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Norton Quarry: 26 MSHA citations 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.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-12.
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.
11.5%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
11.5%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.2% low, 76.9% moderate, 3.8% high, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2009-07-07.
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
VA 2009-343M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2026-05-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
38
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg32
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (38)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2026-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2025-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2025-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2025-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2024-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2024-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2017-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.77 0.13 Cleanup Man
2009-04-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2009-04-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-02-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-09-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.87 10 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-09-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-09-24 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.

Norton Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.96 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 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. Rim Rock Quarries Inc 1979 to 1990
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 6
2023 6
2022 7
2021 7
2020 4
2019 8
2018 8
2017 8
2016 10
2015 11
2014 8
2013 12
2012 11
2011 9
2010 9
2009 6
2008 7
2007 9
2006 9
2005 10
2004 10
2003 10
2002 9
2001 9
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Norton Quarry sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
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 2,664 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,547 0 0 0.0
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
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,081 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,975 0 0 0.0
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.