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Merry Oaks Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Triangle Brick Company · Surface

Controlled by Roeben Company

Merry Oaks, Chatham County, NC · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3102080

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2000–2015
Latest incident: Dec 2015

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,196

proposed penalties

$3,196

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
2025 Q4	2,987	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,300	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,004	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	2,746	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,899	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,376	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,441	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,891	0	0	0.0

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

2015 · 1 incident

December 21, 2015 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Triangle Brick Company · Struck against a moving object

While ripping in bulldozer, operator came off of bump/rock resulting in a jarred neck.

2012 · 1 incident

August 27, 2012 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Triangle Brick Company · Fall onto or against objects

Employee slipped on muddy bulldozer tracks getting off machine, twisting and hitting knee. Employee did not miss any work. 10/11/12 received note stating operator should wear elastic brace while working. 10/26/12 received note with a diagnosis of a meniscus tear and a planned surgery. We determined we should report after this diagnosis. Employee has not missed work.

2000 · 2 incidents

February 25, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Triangle Brick Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A ROCK IN A CRUSHER AND THE ROCK CAME DOWN AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN WALL AND CRUSHER CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER.

February 2, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Triangle Brick Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SNOW OFF BULL DOZER EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ELBOW.