Mining Incidents

Montgomery Pit: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C Wilson McNeely
Salem, Montgomery County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400206

Montgomery Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
9
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,186
proposed penalties
$1,186
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
161
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: 161 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Montgomery Pit 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
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-29.
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.
44.4%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
44.4%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 77.8% moderate, 11.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2014-11-04, 11 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-11-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Truck Driver
2008-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. 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.
Ownership history
  1. Old Virginia Brick Company Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Old Virginia Brick Incorporated 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Montgomery Pit sits in Montgomery 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.
Montgomery County, Virginia · Population 99,159
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,769
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
2015 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 467 2 0 4282.7
2012 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 517 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 273 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 313 2 2 6389.8
2010 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 434 2 0 4608.3
2009 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 426 2 2 4694.8
2009 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 764 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 133 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 605 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 428 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 335 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 263 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 247 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 258 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 231 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 503 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 438 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 66 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.