Mining Incidents

Morton Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Elijah T Morton
Jacksonville, Onslow County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102229

Morton Mine has $48K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
94
citations
31
significant & substantial
$48,490
proposed penalties
$48,490
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
39
inspections on record
345
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: 345 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Morton Mine has $48K 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
94 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-02-14.
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
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,791 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,489 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,521 1 1 396.7
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 1,934 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,977 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,201 2 1 908.7
2017 Q1 2,512 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,079 4 0 1924.0
2016 Q3 2,634 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,413 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,381 4 3 1680.0
2015 Q4 4,747 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,763 8 2 2895.4
2015 Q2 2,607 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,379 9 0 3783.1
2014 Q4 2,317 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,123 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,643 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,652 1 0 377.1
2013 Q4 3,335 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,235 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,116 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,913 2 0 686.6
2012 Q4 3,188 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,494 4 2 890.1
2012 Q2 3,452 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,798 9 2 2369.7
2011 Q4 3,402 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,755 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,472 7 4 1565.3
2011 Q1 3,801 9 3 2367.8
2010 Q4 4,592 1 0 217.8
2010 Q3 4,590 6 1 1307.2
2010 Q2 4,816 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,701 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,587 3 2 836.4
2009 Q3 2,600 8 5 3076.9
2009 Q2 3,173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,023 6 3 1984.8
2008 Q4 2,461 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,189 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,742 4 1 1068.9
2008 Q1 2,965 6 1 2023.6

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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