Mining Incidents

Lee-Mel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Calvin A Mellott
Sanford, Lee County, NC  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3101799

Lee-Mel has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
18
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,663
proposed penalties
$1,663
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
297
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: 297 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-Mel has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 175 1 0 5714.3
2024 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 92 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 101 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 153 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 80 1 0 12500.0
2012 Q2 59 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 25 1 0 40000.0
2011 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 182 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 42 4 0 95238.1
2007 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 100 6 3 60000.0
2003 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 285 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 86 1 0 11627.9
2002 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 205 4 3 19512.2
2002 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 249 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 303 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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