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Lee Brick: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank G Perry
Sanford, Lee County, NC  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3100145

Lee Brick has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
51
citations
21
significant & substantial
$9,435
proposed penalties
$7,494
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,941 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Lee Brick & Tile Company Incorporated's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
436
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: 436 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lee Brick has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-21.
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.
41.2%
significant & substantial
19.6%
high negligence or reckless
41.2%
reasonably likely or greater
62.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.0% low, 78.4% moderate, 19.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
11 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 11 · 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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $0 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 2008-06-13.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2008-772M Withdrawal Lesnick 2009 $855 → $0
SE 2008-755M Withdrawal Lesnick 2009 $486 → $0
SE 2008-756M Withdrawal Lesnick 2009 $300 → $0
SE 2008-773M Withdrawal Lesnick 2009 $300 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2022-05-03, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2022-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2022-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2016-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2016-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2012-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2011-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2011-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2011-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.82 0.16 Scraper Operator
2011-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 0.69 0.87 Bulldozer Operator
2009-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.77 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.57 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2004-12-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Scraper Operator
2004-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.59 0.22 Bulldozer Operator
2002-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
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. Lee Brick & Tile Company Incorporated 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 11
2004 7
2003 13
2002 12
2001 12
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lee Brick sits in Lee 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.
Lee County, North Carolina · Population 64,565
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,060
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 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 22 1 0 45454.5
2012 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 23 2 1 86956.5
2011 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 17 1 0 58823.5
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 12 5 2 416666.7
2007 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,694 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,713 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,152 1 0 240.8
2004 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,241 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,308 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 706 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,664 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,379 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,199 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,318 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,574 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,368 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 343 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,867 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,574 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

September 28, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Lee Brick & Tile Company Incorporated · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CR2SSING A BANK AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD ON BULLDOZER CAB. HE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES.