Starkey Lime Plant has $8K 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
5
Years on record
1992–2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
68
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,554
proposed penalties
$7,425
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $129 gap.
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.
68 citations across 1,007 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Starkey Lime Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $114 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-27.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$114 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2016-09-07.
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: 2026-08-12
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
16
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz71 over
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz12
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Fibers, >5um1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-07-22
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
197.69
10
19.77
Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-08-12
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.48
10
0.05
Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-07-22
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.92
10
0.09
Utility Man
2024-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
1.89
0.30
Supervisor, Co. Official
2024-11-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Utility Man
2022-08-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-03-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
1.68
0.27
Utility Man
2017-03-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.8
2.41
0.33
Utility Man
2012-06-27
Fibers, >5um
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-02-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.49
0.19
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.58
0.30
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
1.67
0.26
Bagging Operator
2002-09-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
1.5
0.40
Bagging Operator
2002-09-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
1.57
0.34
Bagging Operator
2002-09-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.32
0.38
Bagging Operator
2002-04-10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
6.87
10
0.69
Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-04-10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
5.51
10
0.55
Utility Man
2002-04-10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
6.89
10
0.69
Utility Man
2002-04-10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
6.32
10
0.63
Utility Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
3
2024
3
2023
3
2022
3
2021
3
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
4
2016
3
2015
2
2014
2
2013
3
2012
3
2011
4
2010
3
2009
3
2008
5
2007
4
2006
3
2005
3
2004
4
2003
4
2002
4
2001
4
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Starkey Lime Plant sits in Roanoke 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.
Roanoke County, Virginia · Population 96,793
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$82,931
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
While maneuvering a screw tub into position so it could be bolted into place, the crew noticed a clevis that needed to be removed that was still attached to the end of the tub. While the EE was attempting to remove the clevis, the tub shifted and pinched the EE's right index finger between the side of the tub and the catwalk.
2010 · 1 incident
November 4, 2010VA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AROUND NOON 9-19-96, EMPLOYEE ADVISED FOREMAN HIS BACK WAS SORE & REQUESTED DAY OFF. IT WAS GRANTED. 9-20-96 EMPLOYEE TELEPHONED HIS FOREMAN & ADVISED HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING LOOS E STONE FROM GYRODISC ROOM & THAT HIS BACK WAS VERY SORE. EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTED TO THE LEWIS GALE CLINIC.
1992 · 1 incident
March 4, 1992VA · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS