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HBME - Onslow: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jonathan Schilowitz
Richlands, Onslow County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102160

HBME - Onslow has $739 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
6
Years on record
2002–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
8
citations
4
significant & substantial
$739
proposed penalties
$739
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
16
inspections on record
174
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: 174 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 - Onslow has $739 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.
$739
proposed penalties
$739
current assessed
$739
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-01-11.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
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: 2005-08-16, 21 years ago
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Utility Man
2005-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Truck Driver
2001-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2001-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 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.

HBME - Onslow recorded 9.17 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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.
9.17
total case rate
9.17
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.90 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
2005 * 9.17 9.17 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 19.64 9.82 0.000
2001 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 3
2005 7
2004 8
2003 7
2002 7
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HBME - Onslow sits in Onslow County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Onslow County, North Carolina · Population 208,537
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,568
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
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,737 1 0 174.3
2005 Q4 5,161 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,503 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,014 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,135 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,380 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 6,099 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,176 2 1 323.8
2003 Q4 5,592 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,344 3 1 690.6
2003 Q2 5,694 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,738 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,425 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,977 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,297 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,834 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,278 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,119 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,354 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,028 1 1 198.9
2000 Q4 4,400 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 17, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was doing maintenance work on his loader. He was using a sledgehammer to drive a pin out of a loader tooth. The sledgehammer glanced off the corner of the punch and struck the left hand index finger.

2005 · 1 incident

May 31, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was performing preventive maintenance on a haul truck. She then experienced severe pain in the lower left side of her back.

2003 · 2 incidents

November 18, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · -

EE WAS WORKING ON TAILPULLEY SECTION WHEN GREASE SEAL FAILED ALLOWING TAIL PULLEY TO COLLAPSE TO FRAME STRUCTURE PINCHING LEFT HAND.

July 8, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS EXITING THE FEEDER MOTOR PLATFORM WHEN THE MUD UNDER HIS FEET GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND LAND ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING ASSISTED BY ANOTHER EE WHILE LOADING 9' LONG CROSSTIES INTO 988F LOADER BUCKET. ONE EE HELPING UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPED HIS END OF CROSSTIE CAUSING EE TO LOOSE HIS GRASP ON HIS END AND THE CROSSTIE DROPPED LANDING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

March 20, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM EQUIPMENT (CAT LOADER) WHEN HIS FOOT HOLD SLIPPED OFF LADDER RUNG CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND STRIKE HIS LEFT ELBOW ON LADDER RUNG.