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115 Quarry: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
N. Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100095

115 Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–2007
Latest incident
Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
32
citations
1
significant & substantial
$5,954
proposed penalties
$5,111
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $843 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,251
inspection hours
2.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
32 citations across 1,251 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

115 Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $434 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
3.2%
significant & substantial
6.5%
high negligence or reckless
3.2%
reasonably likely or greater
38.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 29.0% low, 64.5% moderate, 6.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 33%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
66%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $434 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2023-11-20.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2011-197M Settlement Bulluck 2011 $540 → $108
SE 2022-0200 Settlement Moran 2023 $316 → $183
SE 2024-0031 Settlement Sullivan 2024 $198 → $143
SE 2020-0180 Dismissal Miller 2020 $123 → $0
SE 2009-302M Dismissal Paez 2010 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-06-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Fibers, >5um3
Show the individual readings (35)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.59 0.44 Oiler, Greaser
2023-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Utility Man
2018-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-09-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Truck Driver
2018-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.91 0.16 Utility Man
2014-12-16 Fibers, >5um 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-12-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Utility Man
2013-12-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-12-05 Fibers, >5um 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.55 0.10 Shovel Operator
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.09 0.21 Utility Man
2007-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2005-11-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.61 0.57 Truck Driver
2005-07-13 Fibers, >5um 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.63 0.22 Utility Man
2002-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.01 0.32 Shovel Operator
2002-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.28 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2002-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2023-12-27
4
samples
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2023-12-27 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 MP LABORATORY
2023-03-08 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2022-06-22 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2021-02-17 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

115 Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.14 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 12
2024 15
2023 13
2022 13
2021 13
2020 14
2019 14
2018 14
2017 16
2016 16
2015 16
2014 11
2013 12
2012 12
2011 17
2010 16
2009 15
2008 18
2007 19
2006 19
2005 21
2004 23
2003 25
2002 28
2001 28
2000 23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

115 Quarry sits in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wilkes County, North Carolina · Population 65,983
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,438
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 8,220 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,460 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,343 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,476 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,023 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,821 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,751 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,872 1 0 145.5
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,709 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,568 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,408 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,407 1 0 135.0
2023 Q2 7,013 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,645 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,584 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,297 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,875 2 0 254.0
2022 Q1 5,963 1 0 167.7
2021 Q4 5,033 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,397 1 0 156.3
2021 Q2 7,622 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,778 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,219 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,228 2 0 382.6
2020 Q2 5,776 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,497 1 0 133.4
2019 Q4 8,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,069 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,087 1 0 123.7
2019 Q1 8,199 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,808 1 0 146.9
2018 Q3 7,489 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,199 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,720 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,092 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,924 2 0 224.1
2017 Q2 9,334 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,697 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,789 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,307 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,289 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,276 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,862 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,332 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8,596 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,214 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,566 1 0 116.7
2014 Q2 5,994 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,201 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,863 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,045 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,738 1 0 148.4
2013 Q1 4,636 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,511 2 0 362.9
2012 Q3 6,415 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,091 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,399 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,444 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,879 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,386 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,179 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,964 1 0 167.7
2010 Q3 8,964 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,609 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,418 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,726 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,630 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 9,222 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,158 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,084 1 0 110.1
2008 Q3 9,949 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10,516 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10,400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 11,102 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,840 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,722 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,581 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 12,396 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,495 2 0 210.6
2006 Q1 12,237 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10,270 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 11,614 2 0 172.2
2005 Q2 12,897 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,979 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 12,057 1 0 82.9
2004 Q3 12,825 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 12,756 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,916 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,734 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 14,149 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 17,002 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 13,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 12,031 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 15,072 1 0 66.3
2002 Q2 18,219 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,660 1 0 150.2
2001 Q4 15,017 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 17,153 1 1 58.3
2001 Q2 14,348 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 14,917 1 0 67.0
2000 Q4 12,845 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,611 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,878 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12,568 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2007 · 1 incident

December 15, 2007 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee's left thumb was crushed after an attempt to reinstall the primary crusher hydraulic toggle.

2005 · 1 incident

September 1, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a massive (fatal) heart attack in the rest room facility while preparing to leave his shift. Heart failure appears to be from natural causes.

1995 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

June 2, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BRUSH BEHIND SHOP. HE WAS CARRYING CHAINSAW, STEPPED IN HOLE, LOST BALANCE AND CHAIN SAW CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS ARM.

1988 · 4 incidents

September 16, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN RIGHT WHEEL WENT DOWN OVER 3' CEM BANK & TURCK ROLLED OVER 180 DEGREE

July 12, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING METAL WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SET IT ON GROUND HIS ARM WAS CUT BY SLAG EDGE OF METAL CUT REQUIRED STITCHES

June 27, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER WAS CHOKED WITH MATERIAL. EMP. WAS HELPING TO CLEAR MATERIAL FROM CRUSHER. EMP. RIGHT HAND WAS BETWEEN LOCKING POST AND CONE CRUSHER, WHILE IT WAS BEING TURNED. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT B REAKING RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

May 13, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP PLANT WITH A BOBCAT LOADER. WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED BUCKET TO DUMP GRAVEL , LOADER BOUNCED AND TILTED FORWARD HITTING GROUND WITH BUCKET. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN AGAINST TOP OF LOADER CUTTING HEAD AND BRUISING LEG.