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Rockbridge Stone #2: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roy D Simmons Jr
Monterey, Highland County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4406507

Rockbridge Stone #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2020
Latest incident
Mar 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
28
significant & substantial
$13,108
proposed penalties
$12,432
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $676 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rockbridge Stone Products, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
843
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: 843 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rockbridge Stone #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-16.
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.
26.4%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
26.4%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.2% low, 80.2% moderate, 5.7% 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.
14 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 64%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 21%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 14%
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%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2024-11-21.
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 20010018 Settlement Schroeder 2001 $2K → $1K
VA 2007-63M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $861 → $200
VA 2024-0007 Default 2024 $429 → $429
VA 2009-283M Settlement Koutras 2011 $300 → $300
VA 2010-156M Settlement Rae 2012 $300 → $200
VA 2025-0011 Settlement Young 2025 $294 → $294
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: 2023-09-08, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-03-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-03-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.43 0.10 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hupman Brothers Excavating Company 1989 to 1999
  2. Miracle Ridge Limestone Company 1999 to 2003
  3. Rockbridge Stone Products, Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2018 4
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 6
2004 5
2003 7
2002 8
2001 9
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rockbridge Stone #2 sits in Highland County, 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.
Highland County, Virginia · Population 2,265
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,946
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 1,453 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,181 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,442 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,259 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 895 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,164 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 964 2 0 2074.7
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 969 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,047 3 0 2865.3
2023 Q3 1,034 1 0 967.1
2023 Q2 1,127 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 916 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 427 7 0 16393.4
2022 Q1 381 1 0 2624.7
2021 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,787 3 1 1678.8
2021 Q2 923 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,018 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,349 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,467 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,164 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,225 2 2 1632.7
2019 Q4 1,322 3 0 2269.3
2019 Q3 1,724 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,183 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,271 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,228 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,244 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,021 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,106 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,165 1 0 461.9
2017 Q3 1,839 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,877 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,677 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,394 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,861 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,126 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,657 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,972 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,772 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,782 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,217 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,900 2 0 1052.6
2014 Q3 967 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,153 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,120 2 1 1785.7
2013 Q3 897 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 963 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 429 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 928 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,121 2 0 1784.1
2011 Q3 1,169 2 0 1710.9
2011 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 520 2 0 3846.2
2009 Q3 1,375 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,057 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 381 3 2 7874.0
2008 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,468 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,382 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 881 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,565 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,593 2 0 1255.5
2007 Q1 1,411 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,667 1 0 599.9
2006 Q3 1,779 2 1 1124.2
2006 Q2 1,836 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,607 1 0 622.3
2005 Q4 2,869 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,071 12 5 2947.7
2005 Q2 2,184 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,010 12 6 3986.7
2004 Q4 2,660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,512 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,474 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,047 3 0 984.6
2003 Q4 2,503 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,275 1 0 305.3
2003 Q2 3,472 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,869 7 2 3745.3
2002 Q4 2,389 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,424 5 1 2062.7
2002 Q2 1,976 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,572 2 0 1272.3
2001 Q4 3,481 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,294 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,460 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,127 3 0 959.4
2000 Q4 3,352 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,955 7 2 1769.9
2000 Q2 3,467 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,006 5 3 1663.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2020 · 1 incident

March 11, 2020 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockbridge Stone Products, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was changing blow bars in crusher. After changing one bar they manually rotated the rotor. During the manual rotation a foot slipped into contact with the rotor. The weight of the new blow bar bent foot backwards causing bruising and some swelling. Dr. recommended to keep weight off of the foot for one day then return to work.

2005 · 1 incident

November 8, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockbridge Stone Products, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BAND OFF OF ROLLED UP SCREEN. SCREEN SPRUNG FARTHER THAN EXPECTED & RIPPED A GASH IN HIS LEFT KNEE, LEFT SIDE OF KNEE CAP.

2002 · 1 incident

February 26, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miracle Ridge Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE SLIPPED & FELL, BREAKING A BONE IN HIS ANKLE WHILE DISEMBARKING A LOADER. HE FELL WHEN HIS FEET TOUCHED THE GROUND.