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: 735 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wilmington Sand has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-01.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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
$7K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-02-12.
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: 2020-03-17, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2009-11-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Washer Operator
2009-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2009-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.62
0.21
Bulldozer Operator
2004-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe 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.
Wilmington Sand recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.18 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
6.53
6.53
0.000
2004 *
12.58
12.58
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
14.88
7.44
0.000
2001 *
4.92
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
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
4
2014
5
2013
4
2012
5
2011
5
2010
6
2009
6
2008
7
2007
8
2006
9
2005
11
2004
12
2003
11
2002
11
2001
20
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wilmington Sand sits in New Hanover County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
New Hanover County, North Carolina · Population 231,214
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,892
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
2020 Q3
421
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,069
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
769
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,084
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,372
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,526
1
0
655.3
2019 Q1
1,454
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,733
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3
1,307
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,036
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,084
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
833
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
665
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
627
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,303
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,520
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
1,968
1
0
508.1
2016 Q1
1,804
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,361
4
3
1694.2
2015 Q3
2,477
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,530
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,999
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,081
1
0
324.6
2014 Q3
2,556
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,248
2
0
615.8
2014 Q1
2,446
2
1
817.7
2013 Q4
2,654
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,746
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,545
3
1
1178.8
2013 Q1
2,109
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,239
1
0
308.7
2012 Q3
2,077
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,216
9
2
2798.5
2012 Q1
2,820
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,820
4
1
1418.4
2011 Q3
3,153
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,025
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,793
2
1
716.1
2010 Q4
3,596
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,890
2
0
514.1
2010 Q2
4,002
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,681
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,889
3
0
771.4
2009 Q3
3,980
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,888
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,486
8
1
2294.9
2008 Q4
4,584
7
2
1527.1
2008 Q3
4,895
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,653
4
0
859.7
2008 Q1
4,418
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,578
2
0
358.6
2007 Q3
5,382
1
0
185.8
2007 Q2
5,241
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,042
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,874
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,906
1
0
169.3
2006 Q2
6,916
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,466
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,339
4
2
545.0
2005 Q3
7,705
2
0
259.6
2005 Q2
7,967
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,632
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,944
10
0
1440.1
2004 Q3
9,099
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
8,652
6
2
693.5
2004 Q1
7,107
3
2
422.1
2003 Q4
6,856
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,467
2
1
309.3
2003 Q2
3,998
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,602
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,676
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,728
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,541
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,929
2
2
288.6
2001 Q4
11,005
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,228
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
10,170
6
3
590.0
2001 Q1
9,235
11
5
1191.1
2000 Q4
6,942
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,503
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,017
3
1
746.8
2000 Q1
3,822
3
2
784.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2005 · 1 incident
August 2, 2005NC · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pipe support on gravel conveyer fell from an upright position as conveyer was being relocated. Two employees lifted support back into position. Afterward ee complained he felt pain in his abdomen. His supervisor sent him to office to report injury. Was sent to medac for diagnosis.
2004 · 2 incidents
September 10, 2004NC · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was making repairs to the flats at the end of the dredge using the tender. He stepped from the tender, foot was caught causing employee to fall against Ibeam. bruised left side shoulder/elbow, etc.
2002 · 2 incidents
March 11, 2002NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE IGNITED A DESIEL FIRED SANDBLAST SAND DRYER & THE DRYER BACKFLASHED CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FACE AND RIGHT HAND. HE WAS NOT TASK TRAINED TO RUN THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
February 25, 2002NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS