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Fuquay Quarry: 84 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fuquay Varina, Wake County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102055

Fuquay Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1997–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
15
significant & substantial
$12,741
proposed penalties
$10,307
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,434 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
87
inspections on record
1,110
inspection hours
7.6
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.
84 citations across 1,110 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fuquay Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $330 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-13.
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.
17.9%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
58.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.5% low, 92.4% moderate, 5.1% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 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
$3K 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 2017-11-26.
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 2009-682M Withdrawal Weisberger 2010 $3K → $0
SE 20000003M Withdrawal Weisberger 2001 $2K → $110
SE 20010058M Settlement Barbour 2001 $539 → $165
SE 2018-0043 Withdrawal Lesnick 2018 $135 → $0
SE 20010129M Settlement Barbour 2001 $55 → $55
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: 2024-03-12
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
56
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz241 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg29
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (56)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.29 0.71 1.82 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.59 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.76 0.42 Utility Man
2022-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.52 0.52 Utility Man
2022-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Backhoe Operator
2022-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Lab Technician
2021-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Scraper Operator
2021-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2021-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.59 0.53 Utility Man
2021-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.53 0.32 Backhoe Operator
2021-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.56 0.98 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.54 0.37 Utility Man
2019-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.99 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.47 0.74 Utility Man
2018-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.33 0.94 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.6 0.42 Utility Man
2017-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.59 0.61 Utility Man
2017-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.54 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-03-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2016-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2012-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.72 0.17 Sampler, Dust
2012-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.89 Utility Man
2005-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.65 0.35 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.31 0.68 Utility Man
2005-06-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.43 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-08-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Fuquay Quarry recorded 6.74 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.
6.74
total case rate
0.00
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 * 6.74 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 5.05 0.00 0.000
2021 * 5.13 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. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1990 to 2007
  2. Martin Marietta Materials Inc 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 16
2024 17
2023 18
2022 19
2021 18
2020 15
2019 12
2018 9
2017 9
2016 6
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 11
2011 11
2010 11
2009 12
2008 14
2007 13
2006 13
2005 13
2004 12
2003 11
2002 6
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fuquay Quarry sits in Wake 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.
Wake County, North Carolina · Population 1,151,009
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$101,763
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 9,220 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 7,573 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,076 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,056 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,613 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,938 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,407 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,811 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,493 1 0 117.7
2023 Q4 8,696 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,525 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,885 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10,469 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,651 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 10,798 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,873 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,291 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,893 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,576 1 0 94.6
2021 Q2 9,796 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,991 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,553 2 0 264.8
2020 Q2 7,560 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,496 2 1 307.9
2019 Q4 7,355 2 0 271.9
2019 Q3 7,571 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,512 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,489 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,700 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,073 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,869 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,209 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,053 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,693 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,875 1 0 170.2
2017 Q1 5,869 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,686 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,671 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,106 2 0 487.1
2016 Q1 2,815 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,155 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,857 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,993 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,177 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,820 1 0 171.8
2014 Q3 3,351 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,858 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,323 1 0 187.9
2013 Q3 4,440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,411 2 0 586.3
2013 Q1 5,809 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,193 1 0 238.5
2012 Q3 3,704 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,511 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,482 1 0 402.9
2011 Q4 5,316 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,640 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,936 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,442 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,418 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,236 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,782 1 0 209.1
2009 Q3 5,627 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,213 1 0 191.8
2009 Q1 4,604 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,962 3 0 604.6
2008 Q3 6,222 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,040 1 0 142.0
2008 Q1 6,647 1 0 150.4
2007 Q4 9,591 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,331 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,009 1 0 111.0
2007 Q1 8,947 3 0 335.3
2006 Q4 9,347 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,089 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,291 3 0 322.9
2005 Q4 9,288 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,976 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,646 1 1 130.8
2005 Q1 7,002 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,124 1 0 140.4
2004 Q3 6,910 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,248 2 1 320.1
2004 Q1 6,260 2 0 319.5
2003 Q4 5,772 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,016 2 2 285.1
2003 Q2 6,298 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,574 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,082 1 0 324.5
2002 Q3 4,106 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,056 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,352 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,748 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,694 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,763 2 0 723.9
2001 Q1 2,845 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,818 2 1 709.7
2000 Q3 3,072 2 0 651.0
2000 Q2 2,564 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,609 3 0 1864.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

November 6, 2025 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

The employee was operating a WA600 loader and, while moving backward to forward on level ground, experienced neck & shoulder pain. This became reportable on 12/30/2025 after the employee was placed on restrictions following an orthopedic evaluation.

2022 · 1 incident

December 21, 2022 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A miner received a fracture in the left pinky finger when involved in throwing a piece of drill steel away in the metal bin.

2021 · 1 incident

July 28, 2021 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Incident that occurred was not related to mining activity. Miner had a personal medical event and as a result received 4 stitches on forehead above EE's right eye.

2017 · 1 incident

September 5, 2017 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting in changing wedge bolts in jaw crusher when the bolt spun and cut employee through employee's glove.

2004 · 1 incident

June 16, 2004 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS LOADING ROCK IN THE PIT FROM THE MUCK PILE. HE GOT THE BUCKET FULL AND STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE PILE AND HIT THE LOADER BUCKET. THE IMPACT JOLTED THE LOADER CAUSING EE TO HAVE BACK PAIN.

1997 · 1 incident

September 5, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A R22 WATER TRUCK AND TRIED TO ENGAGE THE HANDLE FOR THE WATER CANNON. THE LEVER WAS HARD TO MOVE AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HIT IT WITH HIS HAND. THE RESULT WAS 2 BROKEN FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.