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MORROW MINE: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Saxapahaw, Alamance County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100140

MORROW MINE has $289 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
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$289
proposed penalties
$289
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cherokee Sanford Group Llc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
107
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: 107 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MORROW MINE has $289 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.
$289
proposed penalties
$289
current assessed
$289
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-08.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2001-08-21, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-08-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 2.44 0.26 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hanford Brick Company Inc 1950 to 2001
  2. Cherokee Sanford Group Llc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 7
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MORROW MINE sits in Alamance County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Alamance County, North Carolina · Population 174,286
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,445
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
2002 Q4 159 1 0 6289.3
2002 Q3 268 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 363 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 231 3 1 12987.0
2001 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 238 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 151 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

October 15, 1999 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanford Brick Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A BLADE TO PUT BACK ON DOZER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. HIS STOMACH STARTED HURTING WHENEVER HE TRIED TO LIFT OBJECTS AND A BULGE APPEARED, WHICH HE COULD FLATTEN WITH HIS HAND. PULLED STOMACH MUSCLES CAUSING HERNIA. HAD SURGERY ON 10/26/99.