MINE DETAILS
Bluefield Plant
MSHA MINE ID4400096
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Bluefield Plant37.25611, -81.31806Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-17. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
—reported short tons
Hours worked
—reported employee hours
Tons per hour
—production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-17
Violations
20 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
302.002 of 2 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
86.757 inspections · 7 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 302.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32.5 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
Spot Inspection · 4.0 on-site hours
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
While cleaning out the tunnel with the Dingo Skidsteer employee was backing up to dump the spillage when they ran upon a larger stone which caused the machine to shift and push them forward against the machine. Resulting in a fractured rib.
Spot Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
Spot Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
50.20-1 · $151.00 proposed
56.4102 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 28.5 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 22.5 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 4.3 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was injured while replacing belt line when EE was struck by a snatch block that tore away from the structure it was attached to.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 27.5 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was conducting pre shift inspection on sand plant, slipped on ice, fell and broke their left wrist.
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-17.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Boxley Materials CocontrolsAppalachian Aggregates, LLCoperatesBluefield Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4400096—
CRH PLCcontrolsAppalachian Aggregates, LLCoperatesBluefield Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4400096—
William C Hunter et alcontrolsPounding Mill Quarry CorpoperatesBluefield Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4400096—
C Mike Hunter Jr et alcontrolsPounding Mill Quarry CorpoperatesBluefield Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4400096Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
29 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 257 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD5 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
213 violation rows across the full record; 41 carry an S&S flag and $47,538 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY48 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
61 personal. 2 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE61 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
10K employee hours and 21 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2002-Q40 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
17 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 20 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE54 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT16 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
90 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE18 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 17, 2026. 6 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 50.20-1General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4102Spillage and leakage.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12030Correction of dangerous conditions.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12001Circuit overload protection.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14207Parking procedures for unattended equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 50.30Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.11002Handrails and toeboards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4201Inspection.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
921676150.20-1Citation
987846656.4102Citation
828134656.12030S&S
828134556.12001Citation
828134456.14207Citation
828304650.30(a)Citation
828531456.11002Citation
828531356.4201(a)(1)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgMechanic
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzSupervisor, Co. Official
C/E: 00.02Concentration: 0000.17 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors29May 17, 2001—Sep 16, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Sep 18, 1971—Sep 18, 1971mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal212Feb 1, 2000—Aug 11, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal17Sep 24, 2008—Apr 25, 2022mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal20Nov 23, 2004—Oct 14, 2021mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal17Dec 26, 2007—Aug 10, 2021mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety2,840Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety639Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance4Jan 1, 1950—Jul 20, 2018mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance36Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance90Jan 31, 2000—Sep 29, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety61Jun 27, 2002—Mar 19, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal213Feb 1, 2000—Aug 11, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.