Mining Incidents

Roanoke Pit: 27 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C Wilson McNeely
Salem, Roanoke City (City) County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400205

Roanoke Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
27
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,477
proposed penalties
$3,477
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
324
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: 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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
77.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.8% low, 51.9% moderate, 33.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Old Virginia Brick Company Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Old Virginia Brick Company Inc 1986 to present
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
Show 52 earlier quarters
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, 2008 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Old Virginia Brick Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Drill steel uncoupled from shank and fell on operators big toe on left foot, partialy severing toe. Toe was reattached at hospital.

2005 · 1 incident

January 1, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Old Virginia Brick Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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.