Mining Incidents

Smethport Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Doug Dalton
Jefferson, Ashe County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3101356

Smethport Quarry has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Years on record
1984–2023
Latest incident
Oct 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
143
citations
38
significant & substantial
$55,065
proposed penalties
$33,674
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,391 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
93
inspections on record
1,767
inspection hours
8.1
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.
143 citations across 1,767 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smethport Quarry has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 5 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
140 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 5,597 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,879 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,984 1 0 111.3
2025 Q1 5,624 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,707 1 0 149.1
2024 Q3 5,215 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,144 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,753 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,533 1 0 180.7
2023 Q3 4,310 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,651 2 0 430.0
2023 Q1 5,216 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,678 1 0 176.1
2022 Q3 5,976 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,776 1 1 209.4
2022 Q1 4,701 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,002 1 1 199.9
2021 Q3 4,489 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,367 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,028 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,395 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,087 1 0 196.6
2020 Q2 3,688 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,340 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,929 3 0 608.6
2019 Q3 5,123 2 1 390.4
2019 Q2 5,529 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,743 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,666 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,546 2 0 439.9
2018 Q1 4,092 2 0 488.8
2017 Q4 3,487 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,359 1 0 157.3
2017 Q2 5,778 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,479 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,515 1 0 221.5
2016 Q3 4,539 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,500 3 2 857.1
2016 Q1 3,155 2 1 633.9
2015 Q4 3,948 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,382 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,302 4 0 929.8
2015 Q1 2,402 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,210 5 0 1557.6
2014 Q3 3,902 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,139 4 1 966.4
2014 Q1 4,646 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,101 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,001 7 4 1399.7
2013 Q2 6,382 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,850 4 1 824.7
2012 Q4 2,959 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,269 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,256 9 2 1712.3
2012 Q1 3,197 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,530 2 0 566.6
2011 Q3 3,260 1 0 306.7
2011 Q2 4,452 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,057 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,481 1 1 287.3
2010 Q3 4,962 3 1 604.6
2010 Q2 5,384 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,017 6 3 1493.7
2009 Q4 4,335 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,687 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,455 12 1 2199.8
2009 Q1 5,289 6 0 1134.4
2008 Q4 7,509 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 12,399 1 1 80.7
2008 Q2 11,601 3 0 258.6
2008 Q1 11,154 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 11,685 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,844 4 4 406.3
2007 Q2 8,804 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,504 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,756 9 4 1160.4
2006 Q3 7,407 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,065 4 0 496.0
2006 Q1 6,585 7 3 1063.0
2005 Q4 5,985 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,498 2 0 307.8
2005 Q2 6,685 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,600 3 1 454.5
2004 Q4 6,572 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,750 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,388 2 0 270.7
2004 Q1 5,746 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,130 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,817 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,702 1 0 129.8
2002 Q4 8,028 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,246 2 0 216.3
2002 Q2 8,467 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,392 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,500 2 1 235.3
2001 Q3 8,413 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,623 5 2 579.8
2001 Q1 7,588 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,207 2 0 277.5
2000 Q3 7,716 5 1 648.0
2000 Q2 8,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,783 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

27 on file

2023 · 1 incident

October 23, 2023 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cardinal Quarries LLC · Struck by flying object

Injured was helping replace return roller on conveyor using a come-along when hook slipped and hit employee in face/eye causing an abrasion to eye.

2017 · 1 incident

July 17, 2017 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cardinal Quarries LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was greasing rock hammer at jaw and slipped backwards, tried to catch self with right hand, landed on rock cutting right thumb that required stitches

2008 · 1 incident

April 11, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cardinal Quarries LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on an incline with loose material when he slipped and fell into a metal bar causing fractures to 8th and 9th rib. (Waited until we received information from doctor to submit accident report, received on 4/23/08).

2005 · 1 incident

July 28, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cardinal Quarries LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEAM JENNY TO WASH LOADER OFF. WHILE USING THE HIGH PRESSURE WAND, EMPLOYEE WAS JERKED AND TWISTED CAUSING LOW BACK PAIN.

2004 · 1 incident

May 7, 2004 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Cardinal Quarries LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN A ROCK PUT A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR. EE TOOK HIS FOOT TO TRY TO TURN THE RADIATOR CAP OFF TO RELEIVE PRESSURE. CAP BLEW OFF COVERING EE WITH HOT RADIATOR COOLANT, BURNING EE'S ARMS, LEGS & CHEST AREA.

2002 · 1 incident

December 3, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED WELDING OPERATION, REMOVED WELDING HELMET WHEN THE WELDING LEAD FELL STICKING THE WELDING ROD IN THE LEFT EYE.

1997 · 2 incidents

October 18, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING UPA BUCKE TOF ROCKS IN THE LAB.

1996 · 1 incident

December 18, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS PRESSING BOLT. THE BOLT FLEW OFF FROM THE PRESS AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE RIGHT EYE.

1993 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

August 29, 1992 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

85061S PRYING A ROCK DOWN INTO THE JAW AND THE JAW CAUGHT THE PRYBAR AND KNOCKED HIS HAND DOWN AGAINST THE FLOOR.

1991 · 3 incidents

September 9, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS IN THE TUNNEL TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE FEEDER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ON A PIECE OF METAL, CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE METAL.

January 17, 1991 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PUTTING A BELL HOUSING ON AN ENGINE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS TOE BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE BELL HOUSING.

1990 · 3 incidents

December 6, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS BACKING UP A DUMP TRUCK & THE FRONT WHEEL WENT INTO A FROZEN ROUT & SPUN THE STEERING WHEEL AROUND & CAUGHT HIS THUMB

April 11, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

A ROCK ROLLED DOWN OUT OF THE JAW AND MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE FEEDER BOX. IT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

January 29, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A TIE ON AN ELECTRICAL WIRE ON AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.

1989 · 1 incident

May 31, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS PUNCHING ON A ROCK WITH A PRY BAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS EYE LID, SCRATCHING HIS EYE.

1988 · 5 incidents

December 20, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS PRYING ON A ROCK WITH A PRY BAR AND THE ROCK ROLLED DOWN AND HIT THE BAR WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE JERKED SIDEWAYS AND STRAINED HIS BACK HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AT THE HOSPITAL

November 16, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS SLIDING A DOOR ON THE CRANE AND THE DOOR CAME OFF THE TRACKS NAD FELL DOWN ON HIS FOOT HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM

September 6, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A SHARP PIECE OF METAL AND THE CROWBAR AND IT CUT HIS FINGER HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD TO HAVE 3 STITCHES PUT IN

July 12, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIN CAME OUT WHILE HE WAS PULLING A CABLE AND THE CABLE HIT HIM IN THE BACK

June 27, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I NAME WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL IN PLACE TO BE WELDED AND A FLASH OF LIGHT OFF OF THE WELDER BURNT HIS EYES HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION

1987 · 3 incidents

October 28, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS HAMMERIN1 ON BIG ROCK. A PIECE OF THE ROCK FLEW OFF AND DOWN HIS WINDPIPE.

June 28, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING 2UT OF TRUCK. HE SLIPPED AND HIS WEDDING RING BAND CAUGHT ON THE DOOR OF THE TRUCK.

June 4, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING 2N WATER PIPE STRAINED THE CARTILAGE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER OR CHEST.

1984 · 1 incident

August 8, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Mc Crary Stone Service Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE A FROZEN BUSHING WHILE CHANGING A SPEED REDUCER ON A CONVEYOR. OIL IN SPEED REDUCER WAS IGNITED AND SPREAD FLAMES ON EMPLOYEE\S UPPER BODY.

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