Data / Mines / North Carolina / Spruce Pine
Spruce Pine: 4 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Spruce Pine is an active crushed, broken granite surface mine in Mitchell County, North Carolina, operated by Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC with 11 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3101840). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 4 citations and orders there with $8,845 in proposed penalties, and 2 accident reports were filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3101840
- Status
- Active since May 30, 1991
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken granite
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mitchell County, North Carolina
- Nearest town
- Bakersville
- Operator
- Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- Parent company
- Vulcan Materials Company
- Employees
- 11
- MSHA field office
- Knoxville TN Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 4
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (50.0%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $8,845
- Amount paid so far
- $8,845
- Inspections
- 24
- Inspector hours on site
- 162
- Citations per inspection
- 0.17 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 2
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 18, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($1,385 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | $8,845 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Spruce Pine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 46.11 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Spruce Pine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Spruce Pine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Spruce Pine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Mitchell County, North Carolina
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-T Feldspar Plant | The Quartz Corp USA | Mitchell County, NC | Feldspar | 49 | 98 |
| Wiseman Sullins/Chalk | The Quartz Corp USA | Mitchell County, NC | Feldspar | 10 | 23 |
| Pine Mountain Mine | The Quartz Corp USA | Mitchell County, NC | Quartz, ground | 5 | 11 |
| Hawkins Mine | Sibelco North America, Inc | Mitchell County, NC | Feldspar | 5 | 9 |
| Duncan Tailings Facility | The Quartz Corp USA | Mitchell County, NC | Feldspar | 6 | 1 |
| KT Mica | The Quartz Corp USA | Mitchell County, NC | Mica | 5 | 1 |
| Quartz / Feldspar Operation | Sibelco North America, Inc | Mitchell County, NC | Quartz, ground | 15 | 0 |
| Chalk Mountain Mine | The Quartz Corp USA | Mitchell County, NC | Quartz, ground | 10 | 0 |
| Buna Mine | Sibelco North America, Inc | Mitchell County, NC | Feldspar | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Lawson/Beaver Creek Mine | The Quartz Corp USA | Mitchell County, NC | Feldspar | 1 | 0 |
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.