Mining Incidents

Black Ankle Quarry: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Steed, Montgomery County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102220

Black Ankle Quarry has $2K 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
2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,797
proposed penalties
$1,797
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
12
inspections on record
102
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: 102 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Black Ankle Quarry has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-11.
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.
6.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
6.2%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 93.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Little River Stone LLC 2006 to 2008
  2. Martin Marietta Materials Inc 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 6
2008 6
2007 9
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Black Ankle Quarry sits in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Montgomery County, North Carolina · Population 25,874
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$55,849
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
2020 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 11 2 0 181818.2
2009 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 974 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,252 8 1 1523.2
2008 Q1 2,338 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,042 3 0 595.0
2007 Q3 5,447 3 0 550.8
2007 Q2 4,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,641 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 714 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident