STATESVILLE QUARRY has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–2020
Latest incident
Oct 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
114
citations
29
significant & substantial
$70,376
proposed penalties
$43,653
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,723 gap.
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.
114 citations across 1,507 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-04-09.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
STATESVILLE QUARRY has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$70K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $50K in penalties contested before the Commission, $23K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-13.
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.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 50%
Stood as issued
1 · 17%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 33%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$54K proposed, $23K 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 2013-09-11.
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.
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: 2025-11-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
36
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Fibers, >5um1
Show the individual readings (36)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.15
0.23
Mechanic
2025-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.53
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-09-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Welder, etc.
2024-07-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
Drill Operator, Rotary
2019-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2019-03-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Utility Man
2019-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jackhammer Operator
2014-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.9
0.16
Utility Man
2014-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.86
0.17
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2014-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2014-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2009-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2009-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-01
Fibers, >5um
0.01
Utility Man
2003-12-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2003-12-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.52
Washer Operator
2003-12-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.97
2.41
0.40
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-12-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.78
0.37
Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.62
0.56
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.54
0.85
Utility Man
2001-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
STATESVILLE QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.14 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
17
2025
17
2024
17
2023
18
2022
18
2021
19
2020
21
2019
18
2018
15
2017
15
2016
14
2015
13
2014
14
2013
16
2012
18
2011
17
2010
16
2009
18
2008
18
2007
19
2006
19
2005
20
2004
19
2003
20
2002
20
2001
20
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
STATESVILLE QUARRY sits in Iredell 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.
Iredell County, North Carolina · Population 191,800
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$78,678
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
Employee became ill while weighing customer trucks. 911 was called immediately, MSHA number was also called. ee was transported to Iredell Hospital, was diagnosed with 2 tumors on his brain. The tumors triggered a seizure which is what ee suffered in the quarry office. *This is not a reportable injury however we are reporting because we called the 800 number as a precaution.
2005 · 1 incident
May 11, 2005NC · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ee was installing a saddle onto the mainframe arm of the omnicone 1560 crusher and caught the end of his middle finger on his left hand between the saddle and the frame arm removing the skin degloving from the tip of the finger. Dr treatment included skin graft making this a reportable medical injury with no lost workdays.
EE HAD CLIMBED AN EXTENSION LADDER TO OBSERVE WORK BEING DONE IN THE BED OF A KOMATSU HAUL TRUCK. THE LADDER WAS LEANING AGAINST THE TRUCK BED & SLIPPED RESULTING IN THE EE FALLING WITH THE LA DDER TO THE FLOOR.
EE WAS INSTALLING A RIDE CYLINDER INTO A HAUL TRUCK USING A CHAIN HOIST WHEN CYLINDER SLIPPED STRIKING EE ON LEFT THIGH.
2000 · 1 incident
December 21, 2000NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE INSTALLING NEW TAIL PULLEY, THE PULLEY BECAME WEDGED IN CONVEYOR FRAM. EE WAS TRYING TO THE PULLEY WHEN PULLEY CAME LOOSE AND TRAPPED ON HIS LEFT HAND.
1989 · 1 incident
February 9, 1989NC · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO CAB TO GET SANDWICH. STEPPED DOWN OFF RUNNING BOARD BACKWARDS. STEPPED ON PILE OF FROZEN DIRT- LEFT FOOT TWISTED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ON GROUND.
1988 · 1 incident
August 22, 1988NC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS