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GASTON COUNTY MINES: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by VINCI Group
Dallas, Gaston County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101515

MSHA record for GASTON COUNTY MINES (mine ID 3101515). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
62
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: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Rea Construction Company 1950 to 2003
  2. Rea Contracting LLC 2003 to 2012
  3. Lane Construction Corporation 2012 to 2019
  4. Blythe Construction Inc. 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GASTON COUNTY MINES sits in Gaston County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Gaston County, North Carolina · Population 231,485
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,472
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
2018 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 187 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 379 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 403 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 308 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 381 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 275 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 416 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 187 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 254 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

April 1, 1995 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rea Construction Company · Struck by flying object

HITTING TEETH OFF LOADER L-47 WITH HAMMER.