Mining Incidents

Union Cty Metal/Non-Metal

Meridian Brick LLC · Surface
Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Monroe, NC, Union County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100144

Union Cty has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
27
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,575
proposed penalties
$4,275
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
281
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: 281 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Union Cty has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$300
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-07-12.
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
2017 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 30 3 2 100000.0
2012 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 30 3 1 100000.0
2011 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 30 1 0 33333.3
2009 Q3 273 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 273 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,523 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,903 2 1 1051.0
2008 Q1 2,059 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,891 2 1 1057.6
2007 Q3 2,142 2 0 933.7
2007 Q2 2,023 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,532 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,385 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,561 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,576 4 0 1118.6
2006 Q1 3,992 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,633 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,961 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,649 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,069 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,718 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,878 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,327 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,785 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,341 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,411 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,892 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,084 3 1 590.1
2002 Q4 2,681 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,424 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,893 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,467 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,850 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,759 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,601 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,266 1 0 306.2
2000 Q4 2,426 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,211 6 0 966.0
2000 Q2 3,835 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,828 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

September 9, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boren Clay Products Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A STEEL PIN FROM A SCRAPER APRON WITH A BALL HAMMER, A SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT FROM THE PIN PUNCTURED HIS ARM. HE WAS EXAMINED, X-RAYED AND RELEASED THE FRAGMENT WAS SO SMAL L THE DOCTOR RE2MMENDED NOT TO EXTRACT UNLESS IT CAUSED A PROBLEM.

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