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Rural Retreat Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Mountain Materials, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by CRH PLC

Rural Retreat, Wythe County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4405372

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2005
Latest incident: Jul 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$300

proposed penalties

$300

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	Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3	220	0	0.0
2006 Q2	688	4	5814.0
2006 Q1	0	0
2005 Q4	354	0	0.0
2005 Q3	1,355	1	738.0
2005 Q2	405	0	0.0
2005 Q1	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

2005 · 1 incident

July 15, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rural Retreat Quarry, INC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TOOL BOX UP INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. HE SAT THE TOOL BOX DOWN ON THE TAILGATE. HE WENT TO TURN THE TOOL BOX TO SLIDE IT UP INTO THE TRUCK BED. THIS IS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH.