Mining Incidents

Russell County Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Russell, Russell County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407053

Russell County Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2018–2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
124
citations
30
significant & substantial
$25,605
proposed penalties
$18,679
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,926 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
55
inspections on record
1,185
inspection hours
10.5
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.
124 citations across 1,185 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Russell County Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 4 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 6,155 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,065 7 0 772.2
2025 Q2 8,960 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,060 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,040 1 0 198.4
2024 Q3 5,280 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,677 1 0 115.2
2024 Q1 5,355 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,743 3 0 632.5
2023 Q3 4,393 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,677 4 3 855.2
2023 Q1 5,257 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,274 4 0 758.4
2022 Q3 5,455 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,710 1 0 175.1
2022 Q1 5,065 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,352 1 0 229.8
2021 Q3 6,343 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,194 10 5 2384.4
2021 Q1 2,859 10 3 3497.7
2020 Q4 5,303 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,098 2 0 392.3
2020 Q2 4,186 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,006 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,981 4 0 1341.8
2019 Q3 2,388 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,348 4 0 1194.7
2019 Q1 2,864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,446 2 0 580.4
2018 Q3 3,262 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,236 2 0 382.0
2018 Q1 4,167 2 0 480.0
2017 Q4 4,187 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,057 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,435 1 0 225.5
2017 Q1 2,065 2 1 968.5
2016 Q4 2,449 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,709 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,961 2 0 504.9
2016 Q1 3,690 5 0 1355.0
2015 Q4 5,366 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,599 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,955 2 0 403.6
2015 Q1 3,022 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,250 2 0 888.9
2014 Q3 3,179 2 1 629.1
2014 Q2 4,854 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,471 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,100 2 2 645.2
2013 Q3 2,694 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,509 6 4 2391.4
2013 Q1 1,979 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,673 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,628 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,271 3 1 2360.3
2012 Q1 1,581 2 1 1265.0
2011 Q4 2,512 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,662 4 0 1502.6
2011 Q2 2,331 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,916 12 3 4115.2
2010 Q4 1,922 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,204 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,482 4 2 1611.6
2010 Q1 2,604 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,118 3 0 962.2
2009 Q3 2,837 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,071 3 1 1448.6
2009 Q1 1,360 5 1 3676.5
2008 Q4 363 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q3 850 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,107 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,420 5 2 3521.1
2002 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 20, 2023 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bizzack Construction, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Back pain, went to hospital to get checked by doctor.

2018 · 1 incident

March 26, 2018 VA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc. · Fall from machine

Attempted to step out of truck at scale, fell and hit the ground.

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