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James River Slate Company Inc: 16 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
James River Slate Company Inc is an active dimension slate surface mine in Buckingham County, Virginia, operated by James River Slate Company Inc with 12 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4407307). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 16 citations and orders there with $2,463 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4407307
- Status
- Active since July 29, 2013
- Main commodity
- Dimension slate
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Buckingham County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Arvonia
- Operator
- James River Slate Company Inc
- Employees
- 12
- MSHA field office
- Staunton VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 16
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (18.8%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $2,463
- Amount paid so far
- $981
- Inspections
- 11
- Inspector hours on site
- 160
- Citations per inspection
- 1.45 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 8, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($151 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 | 2 | 1 | $266 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | $1,001 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $294 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | $600 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at James River Slate Company Inc
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 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 62.170 | Occupational noise exposure | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.5001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.8 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at James River Slate Company Inc
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
What the accident reports at James River Slate Company Inc describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Machinery | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at James River Slate Company Inc
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Buckingham County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Ridge Plant & Gieseke Plant | Kyanite Mining Corp | Buckingham County, VA | Kyanite | 60 | 21 |
| 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.