Mining Incidents

South Boston Metal/Non-Metal

Winston-Salem, Halifax County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400153

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2013–2023
Latest incident
Oct 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
14
significant & substantial
$9,440
proposed penalties
$9,440
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 7,662 2 0 261.0
2025 Q3 7,401 1 0 135.1
2025 Q2 5,932 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,705 1 0 269.9
2024 Q4 8,498 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,852 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,897 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,552 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

4 on file

2023 · 1 incident

October 25, 2023 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southside Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was using a utility knife to cut skirt belt when knife slipped out of the belt and cut left wrist

2021 · 1 incident

February 4, 2021 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Southside Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating yard loader loading customer trucks, the ground was uneven causing loader to jerk or bounce some.

2016 · 1 incident

October 15, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southside Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping a co-worker work on a tail pulley. Employee was turning a threaded rod while a co-worker was hitting a bearing with hammer, bearing came loose suddenly and the treaded rod took skin off EE's fingers.

2013 · 1 incident

December 5, 2013 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southside Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping set water pump in pit sump he stepped out of way, felt something pull in lower back, stated he was ok. Continued to work through 1/6/14. Due to weather was told to stay home on 1/7/14. Employee called in on 1/7/14 said he was going to ER due to the incident that happened on 12/5/13. He received no medical treatment and no lost time till 1/7/14