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Ours Quarry: 105 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Arthur, Grant County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4608620

Ours Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $990 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1997–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
105
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,114
proposed penalties
$11,124
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $990 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Fairfax Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
54
inspections on record
1,010
inspection hours
10.4
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.
105 citations across 1,010 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ours Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $990 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$990
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $408 in penalties contested before the Commission, $408 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-14.
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.
13.3%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
13.3%
reasonably likely or greater
52.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 37.1% low, 56.2% moderate, 6.7% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$408 proposed, $408 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 2017-08-07.
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
WEVA 2015-0974 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $308 → $308
WEVA 2015-1016M Settlement Lesnick 2017 $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: 2026-08-05
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
47
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz71 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg21
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (47)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 23.4 10 2.34 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Utility Man
2025-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2024-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-02-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2023-02-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Bulldozer Operator
2021-05-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.69 10 0.27 Truck Driver
2021-05-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Ground Control/Timberman
2019-07-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.81 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-11-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2015-11-03 Calcium oxide 1.67 5 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.14 1.92 0.59 Utility Man
2012-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 2.09 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-07-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 2.47 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 2.93 0.24 Truck Driver
2004-07-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.97 0.10 Truck Driver
2003-04-24 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.47 10 0.25 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-24 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 6.02 10 0.60 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-04-24 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.46 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-24 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.56 10 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 1.76 0.34 Cleanup Man
2001-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2001-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.77 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 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.

Ours Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.73 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 9.78 9.78 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. Seneca Sand Inc 1997 to 1999
  2. Fairfax Materials Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 12
2023 18
2022 9
2021 9
2020 9
2019 8
2018 8
2017 9
2016 10
2015 11
2014 10
2013 9
2012 9
2011 8
2010 9
2009 10
2008 12
2007 9
2006 9
2005 11
2004 11
2003 12
2002 10
2001 8
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ours Quarry 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
2026 Q2 5,377 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,756 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,876 1 0 170.2
2025 Q3 5,805 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,311 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,414 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,024 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,496 3 0 545.9
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,661 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,528 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,253 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,355 1 0 229.6
2023 Q2 2,781 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,652 1 0 150.3
2022 Q4 3,875 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,582 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,115 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,303 6 0 1394.4
2021 Q4 5,030 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,434 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,826 1 0 207.2
2021 Q1 3,583 1 0 279.1
2020 Q4 5,354 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,335 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,189 1 0 238.7
2020 Q1 3,914 5 0 1277.5
2019 Q4 3,454 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,855 1 0 259.4
2019 Q2 3,541 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,813 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,022 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,056 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,256 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,705 2 0 739.4
2017 Q4 3,413 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,521 1 0 221.2
2017 Q2 4,578 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,650 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,343 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,419 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,594 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,832 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,333 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,233 2 1 382.2
2015 Q1 3,258 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,348 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,121 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,501 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,273 1 0 305.5
2013 Q4 5,256 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,593 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,296 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,590 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,717 2 0 424.0
2012 Q3 5,829 1 1 171.6
2012 Q2 2,651 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,982 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,267 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,078 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,858 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,251 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,769 4 0 1061.3
2010 Q3 6,138 1 1 162.9
2010 Q2 6,604 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 659 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,882 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,823 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,140 1 0 241.5
2008 Q4 6,634 1 0 150.7
2008 Q3 5,992 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,343 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,188 2 0 385.5
2007 Q4 4,865 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,466 2 0 365.9
2007 Q2 4,783 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,173 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,479 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,084 2 0 393.4
2006 Q2 5,382 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,190 1 0 238.7
2005 Q4 4,546 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,103 3 1 422.4
2005 Q2 4,860 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,942 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,492 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,897 3 0 508.7
2004 Q2 5,404 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,177 3 0 1378.0
2003 Q4 6,688 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,238 5 0 954.6
2003 Q1 2,302 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,185 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,836 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,821 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,147 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,463 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,506 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,885 5 2 1023.5
2001 Q1 5,045 5 1 991.1
2000 Q4 1,931 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,906 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,818 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,588 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 16, 2011 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Fairfax Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding metal and the wind blew a piece of the metal into his left eye.

2005 · 1 incident

April 27, 2005 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fairfax Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee slipped on edge of porch and bent his toe back against the steel in his shoes.

2004 · 1 incident

February 9, 2004 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Fairfax Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON THE LOADER. WHEN HE RAISED UP, HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A BOLT ON THE LOADER CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS HEAD.

2003 · 1 incident

June 9, 2003 WV · Metal/Non-Metal
Fairfax Materials Inc · -

EE WAS PICKING ROCKS OFF THE CATWALK WHEN THE SCREEN OVERFLOWED AND A ROCK HIT HIM IN THE SHOULDER.

2001 · 1 incident

August 9, 2001 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Fairfax Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

THE EE WAS STANDING IN THE DESIGNATION AREA NEXT TO THE LAB FOR QUARRY SHOTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FROM FLY ROCK STRUCK HIM IN THE ABDOMENAL AREA.

1999 · 1 incident

March 31, 1999 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS TAKING CAP OFF OF HYDRAULIC TANK, WHILE THE LOADER WAS RUNNING. THE TANK HER PRESSURE BEHIND IT AND THREW HOT OIL OUT.

1998 · 3 incidents

December 15, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING THE LOADED TRUCK UP THE HILL ON THE HAUL ROAD. THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO DRIFT BACKWARDS. EE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN. THE TR UCK FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE.

November 12, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS ON A SCREEN DECK, HE PINCHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND IN SCREEN.

April 29, 1998 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seneca Sand Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BIN TRUCK, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LAST STEP AND FELL BACKWARDS CATCHING HISSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

1997 · 1 incident

October 28, 1997 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seneca Sand Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF THE CRUSHER, WHEN A ROCK FELL DOWN, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.