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Slate Sand: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Slate Sand Mining, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Smith-Rowe, LLC
Pinncale, Surry County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3101989

Slate Sand has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Sep 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
29
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,519
proposed penalties
$3,519
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
628
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: 628 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Slate Sand has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-28.
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.
17.2%
significant & substantial
10.3%
high negligence or reckless
17.2%
reasonably likely or greater
51.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 79.3% moderate, 10.3% 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 · 3% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2014-05-15.
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 2014-0295 Withdrawal Lesnick 2014 $100 → $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: 2025-11-19
14
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2025-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2024-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.73 Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-06-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2000-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2000-10-11 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. Slate Sand Company 1985 to 2014
  2. Slate Sand Company Inc 2014 to 2020
  3. Slate Sand Mining, LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 3
2018 5
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Slate Sand sits in Surry County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Surry County, North Carolina · Population 71,407
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,095
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
2026 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2025 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 480 2 0 4166.7
2022 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 480 7 3 14583.3
2021 Q3 493 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 185 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,576 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,448 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,443 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,215 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,892 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,272 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,565 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,648 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 973 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,019 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,096 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,028 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 672 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,008 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 560 1 0 1785.7
2012 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,112 1 0 899.3
2012 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 688 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,040 1 0 961.5
2011 Q1 960 1 0 1041.7
2010 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 560 1 0 1785.7
2010 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,640 2 0 757.6
2009 Q2 1,475 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,248 1 0 801.3
2008 Q4 792 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,155 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,396 1 0 716.3
2008 Q1 1,532 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,155 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,150 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,956 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,955 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,956 2 0 1022.5
2006 Q3 1,952 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,955 3 2 1534.5
2006 Q1 1,860 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,650 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,760 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,800 1 0 555.6
2003 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,295 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,298 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,260 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,110 1 0 473.9
2001 Q3 2,784 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,640 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,054 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

September 10, 2019 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Slate Sand Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dredge Operator: EE came over CB Radio stating, "EE needed our help, something was wrong." I told our Loader Operators to stop what they're doing & go see what happened. Within 5-10 min. 1 of the Operators called offices saying, "Something's wrong with EE, get out here." EE was transported to hospital where it was confirmed EE had a stroke. EE passed away 9/15/19.