Mining Incidents

Norton Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4405165

Norton Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1983–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,192
proposed penalties
$4,192
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
62
inspections on record
1,458
inspection hours
1.8
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.
26 citations across 1,458 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Norton Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 3,789 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,892 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,164 1 0 462.1
2025 Q1 1,915 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,947 1 0 253.4
2024 Q3 5,152 1 1 194.1
2024 Q2 2,081 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,975 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,635 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,392 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,418 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,118 1 0 472.1
2022 Q4 2,285 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,605 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,833 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,029 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,118 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,271 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,670 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,020 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,736 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,058 1 0 485.9
2020 Q2 2,020 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,214 1 1 451.7
2019 Q4 6,574 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,847 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,038 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,968 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,291 3 0 567.0
2018 Q3 5,039 2 0 396.9
2018 Q2 2,333 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,035 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,787 1 0 208.9
2016 Q4 4,330 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,141 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,346 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,761 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,852 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,620 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,989 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,415 2 1 585.7
2014 Q4 4,819 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,542 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,112 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,098 1 0 244.0
2013 Q4 4,819 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,701 1 0 175.4
2013 Q2 5,606 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,901 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,964 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,605 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,829 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,075 1 0 245.4
2011 Q4 4,644 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,026 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,708 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,310 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,304 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,428 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,422 1 0 155.7
2010 Q1 3,949 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,367 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,087 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,189 4 0 954.9
2009 Q1 3,370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,743 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,918 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,740 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,114 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,455 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,256 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,924 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,661 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,459 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,856 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,234 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,292 1 0 189.0
2005 Q4 5,354 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,256 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,184 1 0 161.7
2005 Q1 4,327 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,694 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,896 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,669 1 0 272.6
2003 Q4 5,400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,411 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,162 1 0 122.5
2003 Q1 5,474 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,819 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,417 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,445 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,163 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,140 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,739 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,951 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,579 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,706 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,863 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,472 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 27, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HANDELING ARMOUR CABLE. THE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND THE METAL AROUND THE CABLE CAUGHT THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER NAIL AND PULLED IT BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

June 30, 1993 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with heat

OPERATING 988B LOADER. OPERATOR BEGAN TO FEEL SICK. STEPPED DOWN OUT OF LOADER AND PASSED OUT. FELL INTO PILE OF SCRAP IRON. OPERATOR COMMENTED THAT EXHAUST FUMES AND HEAT FROM DOZER SEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVE ON THIS DATE. OPERATOR WAS TRANSFERRED TO NORTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.

1992 · 1 incident

January 7, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-RAY READ BY 2 "B" READER USING ILO PROCEDURES.THE X-RAY WAS CHARACTERIZED BY 2 READERS AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH READINGS OF 1/0 AND 1/0. DAM AGE OR IMPAIRMENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY ONLY READING CHEST X-RAYS.THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO SATISFY MSHA PROGRAM POLICY LETTER P91-III-2.

1991 · 1 incident

January 30, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

REACHED DOWN WITH RIGHT HAND TO MOVE ROCK FROM BETWEEN TIRES ON H AULER IN PIT AREA. ROCK CUT FINGER ON RIGHT HAND 10 STITCHES.

1989 · 4 incidents

October 25, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS PULLING DOWN ON A PIPE WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED HIS L HAND CAUGHT THE CORNER OF A COMPRESSOR AND THEN HE USED BOTH HANDS TO CATCH HIMSELF ON THE ROCKY GROUND

May 5, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUT HAND BETWEEN SHOOT AND CRUSHER TO CATCH PC OF METAL PC OF METAL SMASHED THUMB AGAINST SHOOT.

January 23, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO LOCK FRONT HUBS ON HIS PICKUP HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL HITTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON THE HAT OF THE FRONT WHEEL.

1988 · 3 incidents

May 4, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS REMVING AN OXYGEN TANK FROM A RACK WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A CHAIN AND FELL ON THE GROUND AGAINST HIS SHOULDER.

March 25, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LINE A PIECE OF METAL WITH BOLT HOLES WHEN THE METAL SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND

March 7, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING HIS DOZER WHEN HE HAD A HEART ATTACK.

1987 · 1 incident

June 8, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SHOVEL WHEN HE THINKS ITLOST ITS AIR OF IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND STARTED TO ROLL TOWARDS THE HIGHWALL. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT ANKLE ON A ROCK.

1986 · 1 incident

1985 · 1 incident

April 1, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PULLING3A PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE PUGMILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, ROLLING FOR APPROX 15' DOWN A HILL, HAS LOWER BACK STRAIN

1984 · 1 incident

May 30, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS WALKING AROUND HIS DRILL TO THE CONTROLS IN DOING SO STEPPED ON A FLAT REOCK WHICH WAS COVERED WITH MUD, HE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE RECEIVED A BRUISED AND SWELLE D RIGHT KNEE

1983 · 5 incidents

November 26, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SCREEN DECK WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BUSTING UPPER LIP,TAKING 3 STITCHES ALSO 2 LOOSE TEETH.

September 6, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WORKING ON CONE CRUSHER TIGHTENING BOLTS WHEN MOVING TO TIGHTEN SOME OTHER BOLTS MISSED STEP ,SLIPPED AND FELL.

July 13, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

WALKING AROUND CAT-WALK TO CLIMB UP ON BED OF TRUCK.GRABBED HOLD OF MIRROR WHICH TWISTED HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF TRUCK.

March 8, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

SHOVELING DIRT AND ROCK FROM UNDER BELT LINES.WH// FELT PAIN IN UPPER MUSCLE OF RIGHT ARM.AS THE DAY WENT ON THE PAIN GOT WORSE.

February 21, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rim Rock Quarries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

DOZER BEING REPAIRED,EMPL GOING BACK TO START MACHINE WALKING ON TRACK AND TRIPPED ON ONE OF TRACK CLEATS FALLING ON GRACK HITTING RIGHT KNEE.

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