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Yancey Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Blue Water Industries II LLC · Surface

Controlled by Blue Water Industries Holdings 2 LLC

Burnsville, Yancey County, NC · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3101790

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000–2024
Latest incident: Feb 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$11,672

proposed penalties

$11,672

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	7,757	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	5,053	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	4,460	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	3,832	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,708	1	1	269.7
2024 Q1	4,048	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	4,421	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	4,110	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

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

February 19, 2024 NC · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Blue Water Industries · Struck by falling object

Employee was assisting with the removal of a pond pump motor, when the pump fell and struck the employee in the left arm resulting in a fracture of the left arm.

2000 · 1 incident

July 21, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Yancey Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO A BOLT TO HOLD IN PLACE WHILE A FELOOW EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON THE BOLT TO PUT IN PLACE. HAMMER HIT EMPLYEE'S RIGHT HAND, MOSTLY LITTLE FINGER. INJURED EMPLOYEE WA S WEARING A GLOVE FOR PROTECTION.