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East Ridge Plant & Gieseke Plant: 21 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
East Ridge Plant & Gieseke Plant is an active kyanite surface mine in Buckingham County, Virginia, operated by Kyanite Mining Corp with 60 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4403743). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 21 citations and orders there with $2,844 in proposed penalties, and 10 accident reports were filed there, with 10 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4403743
- Status
- Active since July 15, 1981
- Main commodity
- Kyanite
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Buckingham County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Dillwyn
- Operator
- Kyanite Mining Corp
- Parent company
- The Disthene Group Inc
- Employees
- 60
- MSHA field office
- Staunton VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 21
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (4.8%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $2,844
- Amount paid so far
- $2,844
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 379
- Citations per inspection
- 1.75 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 10
- Injury and illness cases
- 10
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 6, 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 | $1,064 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | $286 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | $588 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | $755 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $151 | 2 |
Standards cited most at East Ridge Plant & Gieseke 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 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.13021 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9315 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.20-1 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12020 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at East Ridge Plant & Gieseke 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 | 7 |
What the accident reports at East Ridge Plant & Gieseke Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 6 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at East Ridge Plant & Gieseke Plant
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 2 |
| Shovel | 1 |
| Dredge | 1 |
| Elevator | 1 |
Other open mines in Buckingham County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James River Slate Company Inc | James River Slate Company Inc | Buckingham County, VA | Dimension slate | 12 | 16 |
| Willis Mt Plant & Mullite Plant | Kyanite Mining Corp | Buckingham County, VA | Kyanite | 37 | 8 |
| Boxley Arvonia Quarry | Georgia Stone Products, LLC | Buckingham County, VA | Crushed, broken slate | 12 | 4 |
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.