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DUNNS QUARRY: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Stone Connection Inc
Rowan County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102110

MSHA record for DUNNS QUARRY (mine ID 3102110). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995–1997
Latest incident
May 1997
Ownership history
  1. Dunns Mountain Pink Granite Company Inc 1995 to 1997
  2. Dunns Mountain Pink Granite Company 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

DUNNS QUARRY sits in Rowan 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.
Rowan County, North Carolina · Population 148,487
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,196
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 1 incident

May 13, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunns Mountain Pink Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SETTING HIS TAMROCK MONO DRILL GUIDE HYDRAULIC DRILLING RIG. ONE OF THE LEGS WAS SET ON TOP OF A ROCK. EMP TRIED TO PULL THE ROCK OUT AND THE LEG FELL ON HAND. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION ON LEFT HAND THIRD FINGER WHICH HAD TO BE STITCHED. FOURTH FINGER HAD A SMALL ABRASION AND SOME SWELLING.

1995 · 1 incident

June 20, 1995 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Dunns Mountain Pink Granite Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CHAIN WAS PLACED THROUGH DRILLED HOLE IN WASTE ROCK AND CRANE WAS LIFTING ROCK WHEN ROCK BROKE AT CHAIN HOOK.GOLF BALL SIZE CHIP BOUNCED OF WALL FACE 15' AWAY AND REDIRECTED TO EMPLOYEE 15' BE YOND.STRUCK IN MID FEMUR NOT BREAKING SKIN BUT CAUSING THROBING.EMPLOYEE WAS X-RAYED AND FOUND TO HAVE NON-DISPLACED HAIRLINE FRACTURE.