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.
78 citations across 1,904 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
STAFFORD has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 7 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $630 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-13.
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.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 63%
Stood as issued
1 · 13%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 25%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
94%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $630 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2022-08-31.
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.
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: 2026-05-19
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
48
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz151 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (48)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.84
0.73
1.15
Drill Operator, Rotary
2026-05-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.3
0.25
Lab Technician
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-01-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
Welder, etc.
2022-01-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-01-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-01-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Utility Man
2016-06-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2016-06-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2016-06-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2016-06-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-05-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Mechanic
2010-05-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
2.03
0.12
Mechanic
2010-05-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Mechanic
2010-05-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Mechanic
2010-05-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Mechanic
2005-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.26
0.10
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.94
0.22
Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2005-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
2.99
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.37
0.22
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.03
3.03
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-06-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.8
0.19
Mechanic
2002-06-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Utility Man
2002-06-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-06-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2001-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.39
0.22
Mechanic
2001-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.54
0.87
Truck Driver
2001-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
3.06
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant 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.
STAFFORD 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
35
2025
33
2024
25
2023
27
2022
27
2021
25
2020
21
2019
25
2018
26
2017
28
2016
29
2015
28
2014
23
2013
28
2012
26
2011
26
2010
22
2009
24
2008
28
2007
36
2006
36
2005
35
2004
28
2003
29
2002
30
2001
30
2000
24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
STAFFORD sits in Stafford County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Stafford County, Virginia · Population 160,520
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$133,792
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
20,763
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
19,069
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
17,333
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
17,169
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
15,841
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
12,753
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
13,095
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
12,926
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
12,443
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
10,186
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
11,814
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
12,361
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
14,322
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
12,521
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
12,744
5
2
392.3
2022 Q3
12,215
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
14,154
1
0
70.7
2022 Q1
12,574
1
0
79.5
2021 Q4
9,811
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
13,596
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
13,995
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
12,743
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
9,518
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
14,197
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
12,676
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,006
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
15,140
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
14,011
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
13,824
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
9,427
2
0
212.2
2018 Q4
13,524
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
13,672
1
0
73.1
2018 Q2
13,488
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
13,474
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
14,218
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
14,565
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
16,011
1
0
62.5
2017 Q1
15,165
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
15,061
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
15,687
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
15,928
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
14,376
1
0
69.6
2015 Q4
16,925
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
17,975
1
0
55.6
2015 Q2
17,018
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
12,330
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
14,349
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
14,924
1
0
67.0
2014 Q2
15,573
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
8,041
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
13,833
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
14,228
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
12,989
2
1
154.0
2013 Q1
12,532
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
13,729
1
1
72.8
2012 Q3
14,651
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
13,788
2
0
145.1
2012 Q1
10,452
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
13,648
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
14,073
1
0
71.1
2011 Q2
13,648
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
11,178
1
0
89.5
2010 Q4
11,977
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
13,533
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
10,098
1
0
99.0
2010 Q1
6,860
2
0
291.5
2009 Q4
11,973
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
13,687
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
13,302
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,910
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
12,460
3
2
240.8
2008 Q3
13,993
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
16,144
4
0
247.8
2008 Q1
14,502
1
0
69.0
2007 Q4
15,728
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
20,668
1
0
48.4
2007 Q2
22,343
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
17,618
3
0
170.3
2006 Q4
18,030
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
24,519
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
27,017
2
0
74.0
2006 Q1
26,645
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
22,533
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
25,592
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
26,184
2
0
76.4
2005 Q1
22,483
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
22,217
6
0
270.1
2004 Q3
23,835
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
18,736
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
19,052
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
17,241
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
20,924
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
20,161
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
16,756
1
0
59.7
2002 Q4
14,711
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
17,231
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
18,328
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
17,858
3
0
168.0
2001 Q4
18,610
2
0
107.5
2001 Q3
22,138
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
22,437
1
0
44.6
2001 Q1
17,393
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
12,417
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
17,429
2
1
114.8
2000 Q2
15,308
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
14,118
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
27 on file
2015 · 1 incident
June 2, 2015VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working with another employee to change the idler rack when he felt a pop in his shoulder that caused him pain and limited mobility in his shoulder. He did not seek medical treatment until 6/16/2015.
2014 · 3 incidents
September 3, 2014VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
While performing maintenance during hot weather the employee did not realize he had become dehydrated and at the end of the job showed heat related symptoms and was later diagnosed with heat exhaustion.
April 8, 2014VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Two employees were replacing UMHW Chute Liner at Vulcan Materials Stafford Plant. One employee was holding the liner while the other employee drilled a 1/2" hole in it. While the hole was being drilled the liner moved causing the employee holding it to move it back in place at which time his glove got caught in the drill bit pulling his hand into the moving bit.
A Cat 769 D water truck owned by Vulcan Materials and a 2003 Sterling dump truck owned by a customer, collided on the plant entrance road. The customer dump truck operator later complained of back pain and was advised to stay out of work.
2005 · 2 incidents
September 9, 2005VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was using 1/2" pull handle to remove bolt from exhaust manifold, socket slipped and caught left ring finger between exhaust stud and pull handle.
MAN WELDING IN FEEDER, STONE BROKE LOOSE FROM ABOVE & HIT MAN ON HAND.
1997 · 3 incidents
September 29, 1997VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS OBSERVING TWO MEN BUCKET TEETH ON KOMATSU PC400 BACKHOE. AS THE RETAINING CLIP WAS BEING REMOVED, IT SPRUNG LOOSE STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE MOUTH.THE IMPACT BROKE ONE OF HIS FRIN T TEETH.
September 15, 1997VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WAS IN BACK OF TRUCK SHOVELING GRAVEL OFF. SLIPPED & FELL - HIT HAND ON FRONT OF TRUCK BED.
January 17, 1997VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TAKING ENGINE OUT OF LOADER.EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BOLTS LOOSE FROM MUFFLER TO TURBO. ONE BOLT WAS REAL TIGHT,WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE. EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE FLOOR FRACTURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. (HE HA D ONE FOOT ON THE TOP STEP,THE OTHER ON FRAME OFTHE TIRE.)
1996 · 2 incidents
December 19, 1996VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DRIVER SHOVELED 20 POUNDS EXCESS WEIGHT FROM DUMP TRUCK LOAD. DRIVER THEN JUMPED TO GROUND FROM TRUCK LADDER CATCHING RING ON METAL SEVERING LEFT HAND RING FINGER FROM HAND.
August 16, 1996VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SUBJECT WAS REMOVING LUG NUTS FROM A HAUL TRUCK IN MAIN SLOP. HE REMOVED THE TORQUE WRENCH FROM A LUG NUT AND PLACED IT ON ANOTHER. HE SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT TO THE RIGHT AND INJURED ALLEGEDLY HIS RIGHT KNEE.
June 8, 1995VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
SUBJECT WAS LOADING HAUL TRUCKS IN THE PIT. HE DROVE HIS LOADER INTO THE MUCK PILE AND STRUCK AN OVERSIZED ROCK. THE LOADER STOPPED ABRUPTLY CAUSING A BRUISE TO HIS LOWER BACK.
1994 · 1 incident
March 4, 1994VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN DOZER STEERING WHILE BEING PUSHED DOZER PIVOTS CAUSING STEERING WHEELTO SPIN. STEERING WHEEL HIT HIS ARM CAUSING HIM TO JERK HIS ARM BACK HITTING HIS ELBOW ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT.
1993 · 1 incident
October 28, 1993VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
REMOVING NUTS FROM CUTTING EDGE ON 280 MCIH-DOZER.
1991 · 1 incident
September 12, 1991VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PIT FOREMAN AND EMPLOYEE WENT TO INSPECT PUMP AT CREEK EE DID NOT RETURN TO SHOP TO GET KEY TO UNLOCK GATE INSTEAD CLIMBED OVER FENCE RESERVED-PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT ARM THAT REQUIRES 5 STITC HES.
1990 · 5 incidents
July 25, 1990VA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS