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Fleming Pit: 148 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas Madden
Louisburg, Franklin County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100450

Fleming Pit has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
148
citations
43
significant & substantial
$93,441
proposed penalties
$60,091
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $33,350 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Wade Moore Equipment Co's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,097
inspection hours
13.5
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.
148 citations across 1,097 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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-08-10.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Fleming Pit has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$93K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
141 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $71K in penalties contested before the Commission, $37K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-04.
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.
29.7%
significant & substantial
9.7%
high negligence or reckless
29.7%
reasonably likely or greater
61.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.4% low, 86.9% moderate, 9.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 88%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 13%
100%
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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$71K proposed, $37K 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 2017-03-07.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2017-0111 Settlement Moran 2018 $66K → $36K
SE 2017-0036 Settlement Moran 2018 $4K → $396
SE 2013-191M Settlement Lewis 2013 $807 → $243
SE 2017-0022 Settlement Moran 2018 $300 → $300
SE 2012-634M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $243 → $182
SE 2012-659M Settlement Moran 2012 $200 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-08-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
46
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg24
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz15
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (46)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2024-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Truck Driver
2024-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2023-09-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 Screen/Scalper Operator
2019-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-03-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Washer Operator
2018-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-03-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-02-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.4 0.10 Bulldozer Operator
2017-02-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.98 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-02-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-02-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-02-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Truck Driver
2016-03-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.35 0.10 Truck Driver
2015-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 2.74 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-08-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2014-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.71 0.80 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.77 0.21 Truck Driver
2004-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.73 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.54 0.10 Washer Operator
2004-05-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Backhoe Operator
2001-11-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2000-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.61 0.39 Truck Driver
2000-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.52 0.35 Front-end Loader 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.

Fleming Pit recorded 5.86 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
5.86
total case rate
5.86
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.14 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
2025 * 5.86 5.86 0.000
2024 * 5.64 5.64 0.000
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
* 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. Wade Moore Equipment Co 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 19
2025 16
2024 15
2023 15
2022 14
2021 11
2020 11
2019 12
2018 11
2017 11
2016 9
2015 8
2014 8
2013 8
2012 7
2011 8
2010 8
2009 9
2008 9
2007 9
2006 9
2005 9
2004 10
2003 8
2002 7
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fleming Pit sits in Franklin County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Franklin County, North Carolina · Population 71,962
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,386
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 9,843 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 8,220 3 0 365.0
2025 Q4 9,756 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,917 2 0 224.3
2025 Q2 8,289 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,163 1 0 139.6
2024 Q4 7,394 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,727 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,749 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,591 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,283 6 3 724.4
2023 Q3 9,836 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,789 4 2 408.6
2023 Q1 8,879 2 0 225.3
2022 Q4 8,471 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,765 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,213 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,516 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,287 1 0 159.1
2021 Q3 7,467 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,781 2 1 294.9
2021 Q1 5,740 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,626 1 0 177.7
2020 Q3 6,518 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,045 3 0 331.7
2020 Q1 6,402 26 5 4061.2
2019 Q4 5,726 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,335 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,243 1 1 190.7
2019 Q1 6,582 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,123 2 2 326.6
2018 Q3 6,032 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,667 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,846 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,256 3 1 570.8
2017 Q3 5,698 1 1 175.5
2017 Q2 5,283 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,881 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,531 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,084 2 1 393.4
2016 Q2 4,462 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,513 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,114 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,822 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,408 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,673 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,461 2 0 448.3
2014 Q3 4,314 2 0 463.6
2014 Q2 4,307 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,745 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,894 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,845 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,948 1 0 253.3
2013 Q1 3,684 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,661 2 0 546.3
2012 Q3 3,839 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,907 3 1 767.9
2012 Q1 3,824 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,839 1 0 260.5
2011 Q3 3,821 5 0 1308.6
2011 Q2 4,103 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,933 1 0 254.3
2010 Q4 3,679 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,928 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,733 3 0 803.6
2009 Q4 3,830 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,520 4 2 885.0
2009 Q2 5,692 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,644 7 2 1507.3
2008 Q4 4,521 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,644 2 1 430.7
2008 Q2 4,474 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,053 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,225 1 0 236.7
2007 Q3 4,250 3 0 705.9
2007 Q2 4,997 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,683 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,495 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,471 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,704 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,601 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,441 1 1 225.2
2005 Q3 4,282 10 4 2335.4
2005 Q2 4,758 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,350 1 0 229.9
2004 Q4 4,653 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,709 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,678 2 1 543.8
2004 Q1 4,018 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,443 8 2 1800.6
2003 Q3 4,387 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,612 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,768 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,126 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,647 1 1 377.8
2002 Q2 3,657 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,509 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,133 1 0 319.2
2001 Q3 4,116 2 0 485.9
2001 Q2 4,420 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,604 2 1 434.4
2000 Q4 4,193 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,708 6 3 1274.4
2000 Q2 4,150 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,113 2 0 486.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 2, 2025 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wade Moore Equipment Co · Fall from machine

Employee was filling water tote on the back of a pickup and jumped off of truck spraining their left ankle. Worked until 12:15pm and wanted to get ankle checked out.

2024 · 2 incidents

August 5, 2024 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wade Moore Equipment Co · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

While performing general maintenance on a Concrete Truck (TR-01) employee felt a pop in left shoulder. Employee was using a sledge hammer to free up hardened concrete on the back auger chute when accident occurred.

July 2, 2024 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wade Moore Equipment Co · Struck by falling object

Tech was remove grill from D8R, standing in front of machine. EE was removing bolts from hinges, EE wasn't aware one of the pins was missing from hinges. caused the grill 102 lbs to fall striking tech on left foot behind steel toe portion of boot. At the time, they felt fine the incident was considered a near miss. next day employee had bruising and called WP for assistance.

2022 · 1 incident

August 2, 2022 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wade Moore Equipment Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A customer truck was loaded on site. Driver parked at workshop area. EE got out to secure load tarp. While stepping down off truck, EE twisted ankle and fell to ground. EE was found on the ground with pain in EE's left ankle. Not life threatening and was able to be driven to local medical center.

2016 · 1 incident

August 10, 2016 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Wade Moore Equipment Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner injured hand while assembling conveyor. Hoisting strap moved during lift, resulting in cut on miner's hand. Miner was working too near lifting straps. Miner received stitches, and is expected to make full recovery per doctor's.

2007 · 1 incident

December 12, 2007 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Wade Moore Equipment Co · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had a heart attack.

1990 · 1 incident

January 23, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wade Moore Equipment Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR TO LOADER SLAMMED SHUT ON FINGERS. RING & MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BRUISED. TREATMENT TO RELIEVE PRESSURE & PAIN WAS DRAINAGE OF BLOOD. NO BROKEN BONES NO IMPAIRMENT TO MINING OPERATION .

1987 · 1 incident

September 25, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wade Moore Equipment Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG MAUL TO BEAT RIVET IN CHAIN LINK ON DRAGLINE AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH MAUL.REQUIRED 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE CUT.