Mining Incidents

Clover Hill Mine And Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Wagner Sand & Stone · Surface
Controlled by William S Wagner
Caldwell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101893

Clover Hill Mine And Mill has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1
inspections on record
3
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: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wagner Sand & Stone 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 2
2000 2
1999 3
1998 4
1997 3
1996 3
1995 3
1994 3
1993 5
1992 5
1991 5
1990 7
1989 7
1988 6
1987 6
1986 8
1985 6
1984 6
1983 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Clover Hill Mine And Mill 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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2001 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

May 10, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wagner Sand & Stone · Struck by powered moving object

EMP LEFT VEHICLE IN REVERSE BY MISTAKE INSTEAD OF IN PARK HE EXITED AND TRUCK WENT BAK.CKWARDS AND CAME TO A STOP IN DITCH WITH MOTOR RUNNING EMP RAN TO VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO GET IT OU GEAR FROM OUTSIDE OF TRUCK AND PLACED IT IN DRIVE WHEREBY WHEEL RAN OVER FOOT HEEL

April 30, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wagner Sand & Stone · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING FIVE GALLON BUCKET OF WATER AND THIS RESULTED IN MUSCLE STRAIN IN HIS BACK. HE FELT TEMPORARY NUMBNESS IN LEGS AND FELL DOWN