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South Boston: 70 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Winston-Salem, Halifax County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400153

South Boston has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1983–2023
Latest incident
Oct 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
14
significant & substantial
$9,440
proposed penalties
$9,440
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southside Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
1,545
inspection hours
4.5
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.
70 citations across 1,545 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South Boston has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $160 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-24.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
4.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
62.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.9% low, 92.9% moderate, 4.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 50%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$160 proposed, $0 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 2008-04-30.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
VA 2008-261M Withdrawal Hodgdon 2008 $100 → $0
VA 2004-41M Dismissal Melick 2004 $60 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-06-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
49
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg30
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz12
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (49)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Utility Man
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.88 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.69 0.39 Utility Man
2023-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Hand Loader
2022-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.54 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2019-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2018-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-12-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.27 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-11-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2010-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.86 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.45 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Backhoe Operator
2004-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-04-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.64 Truck Driver
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 2.25 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.75 1.74 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2003-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-04-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.54 Truck Driver
2003-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 2.6 0.15 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.

South Boston recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.37 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 5.30 5.30 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 6.63 6.63 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.
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. 1950 to 2010
  2. Southside Materials, LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 17
2025 15
2024 19
2023 16
2022 16
2021 14
2020 13
2019 13
2018 12
2017 14
2016 10
2015 11
2014 12
2013 9
2012 10
2011 10
2010 10
2009 9
2008 16
2007 16
2006 16
2005 15
2004 15
2003 19
2002 24
2001 24
2000 24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

South Boston sits in Halifax County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Halifax County, Virginia · Population 33,811
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,244
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 9,536 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 7,979 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,662 2 0 261.0
2025 Q3 8,198 1 0 122.0
2025 Q2 9,034 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,425 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,323 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,852 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 11,540 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,897 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,378 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,859 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,445 1 0 95.7
2023 Q1 9,081 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,435 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 10,447 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,196 1 0 122.0
2021 Q4 7,878 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,680 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,465 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,160 1 0 139.7
2020 Q4 6,146 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,969 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,654 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,906 1 0 144.8
2019 Q4 6,136 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,788 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,766 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,593 1 0 151.7
2018 Q4 5,613 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,159 4 0 649.5
2018 Q2 6,504 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,007 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,927 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,356 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,042 1 1 124.3
2017 Q1 6,107 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,105 2 0 327.6
2016 Q3 6,436 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,298 3 0 411.1
2016 Q1 5,318 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,491 2 2 267.0
2015 Q3 7,989 6 1 751.0
2015 Q2 5,132 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,769 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,105 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,436 2 1 367.9
2014 Q1 4,238 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,104 3 0 731.0
2013 Q3 4,293 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,711 4 4 700.4
2013 Q1 4,289 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,350 3 2 895.5
2012 Q3 4,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,207 2 0 384.1
2012 Q1 3,592 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,043 4 1 989.4
2011 Q3 3,213 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,528 3 0 662.5
2011 Q1 3,847 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,663 2 0 546.0
2010 Q3 4,135 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,543 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,047 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,105 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,647 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,654 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,413 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,702 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,094 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,798 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,417 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,897 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,099 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,111 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,081 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,103 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,307 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,981 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,197 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,333 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,549 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,018 2 0 221.8
2004 Q4 10,817 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,146 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,202 2 0 217.3
2004 Q1 8,096 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,193 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,287 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,927 1 0 91.5
2003 Q1 9,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 12,105 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 16,595 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 12,758 1 0 78.4
2002 Q1 13,806 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 11,865 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 11,867 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 13,506 2 1 148.1
2001 Q1 13,097 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,533 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 14,091 3 0 212.9
2000 Q1 12,961 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2023 · 1 incident

October 25, 2023 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southside Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was using a utility knife to cut skirt belt when knife slipped out of the belt and cut left wrist

2021 · 1 incident

February 4, 2021 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Southside Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating yard loader loading customer trucks, the ground was uneven causing loader to jerk or bounce some.

2016 · 1 incident

October 15, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southside Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping a co-worker work on a tail pulley. Employee was turning a threaded rod while a co-worker was hitting a bearing with hammer, bearing came loose suddenly and the treaded rod took skin off EE's fingers.

2013 · 1 incident

December 5, 2013 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southside Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping set water pump in pit sump he stepped out of way, felt something pull in lower back, stated he was ok. Continued to work through 1/6/14. Due to weather was told to stay home on 1/7/14. Employee called in on 1/7/14 said he was going to ER due to the incident that happened on 12/5/13. He received no medical treatment and no lost time till 1/7/14

1999 · 1 incident

June 23, 1999 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall from ladders

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET AN OVERSIZE ROCK THAT WAS HUNG IN THE PLANT SURGE TUNNEL HE SET A LADDER UP BESIDE THE FEEDER & PROCEEDED TO CLIMB UP THE LADDER WITH A 12PD SLEDGE HAMMER IN HAND. HE WAS GOING TO TRY & HIT THE FEEDER BOX TO JAR THEROCK LOOSE. WHEN THE EE GOT UP ON THE 4TH STEP OF THE LADDER & SWUNG THE HAMMER BACK THE LADDERLEG BROKE & THE LADDER COLLAPSED.

1997 · 1 incident

May 15, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal auger helper MACHINERY
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A GUARD THAT COVERED THE AUGERS OF HTE PUGMILL WHIE HTE PUGMILL WAS IN OPERATION. SUBECT LOST CONTROL OF THE GUARD AND THE GUARD FELL INTO THE PUGMILL WHERE THE AUGE RS WERE TURNING. THE PADDLES ON TEH AUGEERS CAUGHT THE GUARD AND PROPELLED IT UPWARD INTO THE VICTIMS CHIN.

1995 · 1 incident

December 7, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by flying object

EE WAS IN SHOP INSTALLING WEAR PLATES ON LOADER. THEY PUT PLATE PART WAY, WHEN NOTICED NEED TO MOVE UP 1 INCH, SO PUT BAR UNDER PLATE AND TOOK HAMMER TO BUMP UP. WHEN BUMPING, PIECE OF METAL C AME OFF PLATE AND STRUCK EE IN CHIN.

1994 · 2 incidents

September 7, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING WOODEN BLOCK AGAINST SLEEVE BEING DRIVEN BY ANOTHER EE WITH AN EIGHT POUND SLEDGE HAMMER BEING A CONFINED SPACE THE END OF THE HANDLE CAUGHT ON FLANGE CAUSING THE SWING OF THE H AMMER TO STRIKE EE FINGER. T

February 1, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING THE LEFT DOOR OTN EH 50 TON EUCLIDE HAUL UNIT FOR ACCESS TO THE OPERATOR SEAT. EMPLOYEE LEANED DOWN TO THEDOOR HANDLE AND PULLED HTE DOOR OPEN THE TOP CORNER OF THE DOOR STRUCK THEEMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHIN AND BROKE THE CAP OFF OF A TOOTH. THIS EMLOYEE HAD JUST LEFT A 30 MINUTE SAFETY MEETING ON HAZARD RECOGNITION MINUTES PRIOR TO INJURTY.

1992 · 1 incident

April 14, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING STEERING PUMP FOR REPAIRS. THE PUMP DROPPED UNEXPECEDLY. EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIM OF THE DRAIN PAN AND PUMP. LACERATION TO SIDE OF RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

1990 · 1 incident

December 10, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS EMPL HAD PREEXISTING CONDITION BEFORE ALLEGED DATE OF ACCIDENT. EMPL WAS CHANGING HYDRAULIC PUMP ON WA600 FRONT END LOADER. HE WAS LAYING BEHIND CAB ON WALKWAY WITH ARMS EXTENDED IN PORT WHOLE ALIGNING PUMP FOR PLACEMENT OF MOUNTING BOLTS. PUMP IS HEAVY & HAS TO BE MANOVERED BY HAND TO ALIGN BOLT HOLES EMPL CLAIMS HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER HE REPORTED INJ 01/02/91.

1983 · 1 incident

January 10, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by falling object

HE WAS HELPING LOAD A SHOT WHEN ROCK KEPT FALLING INTO THE HOLE. HE WAS GETTING THE ROCK OUT OF THE HOLE WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE MIDDLE KNUCKLE OF THE RIGHT HAND KNOCKING THE SKING OFF. THE SCRATCH THAT WAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF BECAME INFECTED AND THE INJURED WAS HOSPTIALIZED.