Mining Incidents

Spout Springs Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Cameron, Harnett County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102264

Spout Springs Pit has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2011
70
citations
21
significant & substantial
$40,761
proposed penalties
$26,576
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,185 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
48
inspections on record
315
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: 315 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Spout Springs Pit has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-28.
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 406 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 372 1 0 2688.2
2025 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 357 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 338 1 0 2958.6
2024 Q2 358 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 308 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 430 4 1 9302.3
2023 Q1 575 1 0 1739.1
2022 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 802 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 218 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 454 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 839 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 866 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 987 1 0 1013.2
2019 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,428 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,357 2 0 1473.8
2019 Q1 1,639 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,002 1 0 998.0
2018 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,331 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,004 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 995 2 0 2010.1
2017 Q3 1,431 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,436 1 0 696.4
2017 Q1 1,284 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,290 1 0 775.2
2016 Q3 1,457 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,390 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,195 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 875 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,175 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,612 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 966 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 839 5 0 5959.5
2014 Q3 1,192 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,283 3 1 2338.3
2014 Q1 1,142 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 961 2 1 2081.2
2013 Q3 1,133 2 1 1765.2
2013 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,285 8 1 6225.7
2012 Q4 1,006 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,218 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,100 4 1 3636.4
2012 Q1 1,321 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,081 10 2 9250.7
2011 Q3 938 1 0 1066.1
2011 Q2 1,088 17 13 15625.0

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.

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