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Miller Creek Quarry And Mill: 12 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Miller Creek Quarry And Mill is an active crushed, broken granite surface mine in Rutherford County, North Carolina, operated by Thompson Contractors Inc with 20 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3100083). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 12 citations and orders there with $2,067 in proposed penalties, and 6 accident reports were filed there, with 6 injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID
3100083
Status
Active since December 22, 1971
Main commodity
Crushed, broken granite
Mine type
Surface
County
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Nearest town
Rutherfordton
Operator
Thompson Contractors Inc
Employees
20
MSHA field office
Knoxville TN Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
12
Significant and substantial
2 (16.7%)
Closure orders
0
High negligence or reckless
0
Proposed penalties
$2,067
Amount paid so far
$1,916
Inspections
11
Inspector hours on site
128
Citations per inspection
1.09 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
6
Injury and illness cases
6
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
September 17, 2026
Citations issued to contractors here
1 ($151 proposed)

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202211$4423
202330$4291
202430$4410
202520$3020
202631$4532

Standards cited most at Miller Creek Quarry And Mill

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 56.12028Surface metal and nonmetal mines3
30 CFR 56.12004Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.14132Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.11001Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.20011Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.14107Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.4230Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 50.20-1Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses1
30 CFR 56.12002Surface metal and nonmetal mines1

Injury and illness cases at Miller Creek Quarry And Mill

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Days away from work or restricted activity4
No lost time, or an occupational illness2

What the accident reports at Miller Creek Quarry And Mill describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Slip or fall of person2
Handtools (nonpowered)2
Powered haulage1
Machinery1

Equipment named in accident reports at Miller Creek Quarry And Mill

EquipmentReports
Hand tools (not powered)2
Screen1
Conveyor1
Crane1

US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.