Miner was cutting rubber belting material with a razor blade knife. The knife slipped and the miner lacerated left forearm with the blade of the knife. The laceration required sutures and the miner returned to work.
V R Pit Metal/Non-Metal
V R Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2012–2019
- Latest incident
- Oct 2019
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.V R Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 823 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,937 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q1 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 43478.3 |
| 2020 Q4 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 6,316 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,633 | 6 | 3 | 1065.2 |
| 2020 Q1 | 372 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 4,717 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,167 | 2 | 0 | 922.9 |
| 2018 Q3 | 4,971 | 1 | 0 | 201.2 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,801 | 3 | 0 | 789.3 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,339 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 6,231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 5,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,844 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,970 | 6 | 2 | 1511.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,778 | 1 | 0 | 360.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 4,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,791 | 1 | 0 | 263.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,872 | 1 | 0 | 534.2 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,486 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,517 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,995 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,803 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 5,726 | 1 | 1 | 174.6 |
| 2012 Q3 | 5,096 | 2 | 0 | 392.5 |
| 2012 Q2 | 4,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,337 | 1 | 1 | 427.9 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,414 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,092 | 1 | 0 | 915.8 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,283 | 2 | 0 | 1558.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,069 | 2 | 0 | 1870.9 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,071 | 1 | 0 | 933.7 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,881 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,788 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,791 | 1 | 0 | 558.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 741 | 1 | 0 | 1349.5 |
| 2006 Q2 | 756 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,276 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 922 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 813 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
6 on file2019 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Miner was using a sledgehammer and a punch to drift a pin out so that the tooth on an excavator bucket could be replaced. The miner hit their thumb with the sledge hammer when it glanced off of the top of the punch. The miner's right thumb suffered a fracture on the tip of it.
2015 · 1 incident
Conditions contributing to the injury included snow on the ground and rocky terrain.
2014 · 1 incident
The employee was getting numbers off of fuel tank trailer SB25 and stepped off and rolled ankle
2013 · 1 incident
Was using hand to try and hold a bolt on a cutting edge to keep into place. The air gun spun the bolt and lacerated his hand. The employee was wearing gloves.
2012 · 1 incident
Employee was lifting a screen above his head and partially dislocated shoulder and tore a couple tendons and had to have surgery.
The full compliance file on V R Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.