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Beacon Tower Pit: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102203

Beacon Tower Pit has $672 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
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$672
proposed penalties
$672
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cool Spring Sand & Gravel Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
13
inspections on record
128
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: 128 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beacon Tower Pit has $672 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.
$672
proposed penalties
$672
current assessed
$672
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-10.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
11.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2009-06-04, 17 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.04 Backhoe Operator
2009-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.05 Backhoe Operator
2006-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Backhoe Operator
2006-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Ownership history
  1. Cool Spring Sand & Gravel Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 4
2010 6
2009 7
2008 7
2007 9
2006 6
2005 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Beacon Tower Pit sits in Edgecombe 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.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina · Population 48,777
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$48,480
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
2011 Q2 1,783 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,086 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,302 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,947 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,054 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,887 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,861 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,102 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 2,529 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,928 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,137 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,101 2 0 645.0
2008 Q2 3,333 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,176 1 0 314.9
2007 Q4 3,156 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,956 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,091 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,629 1 0 380.4
2006 Q4 2,550 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,760 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 877 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,983 5 1 2521.4
2005 Q4 1,681 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,550 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

September 22, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cool Spring Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

Loader operator was entering the wheeled loader via steps, his right hand slipped from hand rail causing him to fall backward onto the ground, hitting his right elbow.