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FRANKLIN QUARRY: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Raleigh, Franklin County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102130

FRANKLIN QUARRY has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $376 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2021
Latest incident
Nov 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,285
proposed penalties
$6,879
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $406 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
836
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: 836 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FRANKLIN QUARRY has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $376 outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$376
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $447 in penalties contested before the Commission, $25 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-08.
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.
14.8%
significant & substantial
7.4%
high negligence or reckless
14.8%
reasonably likely or greater
53.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 81.5% moderate, 7.4% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$392 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 2007-11-14.
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 2008-114M Withdrawal Bulluck 2009 $392 → $0
SE 20010022M Prevail Weisberger 2001 $55 → $25
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: 2023-08-22, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-01-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Utility Man
2018-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2018-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Engineer
2011-03-14 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Iron oxide fumes 0.06 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2011-03-14 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Truck Driver
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.56 0.66 Lab Technician
2001-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

FRANKLIN QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.20 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 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. Martin Marietta Materials Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 7
2024 10
2023 12
2022 12
2021 11
2020 11
2019 9
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 4
2014 4
2013 5
2012 6
2011 5
2010 6
2009 6
2008 10
2007 11
2006 10
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FRANKLIN QUARRY 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 8,079 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,762 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,571 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,460 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 649 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,456 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,865 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,935 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,173 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,393 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,500 1 0 133.3
2023 Q1 6,594 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,203 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,491 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,692 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,460 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,094 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,511 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,362 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,968 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,935 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,757 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,763 1 0 173.5
2020 Q1 4,687 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,779 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,833 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,111 1 0 243.2
2019 Q1 4,429 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,389 1 0 295.1
2018 Q3 4,268 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,184 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,379 1 1 295.9
2017 Q4 4,280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,375 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,314 2 0 376.4
2017 Q1 3,391 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,031 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,284 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,077 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,697 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,249 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,291 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,827 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,835 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,373 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,867 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,553 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,341 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,789 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,022 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,143 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,362 1 0 186.5
2012 Q4 1,880 5 2 2659.6
2012 Q3 2,227 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,629 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,213 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,668 2 1 749.6
2011 Q3 3,667 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,849 1 0 206.2
2011 Q1 1,756 3 0 1708.4
2010 Q4 5,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,411 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,557 1 0 642.3
2009 Q4 1,639 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,738 2 1 535.0
2009 Q2 4,138 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,482 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,282 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,384 3 0 886.5
2008 Q2 4,711 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,243 2 0 891.7
2007 Q4 5,061 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,884 2 0 290.5
2007 Q2 7,333 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,406 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,058 2 0 248.2
2006 Q3 7,768 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,696 1 0 129.9
2006 Q1 4,164 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,962 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,504 6 2 2396.2
2005 Q2 2,562 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,304 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,904 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,202 2 0 908.3
2004 Q2 2,176 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,784 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,018 3 1 1486.6
2003 Q3 2,170 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,010 2 0 995.0
2003 Q1 1,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,230 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,298 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,566 1 0 389.7
2002 Q1 2,198 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,902 2 0 1051.5
2001 Q3 2,207 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,270 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,045 1 0 489.0
2000 Q3 2,126 1 0 470.4
2000 Q2 1,768 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,831 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2021 · 1 incident

November 18, 2021 NC · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A miner was clearing out a chute when a rock struck the fifth finger on the right hand, resulting in a fracture and PIP dislocation.

2019 · 1 incident

May 16, 2019 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped and fell while exiting the oil containment area fracturing a rib.

2015 · 1 incident

May 8, 2015 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee alleges that the brakes locked up in the Komatsu WA 500 loader he was operating injuring his lower back. He was seen at a clinic on 5/8/2015 and released to duty. Employee went to a specialist on 5/19/2015 and was taken out of work.

2011 · 1 incident

March 16, 2011 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was removing a 3.5" piece of shaft used as a safety block in the crusher when the shaft slipped from the far side of the crusher pinching the EE's right thumb against the frame of the crusher resulted in lacerations and a chipped bone. Medical only no lost time.

2003 · 1 incident

April 11, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SLIP AND FELL WHILE MOUNTING LOADER. EE WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE LADDER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO ROTATE TO THE REAR OF THE GRADER. HE FELL OFF THE LADDER AND HIT THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON HIS WAY DOWN RESULTING IN BRUISES AND A MILD FRACTURE TO THE COCCYX FROM THE LOWER SPINE.