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Black Mine: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy Kevin Washburn
Marion, Mitchell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102323

Black Mine has $744 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
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$744
proposed penalties
$744
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Appalachian Stone Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
15
inspections on record
124
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: 124 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 Mine has $744 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.
$744
proposed penalties
$744
current assessed
$744
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-23.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
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: 2024-07-10
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2024-05-16
4
samples
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2024-05-16 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ROAD
2023-09-13 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-09-28 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2020-09-16 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Appalachian Stone Company 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 1
2022 0
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Black Mine sits in Mitchell County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 6.2% 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.
Mitchell County, North Carolina · Population 14,973
6.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,089
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
2024 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 116 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 1 0
2021 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 166 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 1 0
2020 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 183 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 161 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 180 4 2 22222.2

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.