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STOKESDALE QUARRY: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
71, Guilford County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100088

STOKESDALE QUARRY has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $94 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1997–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,322
proposed penalties
$3,594
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $728 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,009
inspection hours
4.0
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.
40 citations across 1,009 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

STOKESDALE QUARRY has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $94 outstanding across 2 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
$94
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $694 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
13.9%
reasonably likely or greater
41.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 83.3% moderate, 5.6% 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
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$634 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 2008-07-28.
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 2008-895M Dismissal Miller 2009 $634 → $0
SE 2004-7-M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $60 → $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: 2025-09-23
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
57
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz271 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg24
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (57)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 0.85 1.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.37 0.65 Utility Man
2024-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2024-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2024-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2024-04-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2023-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Utility Man
2023-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.64 0.44 Lab Technician
2023-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.48 0.29 Utility Man
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 0.9 0.89 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Utility Man
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Lab Technician
2021-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.51 0.65 Lab Technician
2021-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.8 0.63 Utility Man
2019-12-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Sampler, Dust
2019-12-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Backhoe Operator
2019-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.17 0.37 Sampler, Dust
2019-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.04 0.36 Cleanup Man
2019-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.29 0.69 Sampler, Dust
2018-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2018-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.44 0.64 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.12 0.35 Utility Man
2017-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2017-05-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Utility Man
2017-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.07 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2016-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.31 0.65 Lab Technician
2016-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.39 0.79 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2004-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 2.24 0.31 Utility Man
2004-11-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.05 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 1.75 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.33 0.36 Truck Driver
2004-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 1.58 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.36 0.61 Truck Driver
2001-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2001-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.31 0.90 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.

STOKESDALE QUARRY recorded 8.92 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.
8.92
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 * 8.92 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 10
2024 8
2023 11
2022 11
2021 10
2020 9
2019 13
2018 13
2017 15
2016 9
2015 11
2014 9
2013 9
2012 6
2011 8
2010 8
2009 10
2008 12
2007 12
2006 14
2005 13
2004 14
2003 15
2002 14
2001 13
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

STOKESDALE QUARRY sits in Guilford 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.
Guilford County, North Carolina · Population 542,987
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,027
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 8,151 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,485 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,297 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,270 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,372 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,686 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,695 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,097 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,491 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,524 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,755 1 0 210.3
2023 Q1 7,178 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,344 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,997 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,119 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,754 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,902 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,739 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,890 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,172 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,591 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,302 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,549 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,259 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,729 1 1 148.6
2019 Q3 7,683 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,713 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,108 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,026 1 0 142.3
2018 Q3 6,634 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,309 1 0 120.4
2018 Q1 6,245 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,586 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,879 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,891 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,772 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,063 1 0 124.0
2016 Q3 6,148 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,101 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,244 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,478 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,145 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,787 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,547 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,793 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,130 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,116 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,655 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,430 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,438 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,118 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,835 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,139 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,803 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,651 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,813 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,748 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,339 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,697 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,445 2 0 310.3
2009 Q4 3,227 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,228 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,781 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,108 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,896 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,245 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,662 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,790 1 1 128.4
2007 Q4 6,162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,314 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,333 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,429 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,797 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,256 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,328 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,328 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,086 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,418 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,590 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,467 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,910 2 0 252.8
2004 Q2 9,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,936 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,027 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,303 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,507 1 0 153.7
2003 Q1 5,503 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,129 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,781 1 0 147.5
2002 Q1 6,682 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,880 1 0 145.3
2001 Q3 6,643 1 0 150.5
2001 Q2 5,306 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,768 2 0 530.8
2000 Q4 7,567 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,001 1 0 111.1
2000 Q2 8,609 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,596 1 0 131.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 22, 2025 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was lowering fork units to the ground and when it fell to the ground the other employee's finger that was in the expanded metal got bent and dragged causing a minor fracture to the tip of the finger.

2007 · 2 incidents

June 18, 2007 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE sprained his back after the loader bucket he was operating was struck by a haul truck.

April 6, 2007 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was chipping slag on a hitachi EX1000 shovel when debris entered behind his shield and went behind his safety glasses according to the employee.

2004 · 1 incident

November 11, 2004 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was washing material out of the bed of a truck and was struck by a 5" piece of stone that was stuck in the corner of the bed with fine material. The stone rolled down the bed and bounced off a piece of rubber toward the employee striking him in the shin.

2000 · 1 incident

March 2, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING PUMP AT WASH POND. A 4" PIPE WAS ATTACHED TO A 6" PIPE. THE FLANGE BOLTS HAD TO BE CUT OFF TO REMOVE PUMP. THERE WERE 3 2" PIPES THAT BRANCHED OFF THE 4" PIPE. A 410 JOHN DEERE BACKHOE WAS PUT IN LINE WITH PIPE. A CHAIN WAS ATTACHED TO BUCKET AND LOOPED AROUND PIPE. THE PIPE WAS MOVED AND THE CHAIN SLIPPED CAUSING THE 2" PIPE TO HIT EMPLOYEE.

1998 · 1 incident

October 12, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

INJURED CLIMBING UP LADDER ON 980C LOADER, WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP STEP HE SAID HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND LAND ON HIS LEFT ELBOW, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO LEFT ARM A BOVE THE ELOW, HE STATED HE HAD A THREE POINT CONTRACT ON THE LADDER AND THAT THERE WAS PRESENT.

1997 · 1 incident

November 14, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT CHUTE UNDER CONVEYOR AND WHEN SHOVEL WAS CAUGHT BY CONVEYOR BELT AND DRUG SHOVEL AND HIS HAND ACROSS RETURN TOLLER CAUSING A CUT TO LEFT HAND REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.