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.
79 citations across 1,228 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Short Gap Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $976 in penalties contested before the Commission, $508 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-22.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
33%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$976 proposed, $508 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-05-04.
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
39
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz20
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (39)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
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
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.71
10
0.07
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.64
0.20
Truck Driver
2024-12-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1
10
0.10
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
1.67
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2024-09-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Truck Driver
2024-09-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.06
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-02-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.38
3.13
0.76
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-02-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.71
1.79
0.96
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-02-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-02-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2021-02-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-02-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.76
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-02-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.05
1.99
0.53
Utility Man
2014-02-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.07
0.24
Utility Man
2008-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
1.13
0.55
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
2.6
0.15
Truck Driver
2003-05-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.33
0.17
Truck Driver
2003-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.71
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.57
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
2.04
0.14
Truck Driver
2002-07-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
1.28
0.31
Truck Driver
2002-07-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
0.99
0.61
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.8
1.36
0.59
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
1.51
0.56
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.03
1.83
0.56
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.
Short Gap Quarry recorded 5.60 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.
5.60
total case rate
5.60
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 *
5.60
5.60
0.000
2024 *
5.50
5.50
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
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
12
2025
12
2024
16
2023
18
2022
11
2021
11
2020
11
2019
12
2018
12
2017
10
2016
10
2015
11
2014
10
2013
9
2012
10
2011
12
2010
10
2009
10
2008
12
2007
13
2006
13
2005
14
2004
22
2003
26
2002
13
2001
10
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Short Gap Quarry sits in Mineral County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Mineral County, West Virginia · Population 26,922
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$68,049
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
EE was working on the Primary #1 Feeder Mount. A spring was broken on the right 3/4 inch bolt. EE replaced the spring and was tensioning the guide nut, a worn portion of the bolt that was weakened failed, launching the weakened portion into EE's right cheek due to the stored energy of the upper spring.
Employee was checking the plant around #9 belt Heard something turned around to see what the noise was. Tripped and fell hit their head and right shoulder.
2009 · 1 incident
March 25, 2009WV · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
2'6"x29' Steel Concrete form clamp system failed, allowing the form to seperate into 2 sections (2'6"x9' and 2'6"x21') as it was being lowered to the ground. 9' section broke away from main piece and dropped to the ground. 21' section remaining suspended by crane dropped to the ground impacting injured.
July 26, 2004WV · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ee was conducting a pre-shift inspection on the dozer. It was raining and ee was standing on the track and he slipped and fell hitting his left shoulder on the ground.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MATERIAL TO AN ONSITE CONCRETE PLANT WHEN HE CAME UPON A DRILL PARKED IN THE ROADWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE DRILL ON THE LEFT SIDE WHEN HE CAME TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. THE GROUND WAS SOFT CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TURN ON ITS SIDE.
July 25, 2003WV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A CRUSHER FRAME (APPROXIMATELY 3"-4" HIGH) ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE HOPPER. HE MOVED ONE FOOT TO RELEASE THE ROCK WHEN HIS OTHER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM T O FALL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE HAS DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME INBOTH HANDS, WRISTS, AND ELBOWS DUE TO LONG TERM OPERATION OF MACHINERY.
1996 · 2 incidents
April 11, 1996WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE ON WINTER LAYOFF, THE EMPLOYEE WAS CONSIDERED FOR SURGERY FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDORME. ON 3-18-96 WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON 1-3-96. THE EMPLOYEE WAS SCHEDULED TO RETU RN TO WORK ON 3-18-96 AND THEREFORE THERE WAS NOLOST TIME EXPERIENCED.
August 25, 1995WV · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE ONTO THE WELDING TRUCK THEN EE FELT BACK SNAP.
July 20, 1995WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS WASHING OUT CLOGGED GRIZZLY WHEN HE SLIPPE & FELL LANDING ON A PIECE OF FRAME WORK BETWEEN THE ARM & LEFT RIB CAGE. EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL 10/30/95. HE ALSO REFU SED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
1994 · 2 incidents
May 11, 1994WV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE LOADER AND TRIPPED OVER THE GREASE HOSE.
February 22, 1994WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE LIFTED METAL SHEETING OFF OF TRUCK AND FELT PULLING SENSATION IN RIGHT GROIN AREA.
1991 · 2 incidents
September 4, 1991WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
UNLOADING A 55 GAL DRUM FROM LOADER BUCKET LOST CONTROL OF DRUM AND SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN DRUM AND GAS PUMP.
April 23, 1991WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HOIST BRAKE BAN8 BROKE CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THROW HIS RIGHT FOOT BACKWARD AND PINNING IT AGAINST THE SEAT WHICH RESULTED IN A OACE LIGAMENT BACK OF RIGHT LEG NEAR ANKLE.