Aaron Sand Mine #52 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
16
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,313
proposed penalties
$2,313
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
285
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 285 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-09-08.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Aaron Sand Mine #52 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-02.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2015-01-30.
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.
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: 2019-07-18, 7 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
1
2025
2
2024
2
2023
2
2022
2
2021
2
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
2013
2
2012
3
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
3
2007
3
2006
2
2005
2
2004
3
2001
1
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Aaron Sand Mine #52 sits in Davie 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.
Davie County, North Carolina · Population 43,526
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,234
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
0
0
0
2026 Q1
95
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
308
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
69
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
212
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
209
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
307
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
750
1
0
1333.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
16
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
245
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
10
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
544
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
498
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
160
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
194
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
58
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
266
1
0
3759.4
2021 Q4
51
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
172
2
0
11627.9
2021 Q1
266
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
170
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
186
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
174
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
110
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
28
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
377
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
118
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
99
1
0
10101.0
2018 Q4
280
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
216
1
0
4629.6
2018 Q2
370
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
384
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
612
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
262
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
120
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
286
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
218
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
522
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
117
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
32
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
214
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
493
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
121
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
122
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
141
1
0
7092.2
2014 Q2
282
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
160
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
121
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
153
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
61
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
398
1
0
2512.6
2012 Q2
481
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
361
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
146
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1
4
2
4000000.0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
120
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1
1
0
1000000.0
2008 Q4
97
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
723
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
12
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
188
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
495
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
708
3
1
4237.3
2006 Q3
17
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
37
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
841
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
391
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
380
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
965
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
521
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
244
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
712
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1996 · 1 incident
July 30, 1996NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT HAD GONE BAD ON A CONVEYOR SYSTEM. EE WAS HOLDING A ROPE THAT WAS TIED TO THE MOTOR. WHEN THEY GOT THE MOTOR UNBOLTED FROM ITS FRAME, THEY STARTED S LIDING IT ONTO THE CATWALK. THE MOTOR STARTED SLIDING SO FAST THAT THE ROPE CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS TAKNE TO HOSPITAL WHERE THEY XRAY HIS HAND AND PUT 10 STITCHES IN IT