Mining Incidents

New Creek Mountain Quarry & Mill: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Petersburg Blocks Inc · Surface
Controlled by H Tim Park
Grant, Grant County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605883

New Creek Mountain Quarry & Mill has $4K 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 2001
26
citations
12
significant & substantial
$3,948
proposed penalties
$3,948
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
29
inspections on record
339
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: 339 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

New Creek Mountain Quarry & Mill has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-04.
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.
46.2%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
46.2%
reasonably likely or greater
80.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.8% low, 88.5% moderate, 7.7% 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: 2015-11-04, 10 years ago
13%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Arsenic fumes2
  • Beryllium fumes2
  • Cadmium oxide fumes2
Show the individual readings (34)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.16 1.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-11-04 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Manganese fumes 0.04 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Arsenic fumes 0.25 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Copper fumes 0.18 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Copper fumes 3.81 300 0.01 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Iron oxide fumes 0.79 20 0.04 Welder, etc.
2015-11-04 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.19 0.74 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.29 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.23 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Petersburg Blocks Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

New Creek Mountain Quarry & Mill sits in Grant County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Grant County, West Virginia · Population 10,972
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$61,530
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
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 360 3 2 8333.3
2015 Q3 504 2 0 3968.3
2015 Q2 182 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 752 5 3 6648.9
2012 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 848 1 0 1179.2
2011 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 368 2 1 5434.8
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 912 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 469 1 0 2132.2
2008 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 849 3 2 3533.6
2007 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 688 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 912 2 0 2193.0
2005 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 633 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 976 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 352 2 0 5681.8
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 948 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 256 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 800 1 1 1250.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 736 3 3 4076.1
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 994 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.