Mining Incidents

Wiseman Sullins/Chalk Metal/Non-Metal

The Quartz Corp USA · Surface
Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100117

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
165
citations
51
significant & substantial
$43,160
proposed penalties
$38,570
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 2,382 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,967 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,213 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,641 3 0 823.9
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 4,858 3 2 617.5
2024 Q1 3,755 4 0 1065.2
2023 Q4 2,910 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

December 16, 2014 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
The Quartz Corp USA · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contract employee was finishing a weld near the jaw crusher when the 4" hand grinder wheel he was using caught or bound up, and the whole unit kicked back into his mouth area (no grinding face shield was being worn at the time).

February 7, 2014 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
The Quartz Corp USA · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was welding in a tight area when a welding rod ember rolled onto his jacket burning a small area on the cuff and into the right top forearm causing a minor burn.

2013 · 1 incident

July 15, 2013 NC · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Quartz Corp USA · Fall onto or against objects

survey crew member attempted access for survey rod placement on steep bank, when he slipped and fell onto a small sapling stump (about 1" in diameter) that he had cut about 18" from the base minutes earlier causing the severe injury

2010 · 1 incident

January 15, 2010 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Feldspar Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee received a laceration to his upper lip when the edge of a metal panel that he was pulling upward struck against his mouth.

2006 · 1 incident

October 27, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Feldspar Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Driver had pushed truck tarp arm back. It was raining heavily at the time. Driver was on scale catwalk, slipped and lost footing and fell. Driver's leg went down between catwalk and scale platform.

2005 · 1 incident

September 6, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Feldspar Corporation · Fall from piled material

Rock breaker was sitting in the middle of a pile of big rock (150 - 300 lb); had to climb over them to fill rock breaker. On the way back down rock pile began to slide causing me to lose my balance and fall on rock. The edge was sticking up like a wedge and hit me in the spine. I lay there about 10 to 15 minutes with breath knocked out of me before returning to the truck.