Mining Incidents

Solesbee Mine: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

LBM Industries Inc · Surface
Controlled by William L McNeely Jr.
Franklin, Macon County, NC  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3102205

Solesbee Mine has $614 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 2005
7
citations
2
significant & substantial
$614
proposed penalties
$614
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
35
inspections on record
287
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: 287 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Solesbee Mine has $614 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.
$614
proposed penalties
$614
current assessed
$614
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-22.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
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: 2024-07-18
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2011-04-20 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Clam Shell Operator
2005-08-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2026-04-02
7
samples
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2026-04-02 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2025-12-12 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF GENERAL
2025-03-19 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 MP PROD TRANSFER
2024-04-12 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2023-03-21 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF DREDGE/BARGE
2022-09-27 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2021-06-17 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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. LBM Industries Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 4
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Solesbee Mine sits in Macon 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.
Macon County, North Carolina · Population 37,533
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$53,298
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 91 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 94 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 115 1 0 8695.7
2014 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 508 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 240 2 1 8333.3
2010 Q3 244 1 1 4098.4
2009 Q4 358 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 518 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 502 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 461 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 629 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 571 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 656 1 0 1524.4
2006 Q2 773 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 735 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 507 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 683 2 0 2928.3
2005 Q2 530 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.