East Alamance Quarry has $12K 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
10
Years on record
1988–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
12
significant & substantial
$12,046
proposed penalties
$12,046
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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.
72 citations across 1,029 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-11-19.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
East Alamance Quarry has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $474 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$474 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-10-20.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2026-06-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.34
10
0.03
Drill Operator, Rotary
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-03-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-03-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2019-03-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2009-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2009-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2007-07-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
Drill Operator, Rotary
2007-07-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.19
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.01
2.47
0.41
Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
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.
East Alamance Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ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 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.48 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
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
10
2025
6
2024
9
2023
10
2022
11
2021
10
2020
12
2019
9
2018
7
2017
6
2016
5
2015
4
2014
3
2013
4
2012
5
2011
7
2010
10
2009
10
2008
14
2007
15
2006
15
2005
15
2004
15
2003
15
2002
13
2001
4
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
East Alamance Quarry sits in Alamance 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.
Alamance County, North Carolina · Population 174,286
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,445
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
2026 Q2
6,168
1
0
162.1
2026 Q1
5,050
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,420
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,663
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,315
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,150
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,862
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,010
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,458
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,688
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,848
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,523
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,692
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
6,225
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,935
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,280
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,528
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,310
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,068
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,498
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,048
1
0
165.3
2021 Q1
5,338
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,652
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,285
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,987
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
6,328
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,270
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,812
1
1
207.8
2019 Q2
4,585
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,755
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
5,135
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,672
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,122
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,335
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,945
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,115
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
6,917
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
5,635
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,915
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,655
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
4,147
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,102
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,927
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,850
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,497
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,492
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,055
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,962
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,542
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,120
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,828
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,690
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,907
5
2
2621.9
2013 Q1
5,020
2
0
398.4
2012 Q4
1,415
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,650
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,098
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,790
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,300
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,915
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,968
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,237
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,497
3
0
461.8
2010 Q3
5,935
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,500
1
0
222.2
2010 Q1
3,525
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,605
1
0
217.2
2009 Q3
4,960
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,340
1
0
187.3
2009 Q1
4,465
1
0
224.0
2008 Q4
5,255
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,120
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,470
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,280
2
0
274.7
2007 Q4
8,458
1
0
118.2
2007 Q3
9,758
3
0
307.4
2007 Q2
9,880
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,493
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,357
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
10,112
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,097
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
9,545
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
11,847
1
1
84.4
2005 Q3
10,975
4
3
364.5
2005 Q2
10,680
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9,742
2
0
205.3
2004 Q4
11,722
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
9,347
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
8,688
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
8,193
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,093
1
1
123.6
2003 Q3
9,405
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,685
3
0
345.4
2003 Q1
7,250
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,928
1
0
126.1
2002 Q3
9,464
2
0
211.3
2002 Q2
6,614
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,210
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,378
1
0
420.5
2001 Q3
2,388
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,030
1
0
492.6
2001 Q1
1,574
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,746
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,172
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,108
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,296
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2025 · 1 incident
January 6, 2025NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was attempting to free a rock lodged between a belt conveyor and a tail pulley. Using a chain come-a-long to move the tail pulley, the hook slipped off the wing of the tail pulley and struck the employee in the chin. This resulted in 10 stitches.
2004 · 1 incident
October 28, 2004NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SIDE GRINDER TO REMOVE OLD LAGGING FROM A HEAD PULLEY WHEN THE GRINDER CAUGHT ON A WELD & KICKED BACK STRIKING THE LEFT KNEE RESULTING IN A CUT WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
1998 · 2 incidents
July 22, 1998NC · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS CUTTING A DRILL BIT OUT OF 5 1/2 CRUSHER WITH A TORCH. THE BIT HAD CHOCKED THE CRUSHER AND WAS UNDER PRESSURE. WHILE CUTTING THE BIT PRESSURE WAS RELIEVED AND A FRAGMENT FLEW OUT STRIKI NG EE IN THE MOUTH. EE WAS TAKEN TO KERNODLE CLINIC ACUTE CARE WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED AND RECEIVED 3 STITCHES AND RELEASED.
EE WAS WORKING TO CRUSH A BIG ROCK IN JAW CRUSHER. EE WAS LOWERING A WEDGE WHEN ANOTHER WEDGE FLEW OUT STRIKING EE IN THE FOREHEAD. EE WAS TO TO HOSPITAL. HE HAD A CAT SCAN & RECEIVED STITCHES THEN RELEASED.
EMPLOYEE ADVISED HE WAS DRILLING WHEN HE SAW BOLT BACKING OUT OF HAMMER SLIDE PLATE. HE STOPPED THE HAMMER AND REACHED TO PUSH THE BOLT BACK IN PLACE-HAMMER DRIFTED DOWN AND MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN SLIDE PLATE BOLT AND DRILL MAST BRACE.
1991 · 1 incident
May 21, 1991NC · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS