Mining Incidents

Gold Hill Mine: 8 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% 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: 2014-07-08, 12 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Statesville Brick Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 5
2020 6
2019 5
2018 7
2017 8
2016 9
2015 7
2014 8
2013 9
2012 9
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gold Hill Mine sits in Rowan County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Rowan County, North Carolina · Population 148,487
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,196
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 2 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0.0
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.