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: 637 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
MOREFIELD MINE has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-25.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 33%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2007-10-31.
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: 2009-05-06, 17 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
2
2015
4
2014
4
2013
3
2012
3
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
3
2007
4
2006
4
2005
4
2004
4
2003
4
2002
4
2001
4
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
MOREFIELD MINE sits in Amelia County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Amelia County, Virginia · Population 13,342
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,339
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
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
392
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
112
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
669
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
86
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
792
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
464
1
0
2155.2
2014 Q4
1,164
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3
34
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
121
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
248
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
511
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
69
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
371
1
0
2695.4
2012 Q1
65
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
433
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
73
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
997
1
0
1003.0
2011 Q1
134
2
0
14925.4
2010 Q4
251
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
133
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
405
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
118
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
281
1
0
3558.7
2009 Q3
333
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
465
1
0
2150.5
2009 Q1
38
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
308
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
8
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
481
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
37
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,016
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,440
5
3
3472.2
2007 Q2
1,066
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
100
1
0
10000.0
2006 Q4
625
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
181
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,284
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
158
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
574
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
745
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
598
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
27
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
362
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
654
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
571
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
118
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
688
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
620
2
0
3225.8
2003 Q2
793
1
0
1261.0
2003 Q1
38
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
967
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,488
3
0
2016.1
2002 Q2
1,462
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
82
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,257
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
716
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
660
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
117
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,199
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
233
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
771
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
287
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2012 · 1 incident
November 29, 2012VA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was sent up to shop area to remove a 1 1/2" nipple out of a 1 1/2" elbow, using a vise and two pipe wrenches. He allowed one hand to be too close to the 2nd wrench and the wrench slipped on the nipple hitting his upper fingers with the handle end. He used a smaller wrench when 2 large wrenches were available
An 18 year old young man was working on the 15 foot level work deck assisting with rebar and concrete form at top of shaft. Someone dropped a hammer down to next deck @ 25'. He slipped off the manway compartment ladder and fell down 13 feet on the manway and then rolled off a platform down another 6' - 9".
May 3, 2007VA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
I had trammed coal load of rock (800#) from work place to shaft with employee. Went through hook up to pull bucket from mine. He filled second bucket, trammed part way to shaft (130'), got hung up due to friction on a curve and either jammed finger or pinched it with the pail.