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Stuarts Draft: 168 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Stuarts Draft, Augusta County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4406309

Stuarts Draft has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1990–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
168
citations
44
significant & substantial
$61,679
proposed penalties
$53,741
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,938 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See South River Stone LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,181
inspection hours
14.2
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.
168 citations across 1,181 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-07-31.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Stuarts Draft has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$62K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
166 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $30K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-12.
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.
26.5%
significant & substantial
6.6%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
66.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.6% none, 10.8% low, 81.9% moderate, 6.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
37 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 35 · 95%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 5%
40%
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 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$32K proposed, $22K 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 2025-07-28.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
VA 2013-123M Settlement Barbour 2014 $15K → $12K
VA 2010-25M Settlement Feldman 2012 $4K → $2K
VA 2018-0062 Settlement Feldman 2018 $3K → $3K
VA 2016-0110 Settlement Gill 2016 $3K → $1K
VA 2013-458M Settlement Barbour 2014 $2K → $2K
VA 2010-26M Settlement Feldman 2012 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2023-01-11, 3 years ago
23%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz163 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (31)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.45 1.47 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 0.63 1.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.42 1.40 Truck Driver
2023-01-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-01-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.44 0.64 Utility Man
2021-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Bulldozer Operator
2015-12-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-12-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-12-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.72 0.19 Shovel Operator
2005-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.52 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.89 0.56 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.73 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.72 0.43 Truck Driver
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.01 0.23 Truck Driver
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.63 0.25 Mechanic
2003-08-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Truck Driver
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.73 0.18 Truck Driver
2003-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.76 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Stuarts Draft recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.07 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
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 9.33 9.33 0.000
2000 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Stuarts Draft Sand & Gravel Company 1986 to 1988
  2. Blue Ridge Stone Corp 1988 to 2001
  3. West Sand & Gravel Company Inc 2001 to 2002
  4. Brett Aggregates Inc 2002 to 2008
  5. Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc 2008 to 2009
  6. South River Stone LLC 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 4
2021 5
2020 4
2019 2
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 4
2009 2
2008 1
2007 7
2006 10
2005 11
2004 12
2003 11
2002 10
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stuarts Draft sits in Augusta 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.
Augusta County, Virginia · Population 77,713
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,972
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 2,143 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,282 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,358 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,153 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,233 1 0 811.0
2025 Q1 858 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 856 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 882 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,169 2 0 1710.9
2023 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,518 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,453 1 0 688.2
2022 Q4 1,759 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,947 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,610 2 0 1242.2
2022 Q1 1,895 2 0 1055.4
2021 Q4 3,095 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,284 2 0 609.0
2021 Q2 2,563 1 0 390.2
2021 Q1 2,018 1 0 495.5
2020 Q4 2,355 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,652 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,024 5 0 4882.8
2020 Q1 1,548 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,289 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 842 9 4 10688.8
2019 Q1 809 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,243 4 1 3218.0
2018 Q2 1,354 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,752 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,840 4 1 1408.5
2017 Q3 2,999 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,853 15 10 8095.0
2017 Q1 1,993 3 0 1505.3
2016 Q4 1,901 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,250 6 1 2666.7
2016 Q2 2,355 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,881 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,727 3 0 1737.1
2015 Q3 2,241 2 0 892.5
2015 Q2 2,460 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,910 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,070 11 8 5314.0
2014 Q3 1,956 4 0 2045.0
2014 Q2 3,614 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,671 1 0 598.4
2013 Q4 2,226 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,918 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,705 4 2 2346.0
2013 Q1 1,107 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,078 11 3 5293.6
2012 Q3 1,887 3 1 1589.8
2012 Q2 2,461 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 875 2 0 2285.7
2011 Q4 1,709 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,648 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,118 8 4 3777.1
2011 Q1 1,156 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,667 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,083 6 1 1946.2
2010 Q2 3,551 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 594 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 2,765 11 2 3978.3
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 286 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 322 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,788 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,568 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,027 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,900 1 0 256.4
2006 Q3 5,149 1 0 194.2
2006 Q2 5,712 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,054 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,089 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,504 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,853 1 0 145.9
2005 Q1 6,185 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,599 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,421 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,328 2 0 316.1
2004 Q1 5,556 2 0 360.0
2003 Q4 5,577 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,393 14 0 2596.0
2003 Q2 6,590 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,728 10 3 2682.4
2002 Q4 4,799 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,654 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,680 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,421 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,979 2 0 334.5
2001 Q1 4,959 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,463 1 1 183.0
2000 Q3 5,227 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,814 1 0 172.0
2000 Q1 5,243 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2006 · 1 incident

September 6, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brett Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on the tail section of a conveyor. After completing work, he started to dismount the conveyor and slipped. He caught himself with his left arm and began complaining about pain in his shoulder. He was taken to emergency care that day. A week later he began complaining about pain in his left elbow and arm.

2002 · 1 incident

February 21, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
West Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS SITTING ON THE BACKHOE OPERATING THE BOOM. HE DEPRESSED THE SEAT INT HE RECOMDENDED MANER IN ORDER TO SWIVEL THE SEAT TO THE FORWARD/DRIVE POSITION. AT THIS POINT, HE EXPERIENCED SE VERE PAIN IN HIS LWOER BACK AND LEGS.

2001 · 1 incident

1998 · 1 incident

March 13, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Ridge Stone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PRY BAR TO BREAK UP ICE ON CLASSIFIER AND TANK. BAR SLIPPED AND BROKE HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

1995 · 1 incident

December 26, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Ridge Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE TRANSFER BOX FROM BC-21 TO BC-22 WAS FROZEN, AND THE CREW MANUALLY PUSHED THE TRANSFER BOX TO UNSTICK IT. EE WAS ON THE BACK SIDE PULLING THE BOX AND WHEN THE ICE GAVE WAY, THE FORCE OF TH E CREW PUSHING WAS MORE THANT EE COULD REACTO TO, THEREFORE, PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TRANSFER BOX AND THE TRANSFER POINT.

1992 · 1 incident

March 16, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Ridge Stone Corp · Struck by falling object

CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER JAW CRUSHER,I.NAME WAS REMOVING THE SPILL PREVENTION PLATE WHEN THE WEIGHT OF IT SHIFTED FORCING I.NAME TO SUPPORT ENTRIE WEIGHT OF PLATE.WAS UNABLE TO DO THIS ,PLATE C AME DOWN ON RIGHT HAND AND CUT INSIDE RIGHT HAND PINKY FINGER PEELING BACK THE FLESH. THE WOUND REQ 6-8 SUTURES.RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

1991 · 1 incident

July 11, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Blue Ridge Stone Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING IN THE SHOP, WHILE A REBUILDING OF A CONE CRUSHER WAS TAKING PLACE, HIS LEFT FOOT BRUSEHD AGAINST A MANGANESE LOCKING COLLAR WHICH HAS A RATHER SHARP EDGE ON IT TOP SURFACE, THI S IN TURN CUT A LONG SLASH IN THE SIDE OF HIS BOOT UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE REALIZED HIS FOOT HAD ALSO BEEN CUT. THE WOUND REQUIRED FIVE SUTURES TO THE SIDE OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

1990 · 1 incident

September 24, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Ridge Stone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING SKIRTBOARD RUBBER WITH BELT KNIFE AND IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIM ON LEFT THIGH 4-5" ABOVE KNEE.THE CUT WAS 3/4" X 1/4" AND REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.