Mining Incidents

martin marietta - blue ridge quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Blue Ridge, Bedford County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400014

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
104
citations
17
significant & substantial
$19,445
proposed penalties
$15,667
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 8,457 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,541 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,271 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,985 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,529 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,506 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,039 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,948 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2014 · 1 incident

July 26, 2014 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Boxley Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was welding and grinding at the plant and got a small piece of metal lodged in his eye. The doctor had to removed the piece and applied ointment to eye. Employee missed one day of work.

2013 · 1 incident

November 18, 2013 VA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boxley Materials Company · Fall down stairs

The miner was walking down a 5 foot staircase from the MCC to the ground, when his foot caught the top stair slightly causing him to lose his balance and fall to the bottom of the staircase. The only injury acquired was a 1 inch cut to his upper lip from contact with the ground.

2006 · 1 incident

March 2, 2006 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Boxley Materials Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting holes in a steel plate under the D8 Dozer, when a gust of wind blew a piece of molten slag into his ear, burning his ear.

2004 · 3 incidents

June 26, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boxley Materials Company · Fall from machine

Employee was descending the ladder from his haul truck when he stepped onto the ground he stepped on a rock about the size of a salt shaker. The rock rolled causing the employee to twist his ankle and fall. As he fell he tried to catch himself with his left hand, causing a sprained wrist and elbow contusion.

March 26, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boxley Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing the lid onto the impact crusher, as he turned the lid into place it pinched his finger causing a laceration.

January 7, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boxley Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURY OCCURRED TO A CONTRACTOR EE WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING A STEEL PIN STUB WHILE ANOTHER EE DROVE THE STUB INTO THE GROUND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE STUB HOLDER THOUGHT THE STUB WAS IN THE GROUND WELL ENOUGH. THE SLEDGE HAMMER USER DID NOT, THE HOLDER PUT HIS HAND ON TOP OF STUB AND OTHER EE WAS SWINGING HITTING THE HAND OF THE HOLDER.

2003 · 1 incident

August 15, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boxley Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING OUT TRUCKS WHEN THE SECURITY ALARM WENT OFF. HE CAME DOWN THE STEPS GOING TO SHUT OFF AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

2002 · 2 incidents

May 20, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boxley Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS BENDING A PIECE OF METAL 8"X2"X1/8" WHEN THE METAL CAUGHT THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER BEHIND THE NAIL AND PINCHED THE TIP OF THE FINGER OFF.

April 12, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boxley Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING SCREEN CLOTHE IN SCREEN WHEN THE CLOTHE CAUGHT ON SOMETHING CAUSING SCREEN TO COME BACK AND MASH FINGER.

2001 · 1 incident

October 4, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Boxley Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EES WERE SPREADING STONE WHEN SOME OF THE STONE BECAME STUCK IN THE TAILGATE. WHEN THE JAMMED ROCKS WERE DISLODGE, TAILGATE RELEASED AND EE'S FINGER GOT CAUGHT.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 19, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boxley Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A CARBON DIOXIDE TANK AT 1:30 PM. AT ABOUT 5 PM, HE FELT HIS BACK TIGHTENING UP.

August 2, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boxley Materials Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUSHING ON A GATE WITH 2 OTHER EES. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, HE WAS SWEEPING THE FLOOR AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.