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CALDWELL QUARRY: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Lenoir, Caldwell County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3101869

CALDWELL QUARRY has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1989–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
26
significant & substantial
$18,421
proposed penalties
$15,620
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,801 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
inspections on record
934
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: 934 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CALDWELL QUARRY has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-26.
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.
28.9%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
47.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 82.2% moderate, 8.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
66%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-02-11.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2010-537M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $5K → $2K
SE 2014-0162 Withdrawal Gill 2015 $2K → $0
SE 20020080M Settlement Hodgdon 2002 $317 → $317
SE 20010124M Settlement Barbour 2001 $207 → $55
SE 2008-972M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $127 → $127
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-03-06
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Fibers, >5um5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.47 0.53 Scale Man
2025-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2025-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2022-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Yard Engine Operator
2022-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2015-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2006-10-25 Fibers, >5um 0.03 Utility Man
2006-05-17 Fibers, >5um 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-17 Fibers, >5um 0.02 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-05-18 Fibers, >5um 0.01 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-05-18 Fibers, >5um 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-01-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.4 0.30 Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-08-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.57 0.12 Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-08-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.11 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-11-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.51 0.61 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

CALDWELL QUARRY recorded 9.96 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.96
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.48 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2008 * 9.96 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Caldwell Stone Company Inc 1979 to 1998
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1998 to 2005
  3. Martin Marietta Materials Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 11
2007 11
2006 10
2005 11
2004 9
2003 7
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CALDWELL QUARRY sits in Caldwell 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.
Caldwell County, North Carolina · Population 80,618
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,401
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
2026 Q2 1,161 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,111 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 998 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,096 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 938 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,071 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 899 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,159 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,074 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,159 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 978 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,262 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,042 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,035 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,432 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,225 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,289 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,434 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,309 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,134 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,397 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,374 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,196 1 0 836.1
2018 Q4 1,089 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,161 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,315 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,065 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,103 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,154 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,191 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,177 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,280 1 0 781.2
2016 Q3 1,535 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,521 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,377 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,505 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,327 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,404 2 0 1424.5
2015 Q1 1,089 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,067 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,216 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,209 2 0 1654.3
2014 Q1 1,194 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,100 2 0 1818.2
2013 Q3 1,306 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,248 1 1 801.3
2013 Q1 1,198 2 0 1669.4
2012 Q4 1,265 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,415 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,233 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,556 1 0 642.7
2011 Q3 1,989 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,803 1 0 554.6
2011 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,062 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,085 3 1 2765.0
2010 Q2 938 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 874 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,023 3 2 2932.6
2009 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,198 3 0 2504.2
2009 Q1 1,663 4 0 2405.3
2008 Q4 3,509 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,631 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,374 6 0 1116.5
2008 Q1 5,569 3 0 538.7
2007 Q4 7,055 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,919 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,226 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,683 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,746 5 1 741.2
2006 Q3 6,283 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,220 6 3 964.6
2006 Q1 6,476 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,866 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,597 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,927 2 1 288.7
2005 Q1 6,708 2 0 298.2
2004 Q4 7,176 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,748 2 1 421.2
2004 Q2 3,557 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,514 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,349 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,701 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,711 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,959 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,558 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,177 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,552 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,539 1 0 282.6
2001 Q3 3,682 1 1 271.6
2001 Q2 3,351 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,636 2 0 550.1
2000 Q4 3,606 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,322 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,161 5 1 1581.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2008 · 1 incident

August 18, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two employees were replacing a troughing roller on a conveyor belt. The roller shifted pinning one employees thumb between the frame of the roller and the convyor frame. The employee was wearing gloves but the gloves tore resulting in a laceration to the thumb required 6 stiches.

2000 · 1 incident

1998 · 1 incident

December 8, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING HAUL TRUCK UP TO THE EDGE OF THE STOCKPILE TO DUMP. THE STOCKPILE WAS UNDERCUT AND THE HAUL TRUCK LOST BALANCE AND FLIPPED, LANDING ON A DUMP TRUCK.

1997 · 2 incidents

December 15, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATES: WHILE GETTING OUT OF TEH BACK OF THE TRUCK, I STEPPED ON SOME UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING ME TO TWIST MY ANKLE AND FALL ON THE GROUND.

June 18, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE SCREENS AND GOT HIS HAND STUCK BETWEEN REPLACEMENT SCREEN AND FRAME, CUTTING LEFT PINKY FINGER THAT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES

1996 · 2 incidents

May 22, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPLACING TRACK ON DN8 DOZER, GOT HAND IN BETWEEN TRACK PADS AND HYDRAULIC JACK. A SKID LOADER WAS HOLDING TRACK IN PLACE, AND THE SKID LOADER "BUMPED" THE DOZER CAUSING BUCKET TO FALL ON MEC HANICS HAND.

February 12, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING AIR FILTER IN A WELDING TRUCK WHEN DOOR BLEW SHUT & STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD.

1993 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

November 4, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP TONGUE OF WATER PUMP TROULER. HE PULLED A BACK DISC. HE WAS INSTRUCED TO GET HELP WITH THE JOB BUT FAILED TO DO AS INSTRUCTED.

1989 · 1 incident

April 19, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caldwell Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLER WAS ON JOB SITE DRILLING HE STATED TO HIS FREMAN THAT HE WALKED OVER TO THE DRILL TO UNCOUPLE THE DRILL STEEL WHEN HE REACHED UP TO TAKE HOLE OF THE STEEL HIS KNEE GAVE WAY UNDER HIM S TRETCHING OR TEARING A LIAGMENT IN HIS KNEE