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HBME - Hicone: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jonathan Schilowitz
Greensboro, Alamance County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102159

HBME - Hicone has $335 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
2
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$335
proposed penalties
$335
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
73
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: 73 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HBME - Hicone has $335 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.
$335
proposed penalties
$335
current assessed
$335
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-28.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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: 2001-02-06, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-02-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.57 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.46 0.98 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 6
2004 1
2003 6
2002 5
2001 4
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HBME - Hicone sits in Alamance 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.
Alamance County, North Carolina · Population 174,286
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,445
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
2005 Q3 3,834 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,864 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,802 1 0 263.0
2004 Q4 2,470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 6,418 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 3,305 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,463 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,183 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,349 2 0 597.2
2002 Q3 3,699 2 0 540.7
2002 Q2 2,298 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 4,776 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,934 1 0 254.2
2000 Q4 711 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PUNCH PLATE ONTO THE BACK OF THE CREW CAB TRUCK. SOMETHING CAUSED PAIN/NUMBNESS TO OCCUR IN HIS LEFT ARM/DOWN HAND.

June 13, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING DOWN FROM EUCLID LADDER TO GROUND WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO TWIST - HE HEARD A POPPING NOISE & FELT PAIN.