Mining Incidents

Speers Ferry Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Gate City, VA, Scott County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400091

Speers Ferry Quarry has $914 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
2
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
8
citations
3
significant & substantial
$914
proposed penalties
$914
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
18
inspections on record
178
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: 178 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Speers Ferry Quarry has $914 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.
$914
proposed penalties
$914
current assessed
$914
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-06.
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q1 1,094 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,774 1 0 563.7
2006 Q3 4,484 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,467 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,405 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,729 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,608 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 6,286 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,113 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,301 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,809 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,420 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,684 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,784 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,218 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,283 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,319 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,817 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,696 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,683 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,259 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,418 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,022 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,444 7 3 1575.2
2001 Q1 1,910 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,537 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,797 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,652 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,721 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

July 21, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE A 7' BY 8' DECK. THE EMPLOYEE CUT A SUPPORT SECTION CAUSING THE DECK TO FALL APPROX 8 FT. THE EMPLOYEE FELL WITHT THE DECK.

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