Mining Incidents

Catawba Clay Mine: 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Charles D Taylor
Newton, Catawba County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102300

MSHA record for Catawba Clay Mine (mine ID 3102300). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2026
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
14
inspections on record
95
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: 95 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections 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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Taylor Clay Products, Inc. 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 1
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Catawba Clay Mine sits in Catawba 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.
Catawba County, North Carolina · Population 162,051
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,544
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
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 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 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 11 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.