Mining Incidents

Somerset Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Somerset, Orange County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400214

Somerset has $685 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
9
citations
4
significant & substantial
$685
proposed penalties
$685
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
10
inspections on record
75
inspection hours
n/a
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: 75 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Somerset has $685 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.
$685
proposed penalties
$685
current assessed
$685
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-08.
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
2005 Q3 442 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 467 3 1 6424.0
2003 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 237 6 3 25316.5
2002 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,116 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,118 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,038 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 974 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 934 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 847 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 845 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

June 2, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
General Shale Webster Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was driving a loaded pan around a turn and the pan flipped over and his foot got caught under the rollover protection and crushed his foot.

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