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Off-Site Crushing: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Willis Trust
Staunton, Augusta County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407191

Off-Site Crushing has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2010–2013
Latest incident
Nov 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
9
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,670
proposed penalties
$1,608
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $62 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rockydale Quarries Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
11
inspections on record
111
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: 111 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Off-Site Crushing has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $900 was upheld in final decisions.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 56% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 60%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 20%
33%
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%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $900 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 2012-05-15.
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 2012-430M Default Lesnick 2012 $600 → $600
VA 2011-615M Settlement Koutras 2012 $270 → $100
VA 2012-172M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $200 → $200
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: 2011-10-25, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.59 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.81 0.37 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. Rockydale Quarries Corporation 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 2
2013 2
2012 1
2011 8
2010 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Off-Site Crushing sits in Augusta 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.
Augusta County, Virginia · Population 77,713
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,972
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
2024 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,048 1 1 954.2
2014 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 659 1 0 1517.5
2013 Q4 1,345 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,692 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 803 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 699 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 715 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 979 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,741 3 1 1094.5
2011 Q3 7,036 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,700 1 0 212.8
2011 Q1 3,795 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,713 1 0 212.2
2010 Q3 4,160 2 0 480.8
2010 Q2 2,233 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2013 · 1 incident

2011 · 1 incident

January 26, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rockydale Quarries Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was nailing concrete forms together while in a kneeling position. When he stood up, he said he had a sharp pain in his lower back.

2010 · 1 incident

May 25, 2010 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was inside lowering chain to another employee when weight of chain became too much for him to hold. When the chain un-rolled and fell to the ground, it caught his right thumb. Small abrasions and a sprain resulted.