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Elk Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina: 10 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Elk Creek is an active dimension stone surface mine in Watauga County, North Carolina, operated by Buechel Stone Corp with 1 employee on MSHA's record (mine ID 3102313). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 10 citations and orders there with $2,153 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3102313
- Status
- Active since July 1, 2022
- Main commodity
- Dimension stone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Watauga County, North Carolina
- Nearest town
- Boone
- Operator
- Buechel Stone Corp
- Employees
- 1
- MSHA field office
- Norton VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 10
- Significant and substantial
- 4 (40.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $2,153
- Amount paid so far
- $2,153
- Inspections
- 14
- Inspector hours on site
- 67
- Citations per inspection
- 0.71 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 9, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 2 ($298 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | $590 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | $620 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | $792 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Elk Creek
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 41.12 | Notice of legal identity | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.3200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9313 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Elk Creek
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Elk Creek describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Other open mines in Watauga County, North Carolina
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamboo Road Quarry | Radford Quarries of Boone, Inc | Watauga County, NC | Crushed, broken granite | 5 | 14 |
| Boone Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Watauga County, NC | Crushed, broken granite | 21 | 4 |
| Elk | Appalachian Stone Company | Watauga County, NC | Dimension stone | 1 | 2 |
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.