Mining Incidents

Elk Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy Kevin Washburn
Boone, Watauga County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102340

Elk has $284 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$284
proposed penalties
$284
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
15
inspections on record
153
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: 153 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elk has $284 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.
$284
proposed penalties
$284
current assessed
$284
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-10.
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 124 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 108 1 1 9259.3
2025 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 212 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 108 1 0 9259.3
2021 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 286 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 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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