Mining Incidents

Hoopers Creek Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Fletcher, Henderson County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102108

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
132
citations
47
significant & substantial
$45,531
proposed penalties
$27,780
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 4,665 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,891 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,485 4 2 729.3
2025 Q1 4,460 2 0 448.4
2024 Q4 3,621 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,881 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,653 9 0 1352.8
2024 Q1 5,615 2 1 356.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 21, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J R Stone Sales Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was splitting stone, making smaller pieces from a larger piece of stone. He split a piece, it fell and rebounceded back towards the larger piece. His thumb was then sandwiched between the two pieces, long enought to crush the bone in this thumb.