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: 324 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Roanoke Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-04.
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.
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: 2014-10-30, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.6
0.30
Truck Driver
2014-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2014-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.43
0.17
Supervisor, Co. Official
2008-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2003-01-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2015
2
2014
2
2013
3
2012
3
2011
3
2010
4
2009
4
2008
3
2007
3
2006
4
2005
3
2004
4
2003
4
2002
3
2001
1
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Roanoke Pit sits in Roanoke city, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Roanoke city, Virginia · Population 98,677
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,671
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
2015 Q1
70
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
70
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
29
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
71
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
75
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
75
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
46
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
425
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1
124
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
467
2
0
4282.7
2012 Q3
447
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
593
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
236
3
0
12711.9
2011 Q4
113
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
517
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
525
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
271
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
588
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
628
1
0
1592.4
2010 Q1
340
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
824
2
1
2427.2
2009 Q3
982
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
883
1
0
1132.5
2009 Q1
98
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,173
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
624
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
780
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
340
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,026
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,063
2
0
1881.5
2007 Q2
1,129
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,024
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,090
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
970
4
2
4123.7
2006 Q2
1,155
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,150
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,045
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,153
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,176
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,137
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,287
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,786
1
0
559.9
2004 Q2
1,475
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,436
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,357
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,013
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,524
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,213
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,079
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,006
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,118
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
609
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
587
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
614
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
690
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
584
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
580
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
625
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
826
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
453
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2008 · 1 incident
August 12, 2008VA · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY
Driver pulled up to stockpile to be loaded. He got out of cab of truck to tie his boot. As he prepared to get back into the truck, a small amount of shale fell from stockpile onto his right leg. This caused ligament damage to his knee.
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