Mining Incidents

Martin Marietta - Rich Patch Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Low Moor, Alleghany County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4406897

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
46
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,521
proposed penalties
$6,458
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 2,698 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,036 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,351 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,516 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,858 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 894 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,945 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,953 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

6 on file

2018 · 1 incident

October 10, 2018 VA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Boxley Materials Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Superintendent locked out and tagged out the crusher run belt to remove a blockage of material which had stopped the belt. The belt was cut on and off more than once during the process and the v-belts were replaced on the motor. The superintendent failed to disengage the starter switch during the last LOTO and their thumb was smashed in the v-belt.

2017 · 1 incident

July 21, 2017 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boxley Materials Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miner was helping to change the attachment on the excavator from a hammer to a bucket. As the miner tried to loosen the nut with a wrench, EE propped foot on the attachment for leverage. When the nut broke loose, the miner fell to the ground, landing on EE's elbow. The miner suffered a dislocated elbow.

2016 · 1 incident

February 8, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boxley Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Taping a blast hole, reached down to grab EE's tape measure, felt a pop in EE's back.

2003 · 1 incident

June 19, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Boxley Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

THE YARD LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING A HAUL TRUCK IN STOCKPILE AREA. WHILE LOADING, A CONTRACTOR PULLED HIS TRUCK BEHIND LOADER. LOADER OPERATOR BACKED AWAY FROM HAUL TRUCK TO GO FOR ANOTHER B UCKET W/O SEEING THE CONTRACTOR. WHEN HE DID SEE THE CONTRACTOR IN HIS MIRROR, HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE CONTRACT TRUCK. HE STRAINED & PULLED HIS BACK MUSCLE FROM THE STOP

2002 · 1 incident

June 18, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boxley Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OFF OF LINKBELT ROCKBREAKER WHEN FOOT CAUGHT IN TRACK.

2000 · 1 incident