Wilson Mine has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K 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
2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
100
citations
33
significant & substantial
$36,728
proposed penalties
$18,541
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,187 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
44
inspections on record
660
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: 660 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wilson Mine has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$18K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-27.
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.
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: 2018-07-18, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Fibers, >5um2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2018-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-07-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-07-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-15
Fibers, >5um
0.04
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-04-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.1
1.23
0.89
Drill Operator, Rotary
2007-04-25
Fibers, >5um
0.03
Bulldozer Operator
2005-01-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.83
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.18
0.16
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
3
2017
4
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2013
6
2012
7
2011
6
2010
6
2009
7
2008
8
2007
6
2006
3
2005
6
2004
6
2003
6
2002
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wilson Mine sits in Yancey County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Yancey County, North Carolina · Population 18,676
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$54,961
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
While checking and cleaning around boreholes, some small debris was noted falling from a 30-40 t. In the front of the hardhat with a clod of dirt. The debris forced the hardhat down over the forehead resulting in about a four inch laceration on the forehead and slight skull fracture.