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: 585 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-10-08.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
PHILIPPI QUARRY has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-29.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Stood as issued
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2014-10-23.
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.
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: 2025-10-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz15
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (27)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
1.35
0.34
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-10-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-10-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.06
0.40
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-10-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Truck Driver
2024-10-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.66
0.7
0.94
Mechanic
2023-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-10-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-10-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-10-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-02-02
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.16
10
0.12
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2022-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2014-10-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2014-10-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.8
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.22
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.81
0.25
Backhoe Operator
2001-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.57
0.32
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.9
0.17
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.
PHILIPPI QUARRY recorded 6.58 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.
6.58
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
6.58
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
25
2025
23
2024
17
2023
17
2022
18
2021
18
2020
9
2017
0
2015
4
2014
5
2013
6
2002
3
2001
4
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PHILIPPI QUARRY sits in Tucker County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Tucker County, West Virginia · Population 6,698
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,475
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
16,098
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
16,817
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
11,468
2
0
174.4
2025 Q3
14,110
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
23,322
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
11,855
3
2
253.1
2024 Q4
10,436
1
0
95.8
2024 Q3
11,609
0
0
0.0
Show 34 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
11,184
2
0
178.8
2024 Q1
10,691
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
17,175
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
10,032
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
12,111
3
0
247.7
2023 Q1
12,912
4
0
309.8
2022 Q4
10,824
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
11,289
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,296
2
1
177.1
2022 Q1
8,690
1
0
115.1
2021 Q4
10,778
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,838
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
8,708
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,355
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,297
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,872
1
0
170.3
2020 Q2
5,582
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,627
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q3
1,935
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,863
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,004
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,384
9
4
2659.6
2014 Q3
2,970
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
875
4
0
4571.4
2014 Q1
1,997
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,263
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,678
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,395
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,389
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,603
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,973
5
0
2534.2
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2026 · 1 incident
March 3, 2026WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Steep grades, loose material, wet ground conditions with truck driving up steep grade, causing truck to slide back into the excavator and a rock to strike the cab.
January 20, 2025WV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Operator was backing water truck up and backed up on berm and truck rolled on its side. No Injury.
1997 · 4 incidents
September 10, 1997WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS INSPECTING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON PL-5 (988 A). REMOVED EXTINGUISHER FROM BEHIND SEAT PLACED EXTING. ON OPERATORS SEAT LOOKED AT GAUGE ON EXTING. TOOK INK PEN OUT OF SHIRT POCKET TO DATE TAG ON EXTING. IT FELL TO THE FLOOR, DISCHARGINGINTO EYES, SINUS PASSAGE, THROAT, MOUTH & LUNGS.
July 15, 1997WV · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING COME-A-LONG TO 489 CONE CRUSHER IN ORDER OT ADJUST IT. HE WAS STANDING ON CRUSHER WHEN HE SLIPEPD AND FELL APPROX 4' LANDING IN A SITTING POSITION, ON THE MAIN FRAM OF TH E CRUSHER.
INJURED WAS WORKING ON FLAT DECK SCREEN. A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WAS SECURED TO SCREEN STRUCTURE--WHEN BELT WAS STARTED FOR TESTING THE STRAP BROKE ALLOWING ANGLE IRON TO HIT THE BELT AND BOUNCE BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE LEG.
1996 · 2 incidents
August 6, 1996WV · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
INJURED WAS CLEANING BOTTOM ROLLERS ON A STATIONARY BELT WHEN THE 12' METAL BAR HE WAS USING BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE BELTING & THE BOTTOM ROLLER. THIS CAUSED THE BAR TO STRIKE UNDER HIS LEFT ARM.