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: 117 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sand Quarry has $899 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.
$899
proposed penalties
$899
current assessed
$899
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-22.
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.
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: 2002-05-22, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.79
0.43
Drill Operator, Rotary
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
2
2002
4
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sand Quarry sits in Upshur County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Upshur County, West Virginia · Population 23,758
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,859
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
2003 Q4
155
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
181
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
153
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
120
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
296
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,075
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,319
4
3
3032.6
2002 Q1
125
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4
2,526
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,640
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,239
2
0
893.3
2001 Q1
608
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,621
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,615
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,343
4
2
1196.5
2000 Q1
2,143
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
1999 · 1 incident
February 4, 1999WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS ON A GOOSE-NECKED TRAILER, RELEASING CHAIN BOOMER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE THAT WAS ON TRAILER SURFACE, HANDLE OF BOOMER HIT & SHATTERED HIS KNEECAP.
1994 · 2 incidents
September 13, 1994WV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS