Data / Mines / Virginia / Bluefield Plant
Bluefield Plant: 18 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Bluefield Plant is an active crushed, broken limestone surface mine in Tazewell County, Virginia, operated by Appalachian Aggregates, LLC with 13 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4400096). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 18 citations and orders there with $3,568 in proposed penalties, and 5 accident reports were filed there, with 5 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4400096
- Status
- Active since September 18, 1971
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken limestone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Tazewell County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Bluefield
- Operator
- Appalachian Aggregates, LLC
- Parent company
- CRH PLC
- Employees
- 13
- MSHA field office
- Vansant VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 18
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (11.1%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $3,568
- Amount paid so far
- $3,568
- Inspections
- 14
- Inspector hours on site
- 254
- Citations per inspection
- 1.29 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 5
- Injury and illness cases
- 5
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 29, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 4 ($584 proposed)
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 | 1 | 0 | $198 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1 | $2,704 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | $515 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Bluefield 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 56.14109 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14110 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12007 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14205 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Bluefield Plant
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 3 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at Bluefield Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 2 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Bluefield Plant
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Forklift | 1 |
Other open mines in Tazewell County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Creek Prep Plant | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 30 |
| Virginia Point No. 1 Surface Mine | Extra Energy, Inc. | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 53 | 29 |
| Hill Creek Auger | Auger Coal, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 7 | 25 |
| Limestone Dust Corp. | Limestone Dust Corp | Tazewell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 18 |
| Big Creek Surface | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 35 | 15 |
| Pounding Mill Plant | Appalachian Aggregates, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 15 |
| Highwall Miner #1 | Extra Energy, Inc. | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 11 |
| Auger No. 1 | Auger Coal, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 5 |
| Tazewell County Quarry | Bizzack Construction LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 2 |
| No. 4 Auger | G & R Augering Inc | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 2 |
| Bar C Sand #1 | Helton Grading Inc | Tazewell County, VA | Sand, industrial | 2 | 2 |
| Tiller No 1 | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Raven Dock | Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Mine No. 41 | XMV, Inc. | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| V-2 #1 | V2 Construction, Inc. | Tazewell 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.