Data / Mines / Virginia / Swords Creek Plant
Swords Creek Plant: 24 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Swords Creek Plant is an active crushed, broken limestone surface mine in Russell County, Virginia, operated by E Dillon & Company with 83 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4400056). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 24 citations and orders there with $5,560 in proposed penalties, and 10 accident reports were filed there, with 10 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4400056
- Status
- Active since February 9, 1979
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken limestone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Russell County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Honaker
- Operator
- E Dillon & Company
- Employees
- 83
- MSHA field office
- Vansant VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 24
- Significant and substantial
- 7 (29.2%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $5,560
- Amount paid so far
- $5,560
- Inspections
- 16
- Inspector hours on site
- 667
- Citations per inspection
- 1.50 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 10
- Injury and illness cases
- 10
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 1, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | $1,144 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | $2,159 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | $1,011 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | $1,246 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Swords Creek Plant
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14110 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 57.12025 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 57.11002 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4230 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9315 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Swords Creek Plant
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 6 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 4 |
What the accident reports at Swords Creek Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 4 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 2 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Swords Creek Plant
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Conveyor | 1 |
Other open mines in Russell County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlewood | Oldcastle Lawn & Garden Inc | Russell County, VA | Lime | 27 | 47 |
| Russell County Quarry | Bizzack Construction LLC | Russell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 20 |
| RCR-1 Moss #3 | Russell County Reclamation, LLC | Russell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 12 | 18 |
| P-11 Gardner | Revelation Energy, LLC | Russell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 12 |
| Dickensonville Plant | Appalachian Aggregates, LLC | Russell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 10 |
| Castlewood Plant | Appalachian Aggregates, LLC | Russell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 18 | 6 |
| Flat Rock Plant | Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC | Russell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 1 |
| E. Dillon Mine #2 | E Dillon & Company | Russell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 0 |
| Moss No 2 Prep Plt | Dickenson-Russell Contura, LLC | Russell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 0 |
| Kennedy #3 | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Russell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Kennedy #3 Surface | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Russell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Auger No. 2 | Southeastern Coal, Inc | Russell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.