Mining Incidents

421 Sand Metal/Non-Metal

421 Sand · Surface
Controlled by Allen Jeff Earp
Willmington, New Hanover County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102306

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
19
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,478
proposed penalties
$3,478
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 13,671 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 14,624 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 13,011 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,385 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,588 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,682 1 0 115.2
2024 Q2 8,903 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,406 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

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 23, 2024 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
421 Sand · Fall down stairs

Debris such as drink bottles, where left on the front steps going into the control room.

2022 · 1 incident

February 1, 2022 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
421 Sand · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was holding a coil of disconnected oxygen/acetylene hoses while a fellow miner cut the plastic tie straps off the coil with a knife. When the knife went through the plastic, it deflected the knife upwards into the injured hand. The 3cm laceration needed 6 stitches to close.