Mining Incidents

Dillsboro Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Harrison Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Dillsboro, Jackson County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100557

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
62
citations
22
significant & substantial
$19,518
proposed penalties
$17,057
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 11,997 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,124 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,937 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,914 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,909 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,534 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,098 1 0 910.7
2023 Q4 6,688 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

10 on file

2024 · 1 incident

May 6, 2024 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling wire through conduit and injured right shoulder and bicep. The injury on May 6, and employee reported it but did not get it checked until May 15, and they sent them for Xrays and they had surgery on July 3, 2024.

2019 · 1 incident

April 18, 2019 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harrison Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loading the presplit and accord, cut the accord to tie, hand slipped, cut left shin.

2018 · 1 incident

February 15, 2018 NC · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
Harrison Aggregates · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee became dizzy on the job, transported to the hospital.

2010 · 1 incident

March 29, 2010 NC · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee had just cleaned out from under tailgate of stockpile truck. Employee started to step up on a concrete platform and placed his right hand on tailgate gate latch. It closed pinching right hand.

2009 · 1 incident

July 31, 2009 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harrison Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning up the tunnel area when a rock fell off the belt. He was using a garden hoe and the rock hit the hoe handle which struck him under the lip/mouth.

2008 · 1 incident

September 8, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Harrison Construction Co-Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to give a report to the operator of a D8 dozer when he was struck by the dozer on the left lower side of the blade. Fracture to both legs.

2007 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident