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Stephens City Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Redland Plc
Frederick County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4402794

MSHA record for Stephens City Quarry (mine ID 4402794). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Flintkote Stone Products Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Genstar Stone Products Company 1980 to 1986
  3. Genstar Stone Products Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stephens City Quarry sits in Frederick 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.
Frederick County, Virginia · Population 93,355
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$95,603
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

April 29, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genstar Stone Products Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE PICKED UP A 50 LB. BAG OF LIME FROM CONVEYOR, TURNED TO THE LEFT, TOOK A STEP BACKWARD AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT BAG DOWN, A SHARP PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS LOWER BACK.