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Stone mines in North Carolina: 126 open mines

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MSHA lists 126 open stone mines in North Carolina, run by 43 operators and employing 1,833 people. Since January 1, 2022 its inspectors issued 1,009 citations and orders there with $274,494 in proposed penalties, and operators reported 166 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal. The operators with the most open mines are Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.; Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC; Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.

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Open mines: 126
Operators: 43
Employees: 1,833
Active: 113
Intermittent: 12
Temporarily Idled: 1
Mines run by individuals, counted and not listed: 1
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022: 1,009
Significant and substantial: 168 (16.7%)
Closure orders: 28
High negligence or reckless: 64
Proposed penalties: $274,494
Amount paid so far: $252,035
Inspections: 1,628
Inspector hours on site: 19,683
Citations per inspection: 0.62 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports: 172
Injury and illness cases: 166
Fatalities: 1
Latest MSHA record: November 5, 2026

Operators with the most open mines in North Carolina

Ranked by open mines, then by citations. Sole proprietors and individuals are not listed.

Operator	Open mines	Employees	Citations since 2022	Proposed penalties	Injury cases
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	38	644	232	$56,778	34
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	19	367	45	$18,598	30
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	8	163	150	$46,427	14
Midsouth Aggregates	6	50	64	$17,728	6
Wake Stone Corp	4	103	15	$2,469	10
B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Co	3	100	59	$20,451	16
Sunrock Industries LLC	3	49	42	$15,500	8
Appalachian Stone Company	3	9	7	$1,193	0
Chesapeake Materials (division/Luck Stone Corp.)	2	40	33	$6,072	2
Quality Stone LLC	2	4	21	$3,064	0
B & W Stone Company	2	15	14	$6,700	0
Radford Quarries of Boone, Inc	2	6	14	$2,789	0
Blue Water Industries II LLC	2	16	4	$697	3
Cumberland Gravel & Sand Company	2	22	2	$284	5
Hoopers Creek Stone LLC	1	10	49	$28,529	0
Alamance Aggregates LLC	1	7	24	$3,165	0
3M Company	1	35	19	$3,287	26
Boone's Woodlawn Quarry,LLC	1	11	18	$5,335	0
Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc	1	6	18	$3,098	0
Southside Materials, LLC	1	39	17	$4,628	1
Mc Crary Stone Service Inc	1	13	16	$3,977	0
H&B Stone, LLC	1	3	15	$3,223	0
Alleghany Stone LLC	1	7	13	$1,751	0
Craven Stone LLC	1	9	13	$2,154	0
Johnson Paving Company Inc	1	10	12	$1,634	1
Thompson Contractors Inc	1	20	12	$2,067	6
NJR Group Inc	1	3	11	$2,309	0
Buechel Stone Corp	1	1	10	$2,153	1
LBM Industries Inc	1	14	10	$1,343	0
Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc	1	15	10	$1,420	1
Boyd Stone	1	2	8	$1,194	0
Cardinal Quarries LLC	1	8	6	$903	1
Jordan Land Development Inc	1	1	6	$858	0
Western Carolina Stone Center & Supply Inc	1	1	5	$683	0
Shelter Creek Capital, LLC	1	5	4	$568	0
Southern Aggregates	1	11	4	$576	1
Carolina Greystone Quarries, LLC	1	1	3	$297	0
Carolina Quarries Inc	1	1	2	$290	0
Smoky Mountain Natural Stone LLC	1	1	2	$302	0
Anson County Stone, LLC	1	1	0	$0	0
Blue Ridge Mountain Stone, LLC.	1	2	0	$0	0
H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc.	1	2	0	$0	0
Jonnie Green Const. Inc	1	3	0	$0	0

Operators with the most citations in North Carolina

Citations and orders issued since January 1, 2022 at their open mines here.

Operator	Open mines	Employees	Citations since 2022	Proposed penalties	Injury cases
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	38	644	232	$56,778	34
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	8	163	150	$46,427	14
Midsouth Aggregates	6	50	64	$17,728	6
B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Co	3	100	59	$20,451	16
Hoopers Creek Stone LLC	1	10	49	$28,529	0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	19	367	45	$18,598	30
Sunrock Industries LLC	3	49	42	$15,500	8
Chesapeake Materials (division/Luck Stone Corp.)	2	40	33	$6,072	2
Alamance Aggregates LLC	1	7	24	$3,165	0
Quality Stone LLC	2	4	21	$3,064	0
3M Company	1	35	19	$3,287	26
Boone's Woodlawn Quarry,LLC	1	11	18	$5,335	0
Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc	1	6	18	$3,098	0
Southside Materials, LLC	1	39	17	$4,628	1
Mc Crary Stone Service Inc	1	13	16	$3,977	0
Wake Stone Corp	4	103	15	$2,469	10
H&B Stone, LLC	1	3	15	$3,223	0
B & W Stone Company	2	15	14	$6,700	0
Radford Quarries of Boone, Inc	2	6	14	$2,789	0
Alleghany Stone LLC	1	7	13	$1,751	0
Craven Stone LLC	1	9	13	$2,154	0
Johnson Paving Company Inc	1	10	12	$1,634	1
Thompson Contractors Inc	1	20	12	$2,067	6
NJR Group Inc	1	3	11	$2,309	0
Buechel Stone Corp	1	1	10	$2,153	1
LBM Industries Inc	1	14	10	$1,343	0
Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc	1	15	10	$1,420	1
Boyd Stone	1	2	8	$1,194	0
Appalachian Stone Company	3	9	7	$1,193	0
Cardinal Quarries LLC	1	8	6	$903	1

Mines with the most citations

Open mines, ranked by citations and orders since January 1, 2022.

Mine	Operator	County	Main commodity	Employees	Citations since 2022
Hoopers Creek Quarry	Hoopers Creek Stone LLC	Henderson County, NC	Dimension slate	10	49
Lake Norman Quarry	B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Co	Lincoln County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	41	40
Gardner Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Harnett County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	24	34
Arrowood	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Mecklenburg County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	27	33
Rocky Mount Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Edgecombe County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	15	32
Waynesville Quarry	Midsouth Aggregates	Haywood County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	10	30
Kittrell Quarry	Sunrock Industries LLC	Vance County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	8	28
Matthews Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Mecklenburg County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	15	27
Mount Airy Plant	Chesapeake Materials (division/Luck Stone Corp.)	Surry County, NC	Crushed, broken traprock	20	26
Snow Camp Quarry	Alamance Aggregates LLC	Alamance County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	7	24
Raleigh Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Wake County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	26	22
Kings Mountain Plant	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Cleveland County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	13	22
3M Pittsboro	3M Company	Chatham County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	35	19
Crabtree Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Wake County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	22	19
Woodlawn Quarry	Boone's Woodlawn Quarry,LLC	Mcdowell County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	11	18
Chatham/Reeves-White	Glendon Pyrophyllite Inc	Moore County, NC	Crushed, broken traprock	6	18
Shelton	Southside Materials, LLC	Caswell County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	39	17
Grove Stone Quarry	B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Co	Buncombe County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	37	16
Mc Crary Madison Quarry	Mc Crary Stone Service Inc	Madison County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	13	16
Denver Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Lincoln County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	10	16
Princeton Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Johnston County, NC	Crushed, broken traprock	19	15
H&B Mine	H&B Stone, LLC	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension stone	3	15
Butner Quarry	Sunrock Industries LLC	Granville County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	35	14
River Mine	B & W Stone Company	Yancey County, NC	Dimension stone	14	14
Bamboo Road Quarry	Radford Quarries of Boone, Inc	Watauga County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	5	14
Rougemont Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Durham County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	22	13
Ange Mine	Craven Stone LLC	Craven County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	9	13
Alleghany Stone	Alleghany Stone LLC	Alleghany County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	7	13
Charlotte Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Mecklenburg County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	27	12
Miller Creek Quarry And Mill	Thompson Contractors Inc	Rutherford County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	20	12
Marion Pit	Johnson Paving Company Inc	Mcdowell County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	10	12
Cherokee Co Quarry	Midsouth Aggregates	Cherokee County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	10	12
Mallard Creek Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Mecklenburg County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	13	11
Riley Quarry	NJR Group Inc	Stanly County, NC	Crushed, broken stone	3	11
Honeycutt Mine	Quality Stone LLC	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension sandstone	2	11
Hewitt Quarry	Nantahala Talc & Limestone Company Inc	Swain County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	15	10
Whitewater Quarry	LBM Industries Inc	Transylvania County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	14	10
Hayesville Quarry	Midsouth Aggregates	Clay County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	13	10
Midnight Blue	Quality Stone LLC	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension stone	2	10
Elk Creek	Buechel Stone Corp	Watauga County, NC	Dimension stone	1	10
Raleigh-Durham Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Wake County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	24	9
Neverson Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Wilson County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	15	9
Knightdale Quarry	Wake Stone Corp	Wake County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	32	8
Garner Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Wake County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	26	8
Fountain Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Pitt County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	17	8
Kannapolis Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Rowan County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	11	8
Cannon Mine	Boyd Stone	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension sandstone	2	8
Rockingham Quarry	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Richmond County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	57	7
Castle Hayne Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	New Hanover County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	29	7
Jamestown	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Guilford County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	26	7
Pittsboro Plant	Chesapeake Materials (division/Luck Stone Corp.)	Chatham County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	20	7
Dillsboro Quarry	Midsouth Aggregates	Jackson County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	14	7
Lemon Springs Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Lee County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	28	6
Holly Springs Quarry	Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC	Wake County, NC	Crushed, broken stone	20	6
Smethport Quarry	Cardinal Quarries LLC	Ashe County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	8	6
Jordan Land Development Inc	Jordan Land Development Inc	Ashe County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	1	6
Greensboro Portable Plant 1	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Caldwell County, NC	Crushed, broken stone	70	5
Hickory Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Catawba County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	24	5
Statesville Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Iredell County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	19	5
Benson Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Johnston County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	16	5
115 Quarry	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Wilkes County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	12	5
Pomona	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Guilford County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	11	5
Bakers Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Union County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	10	5
Norman Mine	Western Carolina Stone Center & Supply Inc	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension stone	1	5
Boone Quarry	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Watauga County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	21	4
East Forsyth	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Forsyth County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	18	4
Burlington Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Alamance County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	16	4
Woodleaf Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Rowan County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	14	4
Smith Grove Quarry	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Davie County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	14	4
Southern Aggregates	Southern Aggregates	Randolph County, NC	Crushed, broken sandstone	11	4
Spruce Pine	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Mitchell County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	11	4
No 1 Mine	Appalachian Stone Company	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension stone	7	4
Shelter Creek Lime and Stone	Shelter Creek Capital, LLC	Pender County, NC	Lime	5	4
Greystone	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Vance County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	27	3
Clarks Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Craven County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	24	3
North Buncombe Quarry	B V Hedrick Gravel & Sand Co	Buncombe County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	22	3
North Quarry	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Forsyth County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	21	3
Hendersonville	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Henderson County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	19	3
Nash County Quarry	Wake Stone Corp	Nash County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	19	3
Salem Stone	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Forsyth County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	13	3
American Stone Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Orange County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	8	3
Massey Branch Quarry	Midsouth Aggregates	Graham County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	1	3
Great Acres	Carolina Greystone Quarries, LLC	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension stone	1	3
Triangle Quarry	Wake Stone Corp	Wake County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	27	2
Moncure Quarry	Wake Stone Corp	Lee County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	25	2
Gold Hill	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Cabarrus County, NC	Crushed, broken traprock	21	2
Bonds Gravel Pit	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Cabarrus County, NC	Crushed, broken sandstone	12	2
Clear Creek Quarry	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Mecklenburg County, NC	Crushed, broken stone	12	2
Yancey Quarry	Blue Water Industries II LLC	Yancey County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	8	2
North Wilkesboro Quarry	Blue Water Industries II LLC	Wilkes County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	8	2
Franklin Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Franklin County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	3	2
Tubbmill Quarry	Midsouth Aggregates	Macon County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	2	2
Salisbury Pink Quarry	Carolina Quarries Inc	Rowan County, NC	Dimension granite	1	2
Mathews Quarry	Smoky Mountain Natural Stone LLC	Mcdowell County, NC	Dimension stone	1	2
Elk	Appalachian Stone Company	Watauga County, NC	Dimension stone	1	2
Pineville	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Mecklenburg County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	32	1
Central Rock Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Guilford County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	23	1
Belgrade Quarry	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	Onslow County, NC	Crushed, broken limestone	19	1
Enka	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Buncombe County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	16	1
Elkin	Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC	Surry County, NC	Crushed, broken granite	16	1

Main commodities

Main commodity	Open mines	Share
Crushed, broken granite	83	65.9%
Crushed, broken limestone	11	8.7%
Dimension stone	11	8.7%
Crushed, broken stone	9	7.1%
Crushed, broken traprock	4	3.2%
Dimension granite	2	1.6%
Crushed, broken sandstone	2	1.6%
Dimension sandstone	2	1.6%
Dimension slate	1	0.8%
Lime	1	0.8%

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	265	56	$61,933	35
2023	240	49	$78,023	37
2024	213	30	$58,341	31
2025	149	20	$58,894	31
2026	142	13	$17,303	32

Standards cited most at stone mines in North Carolina

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 56.14100	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	110
30 CFR 56.20003	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	85
30 CFR 56.14112	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	73
30 CFR 56.12004	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	63
30 CFR 56.14107	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	57
30 CFR 56.14101	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	42
30 CFR 50.30	Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses	42
30 CFR 56.14207	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	37
30 CFR 56.11001	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	36
30 CFR 56.14132	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	34
30 CFR 56.12032	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	33
30 CFR 56.18002	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	23
30 CFR 56.12028	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	20
30 CFR 56.9300	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	19
30 CFR 56.16005	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	15

Injury and illness cases at stone mines in North Carolina

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

Degree	Cases
Fatality	1
Permanent disability	1
Days away from work or restricted activity	109
No lost time, or an occupational illness	55

What the accident reports at stone mines in North Carolina describe

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

Classification	Reports
Handling of materials	55
Slip or fall of person	35
Handtools (nonpowered)	32
Machinery	20
Powered haulage	12
Other	6
Striking or bumping	3
Entrapment	2
Fire	2
Falling/sliding/rolling materials	2

Equipment named in accident reports at stone mines in North Carolina

Equipment	Reports
Hand tools (not powered)	32
Hand tools (powered)	11
Front-end loader	8
Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks	5
Welding machine	4
Forklift	4
Screen	3
Trucks	3
Shovel	2
Man lift	2

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