Mining Incidents

Branchville Sand Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Branchville, Southampton County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4406591

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,052
proposed penalties
$3,484
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 9,234 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,293 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 797 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 797 1 0 1254.7
2024 Q3 6,648 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,071 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,195 2 0 278.0
2023 Q4 543 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

2 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

August 15, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Titan Mid Atlantic Aggregates, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee had finished washing on a conveyor belt and jumped from the head pulley of the belt to the ground. Employee was unable to walk and sought medical treatment. Employee was placed on restricted work duties and diagnosed with a broken leg.

March 18, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Titan Mid Atlantic Aggregates, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

A customer truck driver stopped their truck at the entrance of the property. They got out of the truck and went to troubleshoot a vibrating noise. Then they were just behind the passenger side front wheel, the truck began to roll backwards. The truck rolled over the driver's foot and came to a stop on top of their foot, breaking a toe.