Mining Incidents

Portable SC-3: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Barnhill Contracting Company · Surface
Erwin, Cumberland County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102206

Portable SC-3 has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,503
proposed penalties
$1,503
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
33
inspections on record
210
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: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable SC-3 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-22.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
64.3%
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: 2019-05-02, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.36 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.02 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. Barnhill Contracting Company 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable SC-3 sits in Cumberland 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.
Cumberland County, North Carolina · Population 336,749
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,780
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
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 116 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 441 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 468 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 493 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 383 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 491 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 601 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 669 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 601 1 0 1663.9
2014 Q4 713 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 802 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 353 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 774 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 794 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 337 1 0 2967.4
2012 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 461 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 654 1 0 1529.1
2011 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 235 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 445 4 2 8988.8
2010 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 313 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 225 1 0 4444.4
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 1 0 1000000.0
2009 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 298 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 488 2 0 4098.4
2008 Q1 363 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 251 2 0 7968.1
2007 Q3 814 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 711 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 501 1 0 1996.0
2006 Q3 701 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1 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.