Mining Incidents

Margarettsville Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Northampton Materials Corp · Surface
Controlled by Carr James T
Northampton County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101998

MSHA record for Margarettsville Pit (mine ID 3101998). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Triangle Brick Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Northampton Materials Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Margarettsville Pit sits in Northampton 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.
Northampton County, North Carolina · Population 17,212
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$47,935
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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.