Mill Spring Quarry & Mill has $1K 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
10
Years on record
1991–2016
Latest incident
Jan 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,265
proposed penalties
$1,265
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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.
Rate withheld: 415 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mill Spring Quarry & Mill has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-04.
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.
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: 2016-06-30, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2016-06-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.48
0.46
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-08-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.29
0.52
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.73
0.32
Front-end Loader 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
1
2021
1
2020
2
2019
3
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
3
2012
4
2011
4
2010
5
2009
4
2008
5
2007
8
2006
7
2005
7
2004
7
2003
4
2002
5
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mill Spring Quarry & Mill sits in Polk 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.
Polk County, North Carolina · Population 19,689
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,005
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
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
9
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
99
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
122
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q3
104
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
868
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,034
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
916
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
831
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
927
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
997
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
869
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
912
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,027
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,041
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
878
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
933
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
920
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,106
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
895
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,080
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,072
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,066
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
998
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,140
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
977
1
0
1023.5
2015 Q1
1,098
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
832
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,137
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,100
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
985
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
811
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,656
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
915
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,564
1
0
639.4
2012 Q4
1,731
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,705
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,834
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,986
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,613
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,568
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,670
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,000
2
0
1000.0
2010 Q4
1,802
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,556
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,431
1
0
411.4
2010 Q1
2,191
1
0
456.4
2009 Q4
1,475
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,587
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,680
1
0
595.2
2009 Q1
1,984
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,429
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,810
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,874
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,351
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,311
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,114
1
0
163.6
2007 Q2
3,147
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,882
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,051
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,078
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,896
2
1
690.6
2006 Q1
4,471
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
997
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,260
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,785
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,290
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,812
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,913
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,841
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,646
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,601
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,595
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,611
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,560
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,467
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,355
4
0
2952.0
2002 Q2
2,233
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,817
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,385
2
0
838.6
2001 Q3
1,903
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,661
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,236
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,541
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,217
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,212
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,332
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2016 · 1 incident
January 4, 2016NC · Metal/Non-Metalhammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee complained of chest pains and other pains. He was taken to local hospital to be checked out. (St Lukes - Tryon, NC) From there sent to Spartanburg, SC.
2008 · 1 incident
July 28, 2008NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
Employee called me on July 31, 2008 and stated that on July 28, 2008 he was using the Port-a-John at our Mill Spring Quarry and noticed spiders in the facility. He said he killed them, then by Tuesday evening noticed some swelling on his left side of the trunk. This swelling had gotten worse by Wednesday evening. He said he thought he had been bitten by a spider.
2007 · 1 incident
December 18, 2007NC · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was found slumped over in scale house by two customer truck drivers. He had been seen approximately 5 minutes before. 911 was called and Polk County NC EMS arrived by 9:00am. They treated the employee for approximately 20 minutes however he could not be revived.