Great Pit has $134K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1989–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
227
citations
56
significant & substantial
$134,061
proposed penalties
$77,050
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $57,011 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
91
inspections on record
1,126
inspection hours
20.2
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.
227 citations across 1,126 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Great Pit has $134K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 11 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.
$134K
proposed penalties
$133K
current assessed
$77K
paid to date
$56K
outstanding
225 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-08.
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.
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.
24citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 58%
Stood as issued
10 · 42%
83%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
6%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $7K 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 2014-02-20.
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.
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: 2015-06-03, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2015-06-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2015-06-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2012-08-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.58
0.21
Tractor Operator
2009-06-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.14
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.6
0.62
Backhoe Operator
2004-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-11-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Backhoe Operator
2004-11-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.8
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.
Great Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.46 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.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2024
7
2023
7
2022
7
2021
7
2020
4
2019
5
2018
6
2017
7
2016
6
2015
6
2014
8
2013
8
2012
8
2011
9
2010
7
2009
5
2008
6
2007
5
2006
8
2005
9
2004
13
2003
12
2002
11
2001
11
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Great Pit sits in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina · Population 48,777
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$48,480
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
On 03/28/2023 at approximately 1600 hours, an employee of Edge Aggregates was involved in a minor accident. EE was washing out the feeder hopper and opened up the overhead door. While attempting to lock the door, the overhead door fell and struck EE in the upper back. This caused EE to fall forward and strike their face on the frame of the plant.
IE and another EE were beating a dry ice cooled master pin into a connecting link on the track of a D-6 MXL Caterpillar Dozer with an 8 pound maul. IE was holding the link in place with pliers. The maul hit the pin and bounced past the pliers and struck IE's leather gloved hand with a glancing blow. This resulted in a bruise to the left hand.
2009 · 1 incident
June 30, 2009NC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pulled Muscle in back according to Dr. EE squatted down put both hands underneath the cylinder and began lifting up the cylinder off the ground with the bottle. He reached for the tailgate of the truck and eased his behind on the ground
REPLACING BEARING ON PLANT, HE HIS HIS THUMB WITH HAMMER CAUSING CUT THAT NEEDED STITCHES.
1999 · 2 incidents
August 23, 1999NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE HAD JUST MOVED THE STACKER. HE REACHED UNDER THE FRAME TO UNHOOK THE CHAIN WHEN HIS FINGER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH SOME JAGGED METAL CAUSINGA CUT ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER
EE AND HIS SUPERVISOR WERE PREPARING TO MOVE THE DEWATERER. EE WAS STANDING ON THE FRAME AND ATTACHING A CHAIN TO THE TUBS WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INTO THE MACHINE CAUSING THE TUBS T O ROLL, AND A SPOKE TO STRIKE HSI HEAD. HE RECEIVED SEVERE CUTS TO THE FRONT AND BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE WILL LIKELY BE OUT OF WORK FOR A WEEK. HE REMAINED CONSIOUS AND ALERT.
1997 · 1 incident
November 4, 1997NC · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
WASTE MATERIAL HAD BUILT UP BETWEEN BOLT AND PULLEY. HE REMOVED GUARD AND USED HIS HAND TO REMOVE MATERIAL ALLOWING HIS ARM TO GET PINCHED BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY. INITIALLY REFUSED FIRST AID.
1992 · 1 incident
March 5, 1992NC · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS