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Sand Pit: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nathan David Sutton Sr
Kinston, Lenoir County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101679

Sand Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,733
proposed penalties
$5,966
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $767 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Neuse Sand & Gravel , Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
447
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: 447 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sand Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-06-19.
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.
26.5%
significant & substantial
32.4%
high negligence or reckless
26.5%
reasonably likely or greater
44.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 67.6% moderate, 32.4% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 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%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2013-05-24.
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 2013-116M Settlement Miller 2013 $1K → $750
SE 2013-418M Settlement Miller 2013 $1K → $750
SE 2013-341M Settlement Paez 2013 $807 → $600
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: 2015-06-02, 11 years ago
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2004-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Neuse Sand & Gravel , Inc. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 4
2017 3
2016 5
2015 3
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sand Pit sits in Lenoir 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.
Lenoir County, North Carolina · Population 54,917
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$44,795
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
2018 Q3 515 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 845 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 537 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 700 3 0 4285.7
2017 Q1 748 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 1,160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,259 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,150 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,330 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,322 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,365 2 0 1465.2
2013 Q4 1,389 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,365 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,365 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,365 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,365 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,365 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,950 1 0 512.8
2010 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,950 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,950 3 1 1538.5
2009 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,950 1 0 512.8
2009 Q1 1,950 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,950 2 0 1025.6
2007 Q4 1,950 1 0 512.8
2007 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,365 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,365 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,300 1 1 769.2
2005 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 715 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 715 1 0 1398.6
2003 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 715 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 715 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 715 1 0 1398.6
2001 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,597 5 1 1925.3
2000 Q1 2,633 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

July 28, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Neuse Sand & Gravel , Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING STEEL ON TO TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN SIDE OF TRUCK