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Moncure 1: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Moncure, Chatham County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100259

Moncure 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999–2002
Latest incident
Feb 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,761
proposed penalties
$4,761
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See General Shale Brick, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
302
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: 302 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moncure 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-10-27.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
13.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
36.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.3% low, 83.3% moderate, 13.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 20010157M Default Barbour 2001 $1K → $1K
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: 2010-09-08, 15 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2010-09-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Scraper Operator
2010-09-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Bulldozer Operator
2010-09-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Scraper Operator
2004-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 Truck Driver
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. Cherokee Brick Company Of North Carolina Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Cherokee Sanford Group Inc 1987 to 1988
  3. Cherokee Sanford Group Inc 1988 to 2000
  4. Cherokee Sanford Brick 2000 to 2004
  5. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 3
2009 3
2008 8
2007 10
2006 0
2005 1
2004 8
2003 8
2002 8
2001 8
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Moncure 1 sits in Chatham 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.
Chatham County, North Carolina · Population 78,319
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$88,534
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
2011 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 160 3 1 18750.0
2010 Q2 912 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,569 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 519 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 959 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 784 1 0 1275.5
2008 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,324 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 290 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,290 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,660 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,465 4 0 895.9
2007 Q1 1,215 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 1,171 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,654 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,073 1 0 325.4
2004 Q2 2,385 1 0 419.3
2004 Q1 1,746 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,555 3 0 1929.3
2003 Q2 3,985 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 619 3 2 4846.5
2002 Q3 2,546 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,360 3 2 892.9
2002 Q1 1,198 2 2 1669.4
2001 Q4 4,536 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,413 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,267 1 0 789.3
2001 Q1 1,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,994 3 2 375.3
2000 Q3 3,236 4 0 1236.1
2000 Q1 7,314 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

February 6, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cherokee Sanford Brick · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE STANDING NEAR TRACKSIDE OF SHOVEL, EE WAS PINNED BETWEEN LOADER TRACK AND FRONT OF STERLING DUMP TRUCK (MS 9) TRUCK WAS PARKED ON GRADE OF 6-8% UNATTENDED, IT ROLLED INTO LOADER, PINNING EMPLOYEE.

1999 · 1 incident