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Rocky Point: 70 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Carmeuse Holding SA
Buchanan, Botetourt County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400065

Rocky Point has $9K 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
11
Years on record
1995–2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
18
significant & substantial
$9,151
proposed penalties
$9,151
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
1,278
inspection hours
5.5
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.
70 citations across 1,278 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rocky Point has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-15.
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.
25.7%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.7% low, 77.1% moderate, 7.1% 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: 2026-04-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
42
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg23
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (42)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 Utility Man
2026-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2022-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 Truck Driver
2018-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2018-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-04-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.22 10 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.71 10 0.07 Truck Driver
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-02-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.02 10 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-02-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.68 10 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.63 10 0.06 Truck Driver
2005-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2005-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 10 0.05 Backhoe Operator
2003-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.3 10 0.13 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.66 0.22 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.7 10 0.07 Truck Driver
2003-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2003-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Utility Man
2003-02-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.61 10 0.06 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2003-02-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2003-02-26 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.

Rocky Point 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 Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.37 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 6.82 6.82 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 8.57 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. James River Limestone Company Inc 1991 to 1996
  2. Global Stone James River 1996 to 1998
  3. O-N Minerals (James River) Company 1998 to 2009
  4. O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 14
2024 14
2023 14
2022 14
2021 13
2020 13
2019 11
2018 11
2017 12
2016 12
2015 13
2014 13
2013 14
2012 14
2011 13
2010 12
2009 14
2008 14
2007 12
2006 11
2005 10
2004 12
2003 11
2002 12
2001 13
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rocky Point sits in Botetourt County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Botetourt County, Virginia · Population 33,875
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,467
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 6,383 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 7,689 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,686 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,391 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,606 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,029 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,633 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,660 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,262 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,883 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,301 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,738 1 0 129.2
2023 Q1 8,590 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,952 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,716 1 0 129.6
2022 Q2 7,894 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,786 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,701 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,184 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,708 1 0 129.7
2021 Q1 7,747 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,025 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,100 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,534 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,206 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,164 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,726 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,206 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,230 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,342 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,915 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,507 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,221 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,497 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,289 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,479 1 1 154.3
2017 Q1 5,564 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,294 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,260 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,602 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,987 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,106 1 0 140.7
2015 Q2 7,060 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,663 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,730 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,070 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,798 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,645 1 0 150.5
2013 Q4 6,354 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,453 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,160 1 0 162.3
2013 Q1 6,168 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,292 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,787 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,187 1 0 139.1
2012 Q1 7,324 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,777 3 1 519.3
2011 Q3 7,449 2 0 268.5
2011 Q2 7,759 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,808 1 0 172.2
2010 Q4 4,779 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,433 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,399 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,185 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,873 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,581 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,523 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,958 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,081 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,803 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,093 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,989 3 0 500.9
2007 Q4 5,869 1 0 170.4
2007 Q3 6,754 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,750 2 0 258.1
2007 Q1 7,225 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,873 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,362 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,561 1 0 132.3
2006 Q1 7,320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,010 1 0 166.4
2005 Q3 7,154 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,891 4 1 580.5
2005 Q1 5,641 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,042 1 0 142.0
2004 Q3 6,480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,081 5 3 706.1
2004 Q1 7,360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,422 1 0 134.7
2003 Q3 7,504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,073 1 0 123.9
2003 Q1 6,927 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,989 3 0 375.5
2002 Q2 6,197 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,055 2 1 283.5
2001 Q4 5,609 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,263 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,332 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,313 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,832 2 0 521.9
2000 Q3 1,776 1 1 563.1
2000 Q2 1,821 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,791 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2021 · 1 incident

January 28, 2021 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was removing a 6" hose from a pump and felt a pain on their backside/upper leg. EE was discharged from the ER with restrictions to stay off work and follow-up with an orthopedic specialist.

2019 · 1 incident

March 9, 2019 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) · Over-exertion in lifting objects

2 employees were lifting a job box when one felt some soreness in back following the lift. EE initial reaction was to ice it but was instructed to go to the doctor the next morning when ee informed supervisor it did not improve.

2012 · 1 incident

February 20, 2012 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) · Fall from machine

Snow and Ice was on the step leading into the cab of the vehicle. Employee slipped on the step and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, injuring his back.

2011 · 1 incident

April 1, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a chain saw to cut trees. The employee states as he was cutting a limb the saw kicked back and struck his shin.

2004 · 3 incidents

August 6, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
O-N Minerals (James River) Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had top cover off motor on vertical turbine pump turning it by hand to check for noise in bearings. His finger caught on a stationary bolt and the inertia of the motor pulled his hand around, dislocating the small finger on his right hand.

June 29, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
O-N Minerals (James River) Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulling steel rods out of hole - when the drill head was screwing to the rod to tighten he put his hand on the metal stop that the wrench hits against and it smashed his finger between the wrench and the metal shop.

May 27, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O-N Minerals (James River) Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was using water hose off water truck he was operating to clean up spilled material off concrete pad under jaw crusher. After completing the job he layed the hose down to walk back to the truck and tripped over the hose, fracturing a bone in his ankle when he fell to the same level.

2003 · 1 incident

February 19, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
O-N Minerals (James River) Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

CRUSHER CHUTE WAS STOPPED UP. AFTER USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO UNSTOP IT, SHOULDER HURT WHEN HE MOVED IT.

2000 · 1 incident

December 18, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals (James River) Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ARM GOT CAUGHT IN TAIL DRUM WHILE ADJUSTING IT CAUSING AN AVULSION LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND

1996 · 1 incident

October 29, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone James River · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPLACING A 25 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR. HE WAS MOVING THE MOTOR IN PLACE AND IT MOVED SUDDENLY. THE MOTOR PINNED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE MOUNTING SURFACE.

1995 · 1 incident

September 27, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
James River Limestone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET 80D DROPBALL TO MOVE. HE WAS MOVING CONTROL LEVER BACK AND FORWARDS. THE MACHINE SUDDENLY MOVED FORWARD CAUSING A WHIPPING EFFECT.