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.
137 citations across 1,528 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2025-08-22.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Scherr Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 3 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-22.
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.
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.
13citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 15%
Stood as issued
9 · 69%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 15%
60%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2017-09-20.
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: 2026-04-27
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
52
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz232 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg26
Arsenic fumes1
Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (64)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.23
2.23
1.00
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.15
1.94
1.62
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-04-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
Utility Man
2026-04-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2026-04-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.9
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-04-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-10-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2025-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-04-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2025-04-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2025-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
2.04
0.25
Utility Man
2025-04-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.76
1.33
0.57
Utility Man
2024-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
Cleanup Man
2023-02-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-02-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-15
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Copper fumes
0
300
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Iron oxide fumes
0.22
20
0.01
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Magnesium oxide fumes
0
20
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Manganese fumes
0.02
5
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15
Zinc oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
Utility Man
2021-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-05-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-05-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.74
0.15
Utility Man
2003-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
1.62
0.38
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.42
0.18
Truck Driver
2003-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
1.21
0.49
Truck Driver
2003-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
1.56
0.52
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.93
2.8
0.33
Truck Driver
2001-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.22
2.5
0.49
Truck Driver
2001-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.92
2.78
0.33
Truck Driver
2001-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.84
1.61
0.52
Truck Driver
2001-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.48
1.91
0.77
Truck Driver
2001-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
2.28
0.20
Truck Driver
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.
Scherr Quarry recorded 5.18 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.
5.18
total case rate
5.18
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 West Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.73 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 *
5.18
5.18
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
4.39
4.39
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
5.04
5.04
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
22
2025
22
2024
23
2023
30
2022
16
2021
16
2020
16
2019
16
2018
18
2017
17
2016
18
2015
17
2014
18
2013
20
2012
19
2011
20
2010
16
2009
16
2008
17
2007
21
2006
16
2005
14
2004
12
2003
15
2002
12
2001
13
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Scherr Quarry sits in Grant County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Grant County, West Virginia · Population 10,972
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$61,530
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
14,106
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
11,766
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
11,248
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
9,839
3
2
304.9
2025 Q2
8,032
1
0
124.5
2025 Q1
9,469
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
11,081
1
0
90.2
2024 Q3
11,553
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,408
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
11,519
4
0
347.3
2023 Q4
7,056
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,047
1
0
110.5
2023 Q2
7,013
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
22,490
1
0
44.5
2022 Q4
13,480
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,872
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,533
1
0
104.9
2022 Q1
8,280
1
0
120.8
2021 Q4
9,956
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
11,684
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
10,654
7
0
657.0
2021 Q1
7,421
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
9,800
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
8,255
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
8,255
1
0
121.1
2020 Q1
7,314
1
0
136.7
2019 Q4
7,517
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,486
9
0
1202.2
2019 Q2
7,872
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
4,913
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
6,482
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,881
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,796
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6,494
4
1
616.0
2017 Q4
7,673
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
8,895
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,756
1
0
128.9
2017 Q1
4,517
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
5,672
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
8,219
2
0
243.3
2016 Q2
9,177
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,130
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
8,609
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
10,237
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
10,131
1
0
98.7
2015 Q1
3,943
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
7,368
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,309
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
8,183
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,482
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
8,921
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,355
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,432
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,285
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
8,548
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
9,439
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
10,958
4
1
365.0
2012 Q1
2,799
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
10,149
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
13,598
4
3
294.2
2011 Q2
9,356
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,177
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,470
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
8,885
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,410
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,012
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,471
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,902
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,610
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
6,017
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,742
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
10,058
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
11,246
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,706
3
0
525.8
2007 Q4
7,670
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
11,897
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
10,970
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,652
3
0
644.9
2006 Q4
6,949
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,483
1
0
133.6
2006 Q2
8,414
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,546
1
0
132.5
2005 Q4
8,749
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
7,381
3
1
406.4
2005 Q2
7,470
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,189
5
0
963.6
2004 Q4
5,979
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,993
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,960
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,492
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,952
1
0
143.8
2003 Q3
8,052
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,512
1
1
133.1
2003 Q1
4,241
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,825
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,690
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,121
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,269
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,569
4
0
718.3
2001 Q3
8,331
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,883
1
0
145.3
2001 Q1
5,435
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,994
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,726
1
0
129.4
2000 Q2
8,653
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
6,764
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
31 on file
2026 · 1 incident
February 18, 2026WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EE was in white ford for 2 hrs, clutch went out, pre-shifted another truck, #C-24, and worked for 5.5 more hrs until EE went into turn with excess speed and rolled onto the trucks passenger side while heading to stock pile. Resulting in EE getting thrown into passenger side due to not wearing seatbelt.
July 16, 2025WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was washing off the pad under the crushing plant when a rock fell off belt #2 hit the ground and then hit EE's foot. The rock hit just above the steel toe. The employee went to the hospital for an x-ray and was put in a boot while awaiting treatment.
2016 · 2 incidents
August 8, 2016WV · Metal/Non-Metalrotary bucket excavator operatorMACHINERY
Excavator operator was working to close to the Highwall. The Dozer working on the bench above knocked a bolder free that fell on the cab of the excavator, injuring the operator.
EE our plant Supervisor had a S.T.S. on our annual hearing test performed on 02/01/2016. EE was re-tested with-in 30 days (on 02/29/2016) and a mild loss resulting in a S.T.S. was again reported. EE has been with the company for 10 years.
Employee bent over to pick up his hard hat and when he stood back up to put it on he hit his head on the tail pulley on belt #3. He cut his head and had to have seven staples put in his head.
2009 · 1 incident
January 26, 2009WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee reached into a heater fan that he was working on to retrieve something that had fallen in. The fan came on and cut his 3rd finger on his right hand. The cut required stitches.
January 2, 2008WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was driving a king pin out of a truck axle when a nut flew off the pin and struck him above the left eye, cutting his face and cracking the bone.
2007 · 1 incident
March 25, 2007WV · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
ONE OPERATOR WHILE WAITING FOR THE CLEAR ALARM SHUT DOWN HIS TRUCK IN THE SAFE ZONE AFTER ALL IS CLEAR, HE TRIED TO START BUT WHOULDN'T CRANK, FELLOW EUCLID DRIVER RAISED BATTERY TOP STOOD ON BATTERY POST TO SEE IF IT WAS LOOSE, THE DRIVER TRIED TO START WHEN IT SPARKED AND THE BATTERY BLEW UP. THE DRIVER DID HAVE HIS EYE PROTECTION AND HARD HAT ON.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING BELT, WHEN THE CABLE THAT WAS HOOKED TO THE ANGLE IRON ON THE BELT BROKE FORCING THE ANGLE IRON BACK ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFGS, CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO BOTH FEMURS.
May 2, 1997WV · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING TH ELID ON THE WATER TRUCK AS HE WAS DESCENDING DOWN THE LADDER, EMPLOYEE LOST HAND HOLD AND FELL BACK ON BERLM OF THE QUARRY ROAD.
1994 · 1 incident
January 24, 1994WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS OPENING GARAGE DOOR TO SHOP AREA. IT WAS EITHER FROZEN TO THE GROUND ON A ROLLER WAS FROZEN. PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK WHILE ATTEMP TING TASK.
PUSHING MUD DOWN INTO GRIZZLY (PLANT) WHEN HE CLIMBED OUT. HE FELT HSI BACK PULL. WHEN HE WALKED TO HIS TRUCK HE FELT IT GET WORSE.
1990 · 2 incidents
November 3, 1990WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
January 17, 1990WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
VICTIM & HELPER WAS LIFTING A 100LB WALKING BEAM VICTIM PUT BEAM DOWN WALKED ACROSS FLOOR & BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PORTA POWER VICTIM FELL TO HIS KNEES BECAUSE OF THE PAIN