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Sand Mountain Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Salem Stone Corp · Surface

Controlled by Doug Dalton

Salem, Wythe County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406467

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2004
Latest incident: Mar 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$1,692

proposed penalties

$1,692

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
2008 Q4	0	0	0
2008 Q2	0	0	0
2008 Q1	984	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	115	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	0	0	0
2007 Q2	0	0	0
2007 Q1	0	0	0
2006 Q4	2,998	1	1	333.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

March 11, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Salem Stone Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WENT TO DR ON 3/31/03 WITH A COMPLAINT OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT RIB-CAGE AREA. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN & HE WAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER DR WHO ORDERED MORE TESTS. DR STATED IT COULD BE SILICOSIS BUT MORE TESTS NEEDED TO BE DONE. THIS WAS TURNED INTO WORKER'S COMP ON 7/24/03 SO THEY COULD OBTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS ON EE. RECEIVED LETTER FROM WC 3/11/04 THAT SUGGESTS HE MAY HAVE SILICOSIS.

2001 · 1 incident

September 27, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Salem Stone Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A WEDGE TO GET ROCK OUT OF JAW CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF WEDGE AND STRUCK HIS CHIN. DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 10/2MISSING 2 DAYS OF WORK GOING TO DOCTOR.

2000 · 1 incident

October 26, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Salem Stone Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS GOING TO CLEAN UP AROUND BOOTH WHEN ROCK CAME OUT OF FEEDER & FELL ON EE'S LEFT FOOT