Mining Incidents

CANDOR: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Charles D Taylor
Candor, Montgomery County, NC  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3100154

CANDOR has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17 outstanding across 1 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 2002
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,148
proposed penalties
$1,131
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
34
inspections on record
245
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: 245 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CANDOR has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$17
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-23.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
18.2%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
36.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 72.7% moderate, 18.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 20020112M Default Barbour 2002 $55 → $55
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: 2009-07-22, 17 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Taylor Clay Products 1950 to present
  2. J T Russell & Sons Company Inc 1980 to 1998
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 5
2004 6
2003 8
2002 7
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CANDOR 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
2026 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9 1 0 111111.1
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 215 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 105 2 0 19047.6
2004 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 130 1 0 7692.3
2001 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 120 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.