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Blue Ridge Mine/Hicks Chapel: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Blue Ridge Mountain Stone, LLC. · Surface
Controlled by Kenneth Lee Pearson
Marion, Mcdowell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102277

Blue Ridge Mine/Hicks Chapel has $795 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
7
citations
3
significant & substantial
$795
proposed penalties
$795
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
24
inspections on record
144
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: 144 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Ridge Mine/Hicks Chapel has $795 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.
$795
proposed penalties
$795
current assessed
$795
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-01-26.
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.
42.9%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
42.9%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 42.9% low, 28.6% moderate, 28.6% 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: 2022-02-08, 4 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-02-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
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. Blue Ridge Quarries, Inc 2012 to 2015
  2. Blue Ridge Mountain Stone, LLC. 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blue Ridge Mine/Hicks Chapel sits in McDowell 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.
McDowell County, North Carolina · Population 44,679
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,527
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 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 108 1 0 9259.3
2020 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 171 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 171 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 76 3 2 39473.7
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 61 1 1 16393.4
2017 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 196 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 249 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 366 2 0 5464.5
2014 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 398 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 840 0 0 0.0

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.