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.
82 citations across 1,156 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Yancey Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-08.
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: 2026-01-06
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz82 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg22
Fibers, >5um1
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (33)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.17
0.59
1.98
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
0.58
1.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-01-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2026-01-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-02-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2025-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.33
0.82
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2024-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-08-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Backhoe Operator
2019-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2013-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2013-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2013-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-07-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Backhoe Operator
2007-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2006-06-07
Fibers, >5um
0.01
Shovel Operator
2004-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jackhammer Operator
2004-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2002-08-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.7
0.36
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.56
0.32
Truck Driver
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2026-01-21
6
samples
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2026-01-21
ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS
0
MP CRUSHING
2024-06-13
ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS
0
SF ORE TRANSFER
2024-04-25
ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS
0
MP PROD TRANSFER
2023-09-13
ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS
0
SF ORE PROCESSING
2022-02-07
ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS
0
SF ORE TRANSFER
2021-05-13
ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS
0
MP CRUSHING
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.
Yancey 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
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
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
14
2025
11
2024
8
2023
8
2022
9
2021
8
2020
8
2019
8
2018
9
2017
9
2016
9
2015
9
2014
9
2013
10
2012
10
2011
10
2010
11
2009
11
2008
11
2007
11
2006
12
2005
13
2004
12
2003
11
2002
11
2001
12
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Yancey Quarry 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
8,953
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
8,576
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
7,757
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,088
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,703
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,096
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,407
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,314
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,281
1
1
233.6
2024 Q1
4,048
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,583
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,311
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,421
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,573
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,025
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,019
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,110
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,555
1
0
219.5
2021 Q4
4,496
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,257
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,363
2
1
458.4
2021 Q1
4,275
2
1
467.8
2020 Q4
4,333
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,430
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,062
2
1
492.4
2020 Q1
4,213
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,228
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,358
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,407
2
2
453.8
2019 Q1
4,493
2
0
445.1
2018 Q4
4,712
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
4,867
1
0
205.5
2018 Q2
4,866
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,309
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,842
3
1
619.6
2017 Q3
4,842
1
0
206.5
2017 Q2
4,324
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
4,343
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,756
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,925
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
4,409
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,268
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,373
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,882
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,120
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
4,253
1
1
235.1
2014 Q4
4,350
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,481
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,385
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,584
1
0
218.2
2013 Q4
5,044
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,810
2
0
344.2
2013 Q2
5,706
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,397
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,511
7
3
1270.2
2012 Q3
6,409
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,819
2
0
343.7
2012 Q1
5,242
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,898
1
0
204.2
2011 Q3
5,737
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,115
4
1
782.0
2011 Q1
4,285
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
5,099
10
8
1961.2
2010 Q3
6,162
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,225
4
1
642.6
2010 Q1
3,997
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,096
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,000
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,326
1
0
187.8
2009 Q1
4,333
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,844
2
0
412.9
2008 Q3
5,751
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,985
1
0
167.1
2008 Q1
5,954
3
1
503.9
2007 Q4
5,666
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,143
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,327
2
0
316.1
2007 Q1
5,424
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,053
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,900
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,645
4
1
602.0
2006 Q1
5,930
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,903
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,865
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,262
2
0
275.4
2005 Q1
6,175
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,609
3
1
453.9
2004 Q3
6,152
1
0
162.5
2004 Q2
6,115
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,244
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,701
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,683
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,852
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,797
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,815
2
0
415.4
2002 Q3
5,580
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,847
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,861
3
0
617.2
2001 Q4
5,678
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,284
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,651
1
0
177.0
2001 Q1
5,645
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,187
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,560
2
0
304.9
2000 Q2
6,851
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,420
2
1
369.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2024 · 1 incident
February 19, 2024NC · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was assisting with the removal of a pond pump motor, when the pump fell and struck the employee in the left arm resulting in a fracture of the left arm.
2000 · 1 incident
July 21, 2000NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO A BOLT TO HOLD IN PLACE WHILE A FELOOW EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON THE BOLT TO PUT IN PLACE. HAMMER HIT EMPLYEE'S RIGHT HAND, MOSTLY LITTLE FINGER. INJURED EMPLOYEE WA S WEARING A GLOVE FOR PROTECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING BRUSH FROM AROUND A POND ON THE COMPANY SITE IN THE ACTION OF MOVING THE CHAINSAW IN A RT TO LEFT ARC THE SAW BLADE STRUCK THE CALF OF HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING A THREE INCH P LUS CUT REQUIRING A TOTAL OF 18 SUTURES
1987 · 2 incidents
November 30, 1987NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
BELT FROM UNDER3DRY SCREEN STGALLED & WHEN RESTARTED MOTOR PULLEY WAS SPINNING BUT V-BELTS WERE NOT MOVING FOREMAN THEN CLIMBED ONTO UNUSED BELT WHICH WAQS ADJECENT & PROCEED TO HIT MIDDLE OF V-BELTS WITH TH9 HEEL OF HIS GLOVED HAND TO TIGHTEN TENSION GLOVE WAS CAUGHT & PULLED INTO V-PULLEY SEVERING FOREMANS RT.THUMB AT FIRST JOINT LENGTHY SEARCH COULD NOT LOCATE THUMB FOR POSSIBLE
1986 · 1 incident
August 14, 1986NC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
PULLED EUCLID UP TO FUEL TRUCK WHICH IS PARKED BESIDE OFFICE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP OF EUCLID AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE ON GRAVELED ROAD. TORN LIGAMENTS AND SEVERE SPRAIN OF LE FT ANKLE REQUIRING CAST TO BELOW KNEE.
1984 · 1 incident
June 29, 1984NC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE HAD WALKED UP CONVEYOR TO DO REPAIRS WHEN COMING DOWN THE HANDRAIL SUPPORT GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT CONVEYOR DURING FALL OF ABOUT 10 FT INTO SOFT DIRT
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