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Dove Gray Quarry: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Buechel Stone Corp. · Surface
Marion, Mcdowell County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102070

Dove Gray Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $318 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
33
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,342
proposed penalties
$3,024
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $318 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Buechel Stone Corp.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
608
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: 608 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dove Gray Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $318 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$318
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-27.
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.
24.2%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
30.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.0% low, 87.9% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2023-02-14, 3 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 0.45 1.40 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-02-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-02-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2013-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2007-08-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2004-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2004-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.38 0.89 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. 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.

Dove Gray Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.

Injury rate, 2017
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.36 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Blue Ridge Quarries Inc 1991 to 2015
  2. Blue Ridge Mountain Stone, LLC. 2015 to 2018
  3. Buechel Stone Corp. 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 3
2017 17
2016 15
2015 21
2014 20
2013 16
2012 17
2011 18
2010 19
2009 16
2008 19
2007 19
2006 11
2005 23
2004 24
2003 23
2002 22
2001 20
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dove Gray Quarry sits in McDowell County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
McDowell County, North Carolina · Population 44,679
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,527
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
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 341 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 231 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 653 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 595 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 560 1 0 1785.7
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 577 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 606 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 641 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 625 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 603 1 0 1658.4
2021 Q2 285 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 1 0
2020 Q3 224 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 259 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 403 1 1 2481.4
2019 Q1 510 4 1 7843.1
2018 Q3 238 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,372 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,580 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,378 1 0 185.9
2017 Q2 7,906 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,722 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,740 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,516 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,696 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,564 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,124 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,684 1 0 115.2
2015 Q2 8,792 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8,750 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,680 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,720 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,870 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,214 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,794 1 0 113.7
2013 Q2 6,380 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,120 3 1 328.9
2012 Q1 8,160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,190 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,190 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 8,190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,710 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 9,829 3 0 305.2
2009 Q4 8,064 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,776 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,816 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,456 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,464 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,688 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,872 1 0 127.0
2007 Q4 9,648 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,070 3 1 371.7
2007 Q2 9,552 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,364 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,064 3 1 271.1
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 10,560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,368 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,584 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,698 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,904 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,994 1 0 83.4
2004 Q1 11,545 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,748 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,808 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,112 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,553 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 11,246 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,315 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,012 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,461 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,987 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,036 1 1 110.7
2000 Q4 9,325 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,101 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,304 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,704 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 26, 2001 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Ridge Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING A ROCK FROM A ROCK PILE TWO ROCKS FELL TOGETHER (MASHING) BREAKING RIGHT 2ND FINGER TIP.

1997 · 1 incident

January 27, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Ridge Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

STONE WAS PICKED UP-LEFT HAND SHIRT SLEEVE WAS CAUGHT ON ROLLER BED CAUSING STONE TO DROP ON LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

1991 · 1 incident

March 11, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buechel Stone Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER PLUNGED OUT AND CUT LEFT HAND RING FINGER. CYLINDER WAS BEING REPACKED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT GRINDER HAD SLIGHT DOWNWARD ANGLE CAP BOLTS WERE REMOVED CYLINDER ROD SPLIPPED FR OM BORE PINNING FINGER BETWEEN ROD AND BUCKET.