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Pinner Mine: 36 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Quikrete Holdings Inc.
Greenville, Pitt County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102105

Pinner Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1996–2012
Latest incident
Feb 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,973
proposed penalties
$3,844
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $129 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See American Materials Company, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
525
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: 525 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-07-18.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Pinner Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $352 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-07-22.
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.
17.1%
significant & substantial
8.6%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
48.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.7% low, 85.7% moderate, 8.6% 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 20020073M Settlement Hodgdon 2002 $184 → $55
SE 20010039M Withdrawal 2001 $168 → $0
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: 2016-03-30, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.21 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.71 0.13 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-02-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2001-02-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Washer Operator
2001-02-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Mechanic
2001-02-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 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. Buck Supply Company Inc 1994 to 1999
  2. American Materials Company LLC 1999 to 2016
  3. American Materials Company 2016 to 2016
  4. American Materials Company, LLC 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 5
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 5
2003 4
2002 3
2001 9
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pinner Mine sits in Pitt County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Pitt County, North Carolina · Population 172,279
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,851
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
2016 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 911 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 277 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 303 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 911 1 0 1097.7
2015 Q2 931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 284 1 0 3521.1
2014 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 259 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,061 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,385 3 1 886.3
2013 Q2 2,664 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,343 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,565 1 0 389.9
2012 Q3 2,134 3 0 1405.8
2012 Q2 2,159 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,339 1 0 427.5
2011 Q4 2,439 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,620 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,283 1 0 438.0
2011 Q1 2,037 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,065 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,203 1 0 453.9
2010 Q1 1,830 1 0 546.4
2009 Q4 2,256 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,139 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,246 1 1 445.2
2009 Q1 2,028 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,648 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,658 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,818 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,663 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,665 2 0 750.5
2007 Q3 2,433 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,974 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,836 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,955 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,875 1 0 347.8
2006 Q2 2,425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,776 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,679 1 0 373.3
2005 Q3 2,814 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,791 2 0 716.6
2005 Q1 2,465 2 0 811.4
2004 Q4 2,960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,142 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,810 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,622 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,779 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,992 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,460 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,629 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,713 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,412 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,603 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,901 1 0 344.7
2001 Q3 4,044 3 1 741.8
2001 Q2 4,913 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,295 2 1 377.7
2000 Q4 4,568 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,786 3 1 626.8
2000 Q2 4,640 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,441 3 1 1229.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

February 27, 2012 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Materials Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was using a wooden block to adjust a discharge pipe underneath a screen deck. Pipe came apart and employee's finger was wedged between the pipe and wooden block causing a laceration that required 8 stitches.

2008 · 1 incident

May 14, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Materials Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Office Manager was walking in the yard of the scale house to communicate with a truck driver and step on an unlevel area of the lot and spranined her ankle. She landed on her knee and received 4 stitches in her knee.

2006 · 1 incident

April 22, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Materials Company LLC · Struck by flying object

The employee was assisting the plant manager in replacing bucket teeth on an excavator. The plant manager was using a hammer to remove the teeth when a piece became airborne and hit the employee below the left eye. The employee was standing approximately 10 feet away and was not wearing safety glasses. No stitches were required.

1996 · 1 incident

May 20, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Buck Supply Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS TRYING TO REMOVE SLACK FROM CHAIN BY WALKING IT OUT. BENT DOWN TO PICK UP CHAIN. NOTICEDBROKEN BOLTS. BUILT UP PRESSURE CAUSED CHAIN TO SLIP OUT OF SPROCKET, HITTING HIM IN HAND.