Mining Incidents

Great Pit Metal/Non-Metal

battlesboro, Edgecombe County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102014

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
227
citations
56
significant & substantial
$134,061
proposed penalties
$77,050
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 4,172 4 3 958.8
2023 Q4 4,410 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,380 11 5 2511.4
2023 Q2 4,032 19 9 4712.3
2023 Q1 3,780 4 1 1058.2
2022 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,300 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,780 6 4 1587.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2023 · 1 incident

March 28, 2023 NC · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
PGS Aggregates, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

On 03/28/2023 at approximately 1600 hours, an employee of Edge Aggregates was involved in a minor accident. EE was washing out the feeder hopper and opened up the overhead door. While attempting to lock the door, the overhead door fell and struck EE in the upper back. This caused EE to fall forward and strike their face on the frame of the plant.

2011 · 1 incident

June 3, 2011 NC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pretty Good Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IE and another EE were beating a dry ice cooled master pin into a connecting link on the track of a D-6 MXL Caterpillar Dozer with an 8 pound maul. IE was holding the link in place with pliers. The maul hit the pin and bounced past the pliers and struck IE's leather gloved hand with a glancing blow. This resulted in a bruise to the left hand.

2009 · 1 incident

June 30, 2009 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pretty Good Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Pulled Muscle in back according to Dr. EE squatted down put both hands underneath the cylinder and began lifting up the cylinder off the ground with the bottle. He reached for the tailgate of the truck and eased his behind on the ground

2001 · 1 incident

May 7, 2001 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pretty Good Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING BEARING ON PLANT, HE HIS HIS THUMB WITH HAMMER CAUSING CUT THAT NEEDED STITCHES.