Mining Incidents

Burke County Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Carolina Sand Inc · Surface
Controlled by Wayne Cassavaugh
Moganton, Burke County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102152

Burke County Sand Pit has $23K 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 2000
84
citations
27
significant & substantial
$23,283
proposed penalties
$23,283
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
727
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: 727 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Burke County Sand Pit has $23K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,412 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 877 2 0 2280.5
2025 Q2 1,176 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,108 1 0 902.5
2024 Q4 1,223 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,538 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,158 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,527 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,139 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,116 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,103 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,577 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,321 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,404 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,464 1 0 683.1
2021 Q2 1,112 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 909 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,197 1 0 835.4
2020 Q3 1,123 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,151 1 0 868.8
2019 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,198 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,156 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 971 1 1 1029.9
2018 Q2 949 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 557 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 677 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 956 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 870 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 967 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 745 6 4 8053.7
2015 Q1 957 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,027 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,238 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,394 1 1 717.4
2014 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,130 5 2 4424.8
2013 Q3 1,062 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,121 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 889 10 4 11248.6
2012 Q4 798 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 902 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,163 1 0 859.8
2011 Q3 1,226 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,226 1 0 815.7
2011 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,074 1 0 931.1
2010 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,288 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,064 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 939 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,407 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,252 2 0 1597.4
2009 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,464 2 0 1366.1
2008 Q3 1,859 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,531 1 0 653.2
2008 Q1 1,401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,775 2 1 1126.8
2007 Q3 1,472 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,314 2 0 1522.1
2007 Q1 1,354 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,566 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,965 6 1 3053.4
2006 Q2 1,904 13 5 6827.7
2006 Q1 2,126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,610 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,418 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,156 1 0 865.1
2005 Q1 1,424 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,399 2 2 1429.6
2004 Q3 1,211 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,222 1 0 818.3
2004 Q1 1,204 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,188 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,263 2 2 1583.5
2003 Q2 1,158 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,232 4 1 3246.8
2002 Q4 1,144 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,430 5 0 3496.5
2002 Q2 1,562 5 2 3201.0
2002 Q1 1,448 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,523 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,296 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,265 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,141 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,055 4 1 3791.5
2000 Q3 1,613 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.

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The full compliance file on Burke County Sand Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.