Mining Incidents

Dempsey Wood Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Kinston, Lenoir County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102215

Dempsey Wood Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2006
35
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,247
proposed penalties
$4,247
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
48
inspections on record
362
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: 362 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dempsey Wood Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,871 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,700 3 0 1764.7
2025 Q2 2,012 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,818 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,705 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,361 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,820 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1,702 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,836 1 0 544.7
2023 Q1 1,710 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,796 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,935 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,175 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,846 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,205 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,206 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,127 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,854 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,434 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,331 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,096 1 0 477.1
2019 Q4 2,058 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,243 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,186 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,972 1 0 507.1
2018 Q4 1,561 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,488 6 3 4032.3
2018 Q2 1,714 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,584 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,746 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,695 1 0 590.0
2017 Q1 1,664 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,566 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,820 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,811 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,390 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,749 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,598 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,510 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,581 1 0 632.5
2014 Q3 1,675 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,507 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,477 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,530 1 0 653.6
2013 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,421 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,378 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,478 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,484 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,563 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,778 2 1 1124.9
2011 Q2 1,614 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,412 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,589 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,726 1 0 579.4
2010 Q1 1,626 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,889 3 0 1588.1
2009 Q3 1,597 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,746 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,742 1 0 574.1
2008 Q4 1,498 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,537 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,737 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,585 3 0 1892.7
2007 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,680 6 0 3571.4
2007 Q2 1,894 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,889 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,260 1 0 793.7
2006 Q2 462 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.

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