Employee operating a John Deere bulldozer drove over a raised berm, landing in a 10'-15' non-sloped ditch. EE was unrestrained at the time of the accident resulting in a fractured left foot and right shoulder contusion.
Southern Pines Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Vico Construction Corporation
· Surface
Controlled by
Sam Viola
Portsmouth,
Chesapeake (City) County,
VA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407346
Southern Pines Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2021
- Latest incident
- Mar 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
40
citations
15
significant & substantial
$19,596
proposed penalties
$17,196
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
20
inspections on record
421
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 421 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Southern Pines Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$20K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 549 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 569 | 1 | 0 | 1757.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 648 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 797 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 534 | 3 | 0 | 5618.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 10204.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 479 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 461 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 465 | 6 | 2 | 12903.2 |
| 2023 Q1 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 538 | 4 | 2 | 7434.9 |
| 2022 Q1 | 427 | 2 | 0 | 4683.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 549 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 653 | 4 | 4 | 6125.6 |
| 2020 Q4 | 652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,072 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,112 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 543 | 6 | 2 | 11049.7 |
| 2018 Q3 | 973 | 3 | 1 | 3083.2 |
| 2018 Q2 | 633 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 529 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 17094.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 146341.5 |
| 2015 Q3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2021 · 1 incident
March 18, 2021
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Vico Construction Corporation · Struck against a moving object
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The full compliance file on Southern Pines Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.