MINE DETAILS
Montpelier Plant
MSHA MINE ID4402829
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Montpelier Plant37.79056, -77.74500Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
80,817reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ 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 | 0 | 12,654 | 0.00 | 25 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 12,209 | 0.00 | 22 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 14,063 | 0.00 | 27 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 12,577 | 0.00 | 25 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 14,204 | 0.00 | 27 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 15,110 | 0.00 | 28 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
50 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
00 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
479.003 of 5 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
97.505 inspections · 5 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 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 177.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 · 13.3 on-site hours
56.12028
56.12008
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 19.3 on-site hours
56.12008 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 17.3 on-site hours
56.12018 · $177.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 23.3 on-site hours
50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 24.5 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
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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Imerys S A et alcontrolsFeldspar CorpoperatesMontpelier Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4402829—
Norsk Mineral AS et alcontrolsFeldspar CorpoperatesMontpelier Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4402829—
Imerys S AcontrolsFeldspar CorpoperatesMontpelier Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4402829—
Cementos Pacasmayo SSAcontrolsFeldspar CorpoperatesMontpelier Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4402829—
USS Holdings InccontrolsU.S. Silica Company, LLCoperatesMontpelier Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4402829—
Rio Tinto GroupcontrolsU S Silica CompanyoperatesMontpelier Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4402829—
Zemex CorpcontrolsFeldspar CorpoperatesMontpelier Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4402829Other 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
20 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 116 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD1 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
119 violation rows across the full record; 23 carry an S&S flag and $15,802 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY8 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHcontext
Occupational health samples
94 personal; 1 area. 0 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 EXPOSURE95 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
15K employee hours and 28 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
37 contested-violation rows, 37 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 21 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE95 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 CONTEXT8 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
77 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE15 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 12 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 56.12028Testing grounding systems.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12008Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.12018Identification of power switches.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 56.12016Work on electrically-powered equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12001Circuit overload protection.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.3131Pit or quarry wall perimeter.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 50.20Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
921689656.12028Citation
921689556.12008Citation
921680156.12008Citation
987921356.12018Citation
987990350.30(a)Citation
831170056.12016S&S
987241356.12001Citation
987480856.3131Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgDry Screen Plant Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgRotary Bucket Ex. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgRotary Bucket Ex. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Fibers, >5umKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Fibers, >5umKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Fibers, >5umKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors20Jul 25, 2000—Jan 25, 2024mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1May 2, 1979—May 2, 1979mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal117Jul 25, 2000—Mar 18, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal37May 17, 2005—Feb 12, 2019mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal21Mar 12, 2001—Jan 6, 2011mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal37Nov 30, 2004—Sep 20, 2018mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety714Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety144Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance7Jan 1, 1950—Mar 9, 1996mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance318Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance77Mar 13, 2000—Sep 29, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety1Aug 30, 2023—Aug 30, 2023mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety94Jun 7, 2001—Sep 30, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal119Jul 25, 2000—Aug 27, 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.