Virginia Black Granite Inc. has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2016–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
66
citations
25
significant & substantial
$23,326
proposed penalties
$23,326
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
29
inspections on record
543
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 543 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Virginia Black Granite Inc. has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4
3,472
1
0
288.0
2025 Q3
5,280
1
0
189.4
2025 Q2
2,940
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,900
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,588
1
0
386.4
2024 Q3
3,640
2
1
549.5
2024 Q2
2,965
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,813
8
3
2098.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
5,580
7
5
1254.5
2023 Q3
6,412
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,760
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,075
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,400
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
2,291
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
3,033
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,889
5
3
1730.7
2020 Q2
3,788
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,833
8
0
2823.9
2019 Q4
4,870
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,967
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,640
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
821
6
2
7308.2
2018 Q4
333
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
574
1
0
1742.2
2018 Q2
2,251
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,254
3
0
1331.0
2017 Q4
2,592
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,876
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
4,361
2
1
458.6
2017 Q1
4,245
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
5,983
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,583
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,974
5
1
837.0
2016 Q1
5,194
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,684
3
0
448.8
2015 Q3
4,905
4
3
815.5
2015 Q2
3,320
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,669
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,656
8
5
4830.9
2014 Q3
768
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,866
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,222
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,462
1
1
183.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2020 · 3 incidents
November 9, 2020VA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Miner was drilling with Jack Hammer, Drill Steel Broke and Jack Hammer fell on Foot, Dislocating One Toe requiring Stitches remaining smaller toes were badly bruised.
Replacing New Roller on Excavator, Roller Slipped and caught Middle finger Damaging it, Treated Cut after removing finger from Glove and sent Employee to ER
Employee was splitting granite block with feathers and wedges upon splitting the piece of stone employee was standing on shifted unexpectedly causing employee to loose balance falling forward onto adjacent piece of granite causing abrasions to both knees and right elbow.
While starting a new hole 33mm before the drill bit broke into the surface of the rock EE shifted weight and in doing so let off on down pressure and the drill steel bounced out of the bit and the tip of the steel went into EE's boot behind safety toe at tongue area between the laces and caused a small cut of the skin.
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