Virginia Vermiculite LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Eye protection.
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510130 CFR 56.15004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510119.8 on-site hours reported
Machinery
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 4405101No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
FOLLOWING A REPAIR TO THE ROLL SCREEN, THE INJURED TURNED THE MACINE BACK ON TO TEST THE OPRATION. THEN EE ATTEMPTED TO REINSTALL THE GUARD WHILE THE MACHINE WAS RUNNING. EE'S GLOVE WAS CAUGHT BY A SPROCKET, PULLING EE'S FINGERS INTO THE SPROCKET AND CHAIN.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510112.0 on-site hours reported
Eye protection.
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510130 CFR 56.15004 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $226.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of ladders.
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510130 CFR 56.11003 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Horns and backup alarms.
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510130 CFR 56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Work on electrically-powered equipment.
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510130 CFR 56.12016 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510113.5 on-site hours reported
Horns and backup alarms.
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510130 CFR 56.14132(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $267.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL · 440510115.8 on-site hours reported
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
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.