Russell County Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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
$25,756
proposed penalties
$18,679
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,077 gap.
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 1,203 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Russell County Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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
$7K
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-29.
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.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 60%
Stood as issued
2 · 40%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2023-08-01.
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.
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: 2026-06-29
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
50
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg35
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (50)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2026-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2026-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-02-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Jackhammer Operator
2026-02-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2026-02-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.65
10
0.07
Truck Driver
2026-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.45
0.17
Bulldozer Operator
2025-08-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
Bulldozer Operator
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jackhammer Operator
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2024-04-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Bulldozer Operator
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2021-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2021-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2019-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2019-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0
10
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.52
10
0.25
Backhoe Operator
2018-10-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.8
10
0.08
Utility Man
2018-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2018-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2015-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.93
0.16
Backhoe Operator
2015-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.52
0.12
Truck Driver
2015-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.75
0.33
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.52
0.14
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
2.79
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
1.25
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Russell County Quarry 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
14
2025
13
2024
20
2023
10
2022
11
2021
10
2020
13
2019
13
2018
9
2017
6
2016
7
2015
9
2014
8
2013
5
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
2
2004
0
2003
3
2002
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Russell County Quarry sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
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