Mining Incidents

Gold Hill Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Gold Hill, Rowan County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100152

Gold Hill Mine has $778 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 2004
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$778
proposed penalties
$778
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
55
inspections on record
456
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: 456 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gold Hill Mine has $778 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.
$778
proposed penalties
$778
current assessed
$778
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9 1 0 111111.1
2025 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 94 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 142 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 108 1 0 9259.3
2019 Q4 133 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 222 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 215 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 52 1 0 19230.8
2011 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 47 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 74 1 0 13513.5
2009 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 207 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 220 1 0 4545.5
2008 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 257 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 403 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 345 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 379 1 1 2638.5
2006 Q1 331 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 335 1 1 2985.1
2005 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 349 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 364 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 301 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 278 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 282 1 0 3546.1
2003 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 306 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 339 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 299 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 341 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 291 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 286 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 311 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 306 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 297 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.

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