HOLLY SPRINGS QUARRY has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1991–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
189
citations
33
significant & substantial
$49,376
proposed penalties
$32,115
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,261 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.
189 citations across 1,411 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HOLLY SPRINGS QUARRY has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 9 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-22.
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.
20citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 60%
Stood as issued
4 · 20%
Vacated or withdrawn
4 · 20%
86%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $11K 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 2013-07-22.
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: 2025-06-10
10%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
58
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz272 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (58)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.78
0.65
2.74
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.44
1.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-06-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.97
0.15
Utility Man
2025-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.89
0.17
Lab Technician
2025-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2024-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-03-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.63
0.27
Utility Man
2024-03-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.88
0.23
Lab Technician
2024-03-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Utility Man
2024-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.96
0.26
Utility Man
2023-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.82
0.20
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.74
2.33
0.32
Truck Driver
2023-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.56
0.52
Lab Technician
2022-10-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
Utility Man
2022-10-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
Lab Technician
2022-10-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2022-10-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-10-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Washer Operator
2021-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.64
1
0.64
Lab Technician
2021-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.82
0.38
Utility Man
2021-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
0.64
0.80
Utility Man
2019-01-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-01-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2019-01-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.58
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-01-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.61
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-04-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.56
0.50
Sampler, Dust
2018-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Backhoe Operator
2018-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
Utility Man
2017-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2017-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2017-08-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.37
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2016-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.87
0.16
Sampler, Dust
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2006-02-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-01-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2004-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.91
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
2.48
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.78
0.22
Truck Driver
2000-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.28
0.54
Utility Man
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.
HOLLY SPRINGS QUARRY recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
3.97
0.00
0.000
2023 *
3.90
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
21
2025
20
2024
21
2023
20
2022
17
2021
15
2020
14
2019
13
2018
13
2017
11
2016
11
2015
10
2014
10
2013
10
2012
11
2011
10
2010
11
2009
11
2008
11
2007
12
2006
11
2005
9
2004
9
2003
12
2002
10
2001
12
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HOLLY SPRINGS QUARRY sits in Wake County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Wake County, North Carolina · Population 1,151,009
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$101,763
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
13,841
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
12,718
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
12,335
1
0
81.1
2025 Q3
12,812
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,927
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
8,669
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
12,020
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
12,289
0
0
0.0
Show 97 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
13,201
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
12,923
1
0
77.4
2023 Q4
12,161
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
12,434
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
12,684
2
0
157.7
2023 Q1
13,985
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
11,092
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
10,174
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,012
1
0
90.8
2022 Q1
10,879
1
1
91.9
2021 Q4
9,941
4
1
402.4
2021 Q3
10,700
2
0
186.9
2021 Q2
9,580
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
9,736
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,415
1
0
118.8
2020 Q3
8,515
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,030
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
9,264
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
6,148
1
0
162.7
2019 Q3
9,817
1
0
101.9
2019 Q2
7,813
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,048
8
1
994.0
2018 Q4
7,112
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,354
1
1
119.7
2018 Q2
8,244
2
1
242.6
2018 Q1
6,955
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,022
7
1
996.9
2017 Q3
7,875
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,512
3
0
399.4
2017 Q1
7,688
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
7,478
1
0
133.7
2016 Q3
7,601
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,457
1
0
183.3
2016 Q1
7,637
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,215
4
0
554.4
2015 Q3
7,147
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,618
4
1
604.4
2015 Q1
5,431
4
4
736.5
2014 Q4
5,720
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,600
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,931
1
0
144.3
2014 Q1
5,944
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,857
3
0
617.7
2013 Q3
4,850
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,194
1
0
192.5
2013 Q1
5,120
6
4
1171.9
2012 Q4
5,590
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,043
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,990
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,460
4
0
732.6
2011 Q4
5,712
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
5,252
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,514
3
0
664.6
2011 Q1
3,608
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,239
6
2
1415.4
2010 Q3
4,116
1
0
243.0
2010 Q2
5,037
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,032
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,063
1
0
326.5
2009 Q3
4,639
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,337
4
0
922.3
2009 Q1
2,305
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,359
3
1
471.8
2008 Q3
6,021
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,538
2
0
305.9
2008 Q1
6,944
3
0
432.0
2007 Q4
6,491
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,873
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,378
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
7,396
5
0
676.0
2006 Q4
8,295
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,295
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,330
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,578
4
0
527.8
2005 Q4
6,050
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,413
7
1
1293.2
2005 Q2
5,866
1
0
170.5
2005 Q1
5,512
3
1
544.3
2004 Q4
6,182
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,369
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,275
3
0
568.7
2004 Q1
2,444
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,321
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,807
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,494
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,326
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,870
2
1
410.7
2002 Q3
6,292
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,965
2
0
504.4
2002 Q1
2,688
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,594
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,118
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,566
7
0
1257.6
2001 Q1
6,242
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,511
7
0
932.0
2000 Q3
8,584
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,820
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2026 · 1 incident
April 29, 2026NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ee and leadman were using a come along to pull a screen motor forward to disengage the belt, as the EE tried removing the belt from the pulley, the lifting eye snapped, and the EE's left middle finger was pinched between the belt and pulley
2024 · 1 incident
June 29, 2024NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The injured employee was picking up a 1'x2' ceramic embedded rubber panel and when EE went to set it down to readjust their grip, the panel slipped. EE went to grab for the panel and it pinched EE's left index finger between the panel and the toe board. EE was wearing leather impact and cut resistant gloves at the time of the injury.
2023 · 1 incident
April 11, 2023NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was welding screen 1 roolback plate when EE noticed some irritation in right eye. EE removed contact and kept working. EE went home and eye began to swell. EE texted supervisor and reported the issue. EE was taken to ER which referred EE to eye doctor.
2020 · 1 incident
June 28, 2020NC · Metal/Non-Metalsteel worker, iron metal worker, iron workerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was installing channel to structure. Channel was supported on fork lift forks and secured w/a chain fall. Channel slipped off forks pinching the miners right hand.
IE and another EE were changing bearings on conveyer. IE pulled back the pulley so that other EE could hit the bearing with a 6 lb soft face hammer. When hammer struck it bounced off and hit IE's left pinky finger. IE performed basic first aid and made a splint for finger and continued working till end of shift. Went to ER has fractured finger.
While removing a stuck access door on the back of a vibratory screen deck, the door suddenly released, causing the employee to strain his left arm when he tried to catch the falling door. He was diagnosed by a physician with a hyperextension of his arm. He was returned to work on restricted duty.
FOREMAN WAS MOVING DISCONNECTED HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER WITH A PRY BAR CYCLINDER WAS MOVING FREELY WHEN IT BOUND. FOREMAN APPLIED INCREASED PRESSURE OVEREXTENDED OF OPPOSED MUSCLE GROUP CAUSED FRA CTURE OF EDGE OF T-1 VERTEBRAE BY MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER IN COMPANY VEHICLE-CROSSED DITCH TOO FAST CAUSING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO HIT ROOF OF AUTO.COMPLAINED AND REPORTED TO OFFICE THAT DAY.CONDITION DID NOT IMPROVE SO HE REPORT ED TO DOCTOR ON 08-12-91.
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