DMM/VTCA Reclamation Award Winners 2018 VTCA Annual Meeting Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront July 2018
Non-Quarry: Honorable Mention Bardon (Aggregate Industries): Mattaponi Sand and Gravel 2006 2017
Non-Quarry: Honorable Mention Bardon (Aggregate Industries): Mattaponi Sand and Gravel 2013 2018
Non-Quarry: Honorable Mention Bardon (Aggregate Industries): Mattaponi Sand and Gravel
Non-Quarry: Honorable Mention R.T. Armistead & L. Hanson: Armistead/Hanson Pit Disturbed area - 2008 Reclaimed area - 2017
Non-Quarry: Honorable Mention R.T. Armistead & L. Hanson: Armistead/Hanson Pit During the reclamation backfill Same view today
Non-Quarry: Honorable Mention R.T. Armistead & L. Hanson: Armistead/Hanson Pit Disturbed area was backfilled using clean, inert, The landscape, rich with a variety of species, makes offsite soil and stabilized with a combination of for suitable habitat for deer and other wildlife seeding and natural re-vegetation
Non-Quarry and Overall: Winner Luck Stone Corporation: Caroline Sand and Gravel 2005 2017
Non-Quarry and Overall: Winner Luck Stone Corporation: Caroline Sand and Gravel Year 0 Year 1 Year 3 Year 6 Views of progression from the same location
Non-Quarry and Overall: Winner Luck Stone Corporation: Caroline Sand and Gravel Year 10
Non-Quarry and Overall: Winner Luck Stone Corporation: Caroline Sand and Gravel
Quarry: Honorable Mention Mountain Materials, Inc: Glade Stone Plant 2001 2013
Quarry: Honorable Mention Mountain Materials, Inc: Glade Stone Plant Middle left area of left photo shows overburden storage area that had been re-graded and seeded in 2006. Photo on right shows same area in 2018.
Quarry: Honorable Mention Mountain Materials, Inc: Glade Stone Plant Left photo shows old office building and scales that sat just off the public road prior to removal. Photo to the right is a view of the same area looking to the west along the public road (Ramblewood Drive) after removal.
Quarry: Winner Vulcan Construction Materials: Jack Quarry 2014 2017
Quarry: Winner Vulcan Construction Materials: Jack Quarry Construction period with temporary drainage controls in place
Quarry: Winner Vulcan Construction Materials: Jack Quarry Vegetation on berm Rock check dams along outslope drainage ditches
DMM/VTCA Safety Award Winners 2018
A Few Numbers of Interest In 2017, Virginia’s mineral mines produced 68,939,408 tons. This is up from the 2016 mark of 67,746,160 tons. In 2017, Virginia’s mineral mines employed 3,841 production employees and 5,427 contract employees. Production employees worked 6,851,699 hours and contract employees worked 741,809 hours. Of this total 7,593,508 hours worked, 7,316,061 hours were worked without a lost time injury. This translates to 66,528,646 tons produced without a lost time injury. Of the 365 mineral mines active during 2017, 307 mineral mines worked without having a lost time accident.
Award Winners In Each Quarry Category: Chantilly Crushed Stone, Inc., Chantilly Quarry, Loudoun County, 123,450 hours Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC., Graham Quarry, Fairfax County, 73,302 hours Pounding Mill Quarry Group, Bluefield Quarry, Tazewell County, 47,718 hours BWI Abingdon, LLC., Abingdon Quarry, Washington County, 22,722 hours
Award Winners In Each Open Pit Category: Nestle Purina Petcare, Nestle Purina Mine, King William County, 471,207 hours Luck Stone Corporation, Caroline Sand and Gravel, Caroline County, 25,618 hours King William Sand and Gravel, Inc., King William Mine, King William Cty, 9,4 ,426 hours Old River Land Company, LLC., New Kent # 1 Mine, 4,4 ,474 hours
We Also Honor Individual Miners DMM received 36 nominations for miners working from 15 to 35 years without a lost time accident in 2017. These miners will receive their awards later this year. Since this program began in 2007, a total of 296 miners have been recognized for working safely. These 296 miners represent 7,141 years without a lost time accident!! Shown here are presentations from past years.
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