What are Candor Sand Pit's MSHA penalties?

Candor Sand Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $1 currently outstanding across 7 contested dockets.

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Candor Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

APAC-Atlantic Inc Thompson-Arthur Division · Surface

Controlled by CRH PLC

Candor, Montgomery County, NC · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3101354

Candor Sand Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1984–2018
Latest incident: Dec 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

102

citations

significant & substantial

$21,556

proposed penalties

$20,139

paid to date

93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,417 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

1,098

inspection hours

9.3

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

102 citations across 1,098 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$22K

proposed penalties

$20K

current assessed

$20K

paid to date

outstanding

102 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	8,022	0	0.0
2025 Q3	7,311	0	0.0
2025 Q2	7,233	1	138.3
2025 Q1	8,032	0	0.0
2024 Q4	6,497	0	0.0
2024 Q3	6,693	0	0.0
2024 Q2	6,766	2	295.6
2024 Q1	6,559	0	0.0

Show 96 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	7,206	2	2	277.5
2023 Q3	7,183	3	0	417.7
2023 Q2	7,973	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	6,293	1	0	158.9
2022 Q4	7,982	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	7,528	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	7,098	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	7,396	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	7,841	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	7,824	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	8,654	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	6,422	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	7,475	2	1	267.6
2020 Q3	7,414	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	6,776	4	2	590.3
2020 Q1	9,179	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	8,545	1	0	117.0
2019 Q3	8,669	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	9,158	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	10,740	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	8,232	1	0	121.5
2018 Q3	8,391	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	8,653	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	6,574	2	0	304.2
2017 Q4	8,157	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	8,869	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	6,749	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	4,151	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	6,932	2	0	288.5
2016 Q3	7,190	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	8,118	2	1	246.4
2016 Q1	6,557	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	6,612	2	0	302.5
2015 Q3	7,193	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	6,910	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	5,348	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	6,451	2	0	310.0
2014 Q3	6,319	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	5,977	1	0	167.3
2014 Q1	4,901	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	6,635	2	0	301.4
2013 Q3	5,918	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	6,635	9	0	1356.4
2013 Q1	5,471	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	6,663	3	0	450.2
2012 Q3	5,968	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	6,718	1	1	148.9
2012 Q1	5,889	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	6,683	1	1	149.6
2011 Q3	7,056	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	6,835	3	1	438.9
2011 Q1	5,274	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	5,265	6	1	1139.6
2010 Q3	5,169	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	6,620	2	2	302.1
2010 Q1	3,714	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	4,496	4	1	889.7
2009 Q3	4,553	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	4,492	2	0	445.2
2009 Q1	3,360	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	6,538	6	1	917.7
2008 Q3	6,251	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	6,704	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	6,430	8	1	1244.2
2007 Q4	7,928	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	8,097	5	0	617.5
2007 Q2	8,489	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	9,586	3	0	313.0
2006 Q4	6,753	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	6,869	1	0	145.6
2006 Q2	8,034	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	5,734	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	6,223	7	2	1124.9
2005 Q3	6,451	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	6,626	3	0	452.8
2005 Q1	6,171	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	5,027	2	0	397.9
2004 Q3	7,121	1	0	140.4
2004 Q2	4,241	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	4,910	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	4,993	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	4,747	1	0	210.7
2003 Q2	5,771	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	4,119	1	0	242.8
2002 Q4	3,801	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	6,208	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	6,265	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	6,934	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	6,234	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	6,664	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	6,427	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	6,216	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	7,513	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	7,884	2	0	253.7
2000 Q2	6,337	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	5,442	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2018 · 1 incident

December 5, 2018 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

APAC-Atlantic Inc Thompson-Arthur Division · Struck by flying object

Employee was replacing pin in the 360 Komatsu Track Hoe using the sledge hammer to drive the pin. A metal shard broke off the pin and struck employee in the inner leg approx. 2" above the knee causing a 1 1/2 laceration.

2000 · 1 incident

February 14, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Thompson-Arthur Division/ APAC - Carolina, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS TENFEET LONG, EIGHT INCHES HIGH, 1/4 INCH THICK AND SAYS HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING HIM.

1984 · 1 incident

August 31, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Thompson-Arthur Division/ APAC - Carolina, Inc. · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A CHAIN GUARD ON A KOERING CRANE, THE GUARD FELL AND LACERATION THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND

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