Mining Incidents

Portable SC-7: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Barnhill Contracting Company · Surface
Lumberson, Cumberland County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102233

Portable SC-7 has $19K 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 2008
50
citations
21
significant & substantial
$19,082
proposed penalties
$19,082
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
30
inspections on record
206
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: 206 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-7 has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-10.
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.
42.9%
significant & substantial
30.6%
high negligence or reckless
44.9%
reasonably likely or greater
44.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.0% low, 67.3% moderate, 30.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $750 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-02-13.
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: 2016-05-10, 10 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2016-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2011-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
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. Barnes Paving Company Inc 2008 to 2012
  2. Barnhill Contracting Company 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 1
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable SC-7 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
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 471 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 443 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 589 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 163 1 0 6135.0
2014 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 434 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 501 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 483 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 646 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 978 2 0 2045.0
2012 Q3 464 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 257 7 2 27237.4
2011 Q3 299 7 5 23411.4
2011 Q2 402 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 131 1 1 7633.6
2010 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 415 3 2 7228.9
2010 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 481 16 7 33264.0

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.