Mining Incidents

Durham Mine: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roeben Company
Durham, Durham County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100155

Durham Mine has $670 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–2001
Latest incident
Feb 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$730
proposed penalties
$730
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
186
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: 186 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Durham Mine has $670 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$670
proposed penalties
$670
current assessed
$670
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-08-31.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
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.
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: 2001-06-13, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.58 0.36 Bulldozer 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.
Ownership history
  1. Triangle Brick Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 0
2009 0
2008 0
2007 1
2006 3
2005 3
2004 4
2002 0
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Durham Mine sits in Durham 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.
Durham County, North Carolina · Population 329,405
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,501
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
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3 2 0 666666.7
2012 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 236 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,081 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,307 4 0 3060.4
2006 Q3 1,273 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,257 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,525 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,357 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,276 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,697 3 0 1767.8
2004 Q3 1,880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,125 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,583 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,137 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,382 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,850 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,063 1 0 484.7
2000 Q3 2,333 1 0 428.6
2000 Q2 2,385 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,860 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

February 8, 2001 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triangle Brick Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING AT CRUSHER ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE BLOCKAGE. BAR REACTED TO ROCK MOVEMENT MASHED LEFT THUMB AND SPRAINED RT SHOULDER AND ELBOW.

January 17, 2001 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triangle Brick Company · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF ROCK CRUSHER FELL THRU GUARD RAIL ON TO A PLATFORM INJURED LEFT HAND AND WRIST.

January 11, 2001 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triangle Brick Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING AT CRUSHER, ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE BLOCKAGE SPRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.

1986 · 1 incident

January 29, 1986 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triangle Brick Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CRUSHER HAD 3 JAMMED WITH ROCKS, EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK AND STRAINED BACK AND SHOULDER.