American Stone Quarry has $12K 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
20
Years on record
1983–2016
Latest incident
Jul 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
85
citations
17
significant & substantial
$12,258
proposed penalties
$12,258
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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.
85 citations across 1,146 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
American Stone Quarry has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $120 in penalties contested before the Commission, $120 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-14.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$120 proposed, $120 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2007-05-09.
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: 2024-08-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (30)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-09-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.65
0.57
Lab Technician
2021-09-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Welder, etc.
2021-09-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
Utility Man
2019-04-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Washer Operator
2019-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2016-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.45
0.10
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2016-04-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
2.18
0.13
Truck Driver
2016-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.21
Drill Operator, Rotary
2011-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2006-09-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.75
0.57
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.94
0.28
Lab Technician
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
1.09
0.50
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.53
Washer Operator
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.32
0.32
Utility Man
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
2.04
0.12
Drill Operator, Rotary
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.
American Stone Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.04 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
6.29
6.29
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
9
2025
7
2024
3
2023
3
2022
4
2021
10
2020
9
2019
6
2018
8
2017
8
2016
7
2015
7
2014
8
2013
9
2012
11
2011
11
2010
11
2009
11
2008
12
2007
15
2006
16
2005
17
2004
17
2003
18
2002
18
2001
18
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
American Stone Quarry sits in Orange 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.
Orange County, North Carolina · Population 147,292
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,553
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
Employee was found unresponsive at approximately 05:15 p.m. by the Plant Manager in the Primary Control Room. Employee subsequently was pronounced deceased of apparent natural causes.
2004 · 1 incident
April 6, 2004NC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF HIS PIT TRUCK (769D) TO MOVE A ROCK AFTER HE HAD DUMPED IN THE JAW. HE THEN WENT TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE TRUCK WHEN HE MISSED THE HADNDRAIL AND SLIPPED. HE FELL BACK AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT SIDE. HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG AROUND HIS THIGH. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO UNC E.R.
EMPLOYEE ADJUSTING TAIL PULLEY, WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT THUMB ON ANGLE IRON. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT IMMEDIATELY, THOUGHT THUMB WAS JAMMED. IT KEPT HURTING. WENT TO THE DR. 3-18-96, THUMB WAS BROKE.
1995 · 1 incident
December 15, 1995NC · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY
WAS IN PROCESS OF TAKING CRUSHER APART. EE WAS OUT OF CRANE OPERATOR'S VIEW, HE WALKED BEHIND CRUSHER, BOWL WAS LIFTED AND HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN BOWL AND HAND RAILS AS IT WAS SWUNG AROUND.
1992 · 2 incidents
November 4, 1992NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING PIECE OF STEEL ON TRUCK THE STEEL SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB
1985 · 2 incidents
February 20, 1985NC · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON