Midnight Blue Metal/Non-Metal
Quality Stone LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Benjy D Boyd; Ralph D Boyd
Spruce Pine,
Mcdowell County,
NC
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102262
Midnight Blue has $4K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
33
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,193
proposed penalties
$4,193
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
36
inspections on record
417
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 417 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Midnight Blue has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 960 | 3 | 1 | 3125.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 960 | 1 | 1 | 1041.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 960 | 1 | 0 | 1041.7 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 360 | 3 | 1 | 8333.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 384 | 1 | 0 | 2604.2 |
| 2022 Q1 | 384 | 1 | 0 | 2604.2 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 768 | 1 | 1 | 1302.1 |
| 2021 Q1 | 768 | 3 | 0 | 3906.2 |
| 2020 Q4 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 768 | 2 | 1 | 2604.2 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 768 | 3 | 1 | 3906.2 |
| 2019 Q4 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 768 | 1 | 0 | 1302.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 836 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,152 | 5 | 1 | 4340.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,152 | 1 | 0 | 868.1 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,536 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,900 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 574 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 720 | 5 | 2 | 6944.4 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 960 | 1 | 0 | 1041.7 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 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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The full compliance file on Midnight Blue
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.