Mining Incidents

Griggs Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Powell's Point, Currituck County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102200

Griggs Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $108 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
48
citations
21
significant & substantial
$19,871
proposed penalties
$16,660
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,211 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
22
inspections on record
273
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: 273 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Griggs Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $108 outstanding across 7 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$108
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-07.
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
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 751 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,213 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,426 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,676 3 2 1790.0
2010 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,007 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,959 4 0 2041.9
2008 Q3 3,166 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,908 6 4 2063.3
2008 Q1 2,039 7 1 3433.1
2007 Q4 1,412 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,084 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,870 3 2 1045.3
2007 Q1 3,826 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,701 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,118 8 3 1563.1
2006 Q2 3,404 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,357 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,190 2 1 477.3
2005 Q3 4,328 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,719 11 7 2957.8
2005 Q1 1,448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,610 1 1 383.1
2004 Q3 1,329 3 0 2257.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 16, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
R. P. C. Contracting Co., Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On or about meal time, operator fell asleep or lost consciousness. When discovered (10-15 minutes) by another EE, EMT was called and he was transported to hospital. He was not conscious, but breathing with a heart beat. EE is 70 years old.

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