Mining Incidents

MORROW MINE 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.
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.
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 1 0 6622.5
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.

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