Hayesville Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1991–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$10,939
proposed penalties
$8,645
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,294 gap.
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.
53 citations across 1,051 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hayesville Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $973 in penalties contested before the Commission, $276 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
72%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$973 proposed, $276 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 2012-01-05.
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: 2026-03-12
10%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
45
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz121 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg33
Show the individual readings (45)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
0.41
1.20
Washer Operator
2026-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.32
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2025-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2024-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-05-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.37
0.92
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-07-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.37
0.73
Cleanup Man
2023-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.34
0.56
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-07-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-07-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-03-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2021-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.24
0.67
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.48
0.67
Mechanic
2014-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2014-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.6
0.70
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
1.34
0.35
Utility Man
2005-11-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.11
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2004-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
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.
Hayesville Quarry recorded 7.61 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
7.61
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.14 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
7.61
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
6.12
0.00
0.000
2007 *
4.31
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
2026
10
2025
14
2024
12
2023
13
2022
17
2021
15
2020
5
2019
6
2018
7
2017
10
2016
12
2015
19
2014
18
2013
12
2012
14
2011
16
2010
25
2009
25
2008
32
2007
32
2006
32
2005
32
2004
30
2003
30
2002
30
2001
30
2000
29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hayesville Quarry sits in Clay 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.
Clay County, North Carolina · Population 11,391
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$53,645
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
5,282
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,359
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
6,792
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
6,734
1
0
148.5
2025 Q2
7,146
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,614
1
1
178.1
2024 Q4
4,413
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,350
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,788
1
0
208.9
2024 Q1
7,630
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,201
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,803
1
0
172.3
2023 Q2
5,185
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,185
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,519
1
0
105.1
2022 Q3
7,797
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,755
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
9,048
5
0
552.6
2021 Q4
9,071
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,106
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,955
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,861
3
0
437.3
2020 Q4
3,222
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,986
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,914
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,790
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,440
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,526
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,508
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,807
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,816
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,382
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,778
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,148
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
6,539
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,463
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,803
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,426
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,765
1
0
209.9
2016 Q3
4,178
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
4,886
3
1
614.0
2016 Q1
2,839
2
0
704.5
2015 Q4
2,981
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,432
2
1
310.9
2015 Q2
3,882
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,892
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,949
1
0
202.1
2014 Q3
3,771
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,009
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,599
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,398
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,529
1
0
395.4
2013 Q2
3,529
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,272
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,798
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,497
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,652
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,234
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,281
1
0
438.4
2011 Q3
2,879
3
1
1042.0
2011 Q2
4,236
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,080
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,138
1
1
318.7
2010 Q3
4,074
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,790
3
1
1075.3
2010 Q1
1,792
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,554
1
0
643.5
2009 Q3
3,395
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,221
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,839
2
1
704.5
2008 Q4
3,146
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
10,791
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,692
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
13,024
2
0
153.6
2007 Q4
10,342
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
12,096
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,231
2
0
216.7
2007 Q1
14,729
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
14,363
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
13,429
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,362
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
11,467
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
10,207
2
0
195.9
2005 Q3
9,048
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,847
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,657
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,692
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,260
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
10,388
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,700
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,923
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,615
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,916
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
7,549
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,329
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,605
2
0
208.2
2002 Q2
8,560
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
7,352
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,183
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,863
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,302
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,019
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
10,278
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
11,647
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
16,231
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
10,300
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2025 · 1 incident
July 30, 2025NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using hammer when they felt discomfort in RT index finger. Received first aid treatment from a medical pro. on 7/30. X-ray conducted on 7/31. On 8/1 results communicated to employee, metal was removed, stitches were applied, and prescription was prescribed. Employee was released to full duty with no restrictions and a follow up to remove stitches.
Employee was tapping a new bearing on the tail pulley in the surge pile tunnel when he felt something in his eye. According to the medical report it was a metallic piece roughly 3mm in diameter and up to 1.5mm in thickness.
2008 · 1 incident
February 27, 2008NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking to the loader in the parking area at the scale house at the Hayesville Quarry when he slipped and fell on snow covered ice.
2007 · 1 incident
December 1, 2007NC · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CHANGING SCREENS ON WASHING SCREEN. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A WEDGE & A PIECE OF THE HAMMER FLEW OFF & HIT INJURED IN THE UPPER CHEST/METAL SLIVER FROM THE HAMMER BROKE OFF. SLIGHT PUNC TURE WOUND IN UPPER PORTION OF CHEST.
April 11, 1994NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
54736YEE WAS REPLACING THE HIGH SCREEN ON THE SHAKER OF THE PLANT A SECTION OF THE SCREEN SLIPPED WHICH CAUGHT HIS LEFT WRIST CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED FOUR (4) STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE STANDARD SCREEN;THE BAR THAT HOLDS THE SCREEN BROKE PINCHING HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS BETWEEN THE BAR AND SCREEN AT THE FIRST JOINT BELOW THE FINGERNAILS REQUIRI NF FIVE SUTURES ON EACH FINGER(NO BROKEN BONES;NEG X-RAYS).