Ames Portable Unit #42-02091 has $242 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$242
proposed penalties
$242
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.
Rate withheld: 18 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ames Portable Unit #42-02091 has $242 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$242
proposed penalties
$242
current assessed
$242
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-03.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
23
2025
17
2022
1
2020
2
2019
4
2018
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ames Portable Unit #42-02091 sits in Haywood 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.
Haywood County, North Carolina · Population 62,432
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$61,001
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
4,206
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,098
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,037
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
242
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
577
2
0
3466.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3
962
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
23
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,763
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,571
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1996 · 1 incident
July 15, 1996UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Ames Construction · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A SHOVEL FROM STACKER CONVEYOR, EE'S LEFT HAND MAD COMTACT WITH BELT & ROLLER ASSEMBLY CAUSING MODERATE SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE TO THREE FINGERS.
1993 · 1 incident
November 10, 1993UT · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN THE HILLSIDE TOT HE CRUSHER TRAP TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK. WHILE CLIMBING BACK UP THE HILL A LOOSE ROCK ROLLED DOWN AND HIT HIM ON THE KNEE. HE RECEIVED A CONTUSIONTO THE RIGHT KNEE. DR PLACE DHIM ON LIGHT DUTY AND PRISCRIPBEDPHYSICAL TERAPY, FOR 1 WK.