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Somerset: 9 MSHA citations 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.
See General Shale Brick, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
44.4%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
44.4%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 88.9% moderate, 11.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2002-10-03, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.61 0.18 Scraper Operator
2002-10-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Driver
2002-10-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Scraper Operator
2002-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2002-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Webster Brick Company Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. General Shale Webster Inc 1988 to 2004
  3. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 3
2004 4
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Somerset sits in Orange County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Orange County, Virginia · Population 37,208
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$94,175
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
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 2 1 4282.7
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 0 0 0.0
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.