Mining Incidents

Wattsville Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Branscome Holding LLC
Atlantic, Accomack County, VA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4407357

Wattsville Pit has $469 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$469
proposed penalties
$469
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
10
inspections on record
110
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: 110 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wattsville Pit has $469 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.
$469
proposed penalties
$469
current assessed
$469
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-20.
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 501 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,145 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 60 1 0 16666.7
2022 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 39 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 252 2 0 7936.5
2018 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 355 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 335 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 347 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,495 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,624 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,934 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 725 1 0 1379.3

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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