Mining Incidents

Fletcher Sand Mine: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102154

Fletcher Sand Mine has $780 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 2003
9
citations
2
significant & substantial
$780
proposed penalties
$780
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
25
inspections on record
207
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: 207 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fletcher Sand Mine has $780 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.
$780
proposed penalties
$780
current assessed
$780
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-11-02.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
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: 2016-01-07, 10 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-12-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Backhoe 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. Barnhill Contracting Company 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 4
2015 4
2014 5
2013 3
2012 8
2011 3
2010 3
2009 4
2008 3
2007 4
2006 5
2005 5
2004 6
2003 6
2002 5
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fletcher Sand Mine sits in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Pasquotank County, North Carolina · Population 40,830
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$63,912
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
2016 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 438 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 380 2 0 5263.2
2011 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 510 3 2 5882.4
2008 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 210 1 0 4761.9
2007 Q1 110 1 0 9090.9
2006 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 270 1 0 3703.7
2005 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 90 1 0 11111.1
2003 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 70 0 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.