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R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill: 19 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill is an active vermiculite surface mine in Louisa County, Virginia, operated by Carolina Vermiculite Div-Va Vermiculite LLC with 26 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4405101). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 19 citations and orders there with $2,954 in proposed penalties, and 2 accident reports were filed there, with 2 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4405101
- Status
- Active since March 18, 1983
- Main commodity
- Vermiculite
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Louisa County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Louisa
- Operator
- Carolina Vermiculite Div-Va Vermiculite LLC
- Employees
- 26
- MSHA field office
- Staunton VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 19
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (15.8%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $2,954
- Amount paid so far
- $2,954
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 196
- Citations per inspection
- 1.90 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 2
- Injury and illness cases
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 10, 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 | 3 | 0 | $399 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | $1,311 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | $569 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | $528 | 1 |
Standards cited most at R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill
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 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.15004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12016 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Machinery | 1 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Screen | 1 |
| Shovel | 1 |
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.