Mining Incidents

North Wilkesboro Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102253

North Wilkesboro Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2010
41
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,424
proposed penalties
$7,058
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $366 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
54
inspections on record
732
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: 732 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

North Wilkesboro Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
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
2025 Q4 3,753 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,873 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,565 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,137 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,099 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,055 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,945 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,163 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,070 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,378 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,250 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,937 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,627 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,317 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,018 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,136 1 0 318.9
2021 Q4 3,395 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,718 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,484 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,734 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,639 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,737 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,542 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,172 1 0 315.3
2019 Q4 2,569 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,926 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,721 2 1 537.5
2019 Q1 2,940 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,540 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,789 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,936 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,416 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,088 1 1 323.8
2017 Q3 2,968 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,370 1 0 296.7
2017 Q1 3,157 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,692 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,765 1 1 265.6
2016 Q1 1,845 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,707 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,755 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,348 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,233 1 0 447.8
2014 Q3 2,439 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,513 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,054 3 0 1460.6
2013 Q4 1,546 1 0 646.8
2013 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,280 6 1 4687.5
2013 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 936 8 2 8547.0
2012 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,250 2 0 1600.0
2012 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,165 2 0 1716.7
2011 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,262 2 0 1584.8
2011 Q1 1,190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,215 1 0 823.0
2010 Q3 1,225 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,221 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,422 7 2 4922.6
2009 Q4 1,447 0 0 0.0

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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