Mining Incidents

Somerset Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Somerset, Orange County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400214

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
9
citations
4
significant & substantial
$685
proposed penalties
$685
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
2005 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 230 3 1 13043.5
2002 Q4 237 6 3 25316.5
2002 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,116 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

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

June 2, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
General Shale Webster Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was driving a loaded pan around a turn and the pan flipped over and his foot got caught under the rollover protection and crushed his foot.