips from hammer broke off and hit in employee's face.

2011 · 1 incident

January 19, 2011 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Fall onto or against objects

He came down the steps from the crusher to fast and caught his foot on bottom step and fell onto a rock that was there and struck his leg.

2007 · 1 incident

March 12, 2007 WV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While loading trucks, employee had an apparent heart attack.

2001 · 1 incident

1999 · 2 incidents

April 15, 1999 WV · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF A CONVEYOR. AROCK SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE ARM CUTTING IT. THE CONVEYOR WAS SHUT OFF AND LCKED OUT.

January 25, 1999 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO PRY A ROCK OUT OF THE JAW WITH A PRYBAR WHILE STANDING AND INJURED BACK. THE CRUSHING OPERATION WAS SHUT DOWN, AND CONTROL PANEL WAS LOCKED OUT.

1995 · 1 incident

August 28, 1995 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE WAS INSTALLING SIDE PLATES IN A UNIVERSAL IMPACTOR AND THEY SLID DOWN SMASHING HIS FINGER.

1990 · 1 incident

December 7, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJ LIFTED BEAM AND RUPTURED STOMACH MUSCLE WALL.

1988 · 1 incident

November 14, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meadows Stone & Paving Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING OUT HAMMER LOCK PIIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF & HIT EMPL IN RIGHT EYE.

1986 · 1 incident