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Woodway Stone Co: 209 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Woodway Stone Co · Surface
Pennington Gap, Lee County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400167

Woodway Stone Co has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1994–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
209
citations
60
significant & substantial
$66,219
proposed penalties
$43,681
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $22,538 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Woodway Stone Co's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
90
inspections on record
1,771
inspection hours
11.8
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.
209 citations across 1,771 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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-04-23.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Woodway Stone Co has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 8 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.
$66K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
206 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $30K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-20.
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.
28.8%
significant & substantial
13.5%
high negligence or reckless
28.8%
reasonably likely or greater
62.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.5% none, 14.4% low, 71.6% moderate, 13.5% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 16 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 4 · 20%
100%
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 18 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$34K proposed, $16K 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 2016-10-12.
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 2007-14M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $11K → $4K
VA 2011-89M Settlement Tureck 2011 $8K → $6K
VA 2007-25M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $4K → $2K
VA 2011-474M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $2K → $585
VA 2008-278M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $2K → $2K
VA 2017-0015 Settlement Rae 2017 $1K → $500
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: 2026-08-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
51
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg26
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz20
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (51)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-08-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 Truck Driver
2025-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Utility Man
2024-03-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.49 10 0.05 Truck Driver
2024-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 Skip Dumper, Toploader, Tipple Operator
2023-09-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Utility Man
2023-09-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Skip Dumper, Toploader, Tipple Operator
2023-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Utility Man
2020-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-03-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Mechanic
2017-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2017-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2017-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.67 10 0.07 Truck Loader
2009-03-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2009-03-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-06-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.08 10 0.11 Truck Loader
2008-06-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-03-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.63 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2002-05-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.23 10 0.12 Truck Driver
2002-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2000-11-30 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.

Woodway Stone Co recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.37 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. Woodway Stone Company Inc 1950 to 1994
  2. Woodway Stone Co 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 26
2025 26
2024 23
2023 19
2022 20
2021 16
2020 16
2019 15
2018 15
2017 16
2016 15
2015 15
2014 13
2013 13
2012 14
2011 14
2010 16
2009 13
2008 14
2007 13
2006 18
2005 17
2004 19
2003 15
2002 13
2001 16
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Woodway Stone Co sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
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 14,829 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 13,773 1 0 72.6
2025 Q4 14,147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,273 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,070 1 0 66.4
2025 Q1 14,012 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 15,633 2 2 127.9
2024 Q3 13,990 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 12,429 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,375 1 0 106.7
2023 Q4 12,022 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,070 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,924 1 0 100.8
2023 Q1 10,857 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 12,458 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,269 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,519 7 1 665.5
2022 Q1 7,926 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11,834 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,487 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,782 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,704 1 0 129.8
2020 Q4 10,492 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,707 3 0 344.6
2020 Q1 6,922 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,573 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,075 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,663 1 0 103.5
2019 Q1 6,461 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 9,983 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,397 1 0 119.1
2018 Q1 7,974 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 10,035 3 0 299.0
2017 Q3 9,762 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,037 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,978 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,548 2 0 209.5
2016 Q3 9,223 3 1 325.3
2016 Q2 8,334 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,104 5 0 819.1
2015 Q4 9,148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,281 1 0 107.7
2015 Q2 8,745 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,782 3 2 518.9
2014 Q4 8,131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,993 5 0 625.5
2014 Q2 6,778 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,177 3 1 718.2
2013 Q4 7,864 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,919 2 1 224.2
2013 Q2 7,925 6 1 757.1
2013 Q1 5,256 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,813 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,937 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,593 1 0 116.4
2012 Q1 8,082 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,096 5 1 549.7
2011 Q3 8,221 2 1 243.3
2011 Q2 8,569 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 8,671 8 6 922.6
2010 Q4 8,628 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,694 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8,740 8 2 915.3
2010 Q1 8,049 5 1 621.2
2009 Q4 7,454 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,796 6 0 882.9
2008 Q4 7,567 5 2 660.8
2008 Q3 7,350 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,391 9 1 1408.2
2008 Q1 3,590 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,094 3 1 422.9
2007 Q3 6,678 1 0 149.7
2007 Q2 6,705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,860 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,989 2 1 222.5
2006 Q3 8,445 5 0 592.1
2006 Q2 9,079 16 9 1762.3
2006 Q1 9,771 8 1 818.7
2005 Q4 10,340 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,910 5 1 504.5
2005 Q2 10,561 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,460 5 0 478.0
2004 Q4 10,303 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,350 2 0 193.2
2004 Q2 11,304 8 2 707.7
2004 Q1 9,229 4 3 433.4
2003 Q4 8,594 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,884 6 3 675.4
2003 Q2 8,466 11 6 1299.3
2003 Q1 7,802 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,691 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,710 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,018 2 0 285.0
2002 Q1 5,454 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,078 7 2 866.6
2001 Q2 8,366 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,678 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,337 7 1 839.6
2000 Q3 9,986 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,214 9 4 881.1
2000 Q1 9,847 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

July 29, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Woodway Stone Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Co-Worker was using a sledge hammer, hammer head broke. Sliver of the hammer head struck EE.

April 20, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Woodway Stone Co · Struck by falling object

Bent drill steel turned and fell to side.

April 20, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Woodway Stone Co · Struck by falling object

Bent drill steel turned and fell to side.

2009 · 1 incident

March 20, 2009 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Woodway Stone Co · Fall from machine

Coming out from under RSD euclid haul truck twisted knee

2006 · 2 incidents

September 5, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodway Stone Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing drive shaft from R50 truck. Dropped drive shaft while finger was between joints.

April 14, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Woodway Stone Co · Fall onto or against objects

Employee's foot slipped off screen on screening tower 3.5 - 4' off the ground.

2000 · 2 incidents

April 21, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Woodway Stone Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOBCAT OPERATOR ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED BUCKET ON EE'S HEAD.

1999 · 1 incident

December 4, 1999 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodway Stone Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ROLLING CRUSHER WHEN HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT.

1997 · 3 incidents

October 6, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodway Stone Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HAMMERS, HURT RIGHT LOWER SIDE

June 13, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Woodway Stone Co · Fall onto or against objects

EE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK ON METAL CORNER.

May 13, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodway Stone Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING HUB OVER AND CAME BACKWARDS ON LEFT INDEX FINGER, CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

1996 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Woodway Stone Co · Struck by falling object

STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF STEEL COUPLING AND FELL ON OPERATORS FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOE SHOE.

June 14, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Woodway Stone Co · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING TORCH ACCIDENTALLY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ARM BURNED ARM CLOSKY TO WRIST.

1995 · 2 incidents

December 4, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Woodway Stone Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRUCK DRIVER COULD NOT SEE THE EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEE DID NOT HEAR THE TRUCK APPROCHING. REAR TIRE OF TRUCK RAN OVER FOOT OF EMPLOYEE.

March 6, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Woodway Stone Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRYING WET CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUGHT HIS JACKET IN PULLEY, BREAKING LEFT ELBOW AND BRUISING ARM.

1994 · 1 incident

December 27, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Woodway Stone Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE WALKING; SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.