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BALFOUR QUARRY: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Balfour Quarry Inc · Surface
Controlled by Henraux & Erorepe
Rowan County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102091

MSHA record for BALFOUR QUARRY (mine ID 3102091). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1992–1999
Latest incident
Feb 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
12
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: 12 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Balfour Quarry Inc 1992 to 1997
  2. Balfour Quarry Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

BALFOUR QUARRY sits in Rowan County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Rowan County, North Carolina · Population 148,487
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,196
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1999 · 1 incident

February 17, 1999 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Balfour Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLER WAS CHANGING THE HAMMER ON HIS DRILL RIGH AND SOMEHOW HE SLID HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND UNDER THE CHAIN (WHICH SLIDES THE HAMMER UP AND DOWN) AND IT PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEE N THE CHAIN AND THE STEEL, WHICH CAUSED IT TO CUT HIS FINGER IN A COUPLE PLACES. AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT KNOW HOW SEVERE IT IS. HE HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.

1998 · 1 incident

October 30, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balfour Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE TRIPPED OVER HIS WON FEET AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS NOSE ON A PIECE OF STEEL THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A DRILLING RIG.

1994 · 2 incidents

June 9, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Balfour Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOG SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

March 3, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Balfour Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN TRYING TO MOVE A ROCK HAND SLIPPED AND ROCK WAS ABLE TO SLIP GLOVE OFF AND CUT RIGHT HAND.

1992 · 1 incident

September 3, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Balfour Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CLEARING DIMENSION STONE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.