Mining Incidents

GREEN RIVER QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeffrey Goodman
Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102142

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2023
Latest incident
Dec 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,917
proposed penalties
$2,917
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 6,938 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,736 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,539 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,723 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,076 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 547 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,761 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,400 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

7 on file

2023 · 1 incident

December 21, 2023 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Sand and Gravel · Struck by falling object

EE was helping flip a stuck Rip Rap flop gate, once the gate freed up it fell onto EE's upper left leg. EE initially said was ok but came to work the next morning with leg swollen. EE was taken to urgent care and diagnosed with a severe bruise and given restrictions against prolonged standing, climbing, etc. thus making this accident reportable.

2022 · 2 incidents

July 18, 2022 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Sand and Gravel · Fall from ladders

EE was helping clear a blockage from a conveyor belt, working from a ladder. The ladder slipped and the EE fell around 3 feet to the ground. The incident was not reported to us until 07/27/2022. The EE has a sprained right wrist and is on light duty making this reportable.

January 4, 2022 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Sand and Gravel · Fall from machine

EE was standing on Loader platform. Truck driver said EE was talking to dispatcher, stood there for 60 seconds, began stuttering, then fell backwards off of loader. EE had seizure. Paramedics came and took EE to hospital. EE had a couple broken teeth, stitches on forehead, and continues to be under doctor's care due to seizure.

2017 · 1 incident

October 18, 2017 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Sand and Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was putting v-belts on a crusher motor. As ee was rolling the sheave over, ee left hand glove got caught and pulled ee left wrist into the sheave and v-belt. The EE felt a lot of pain, went to the doctor, but had no fractured bones. Doctor restricted duty for 4 working days, thus making the accident reportable.

2015 · 1 incident

March 18, 2015 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland Sand and Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The EE was cutting a piece of skirt rubber with a razor knife trying to clean out the bolt hole. The knife slipped and cut his left arm in the wrist area. He was taken to the doctor and received two stitches. No restricted duty or lost time.

2009 · 1 incident

November 30, 2009 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Cumberland Sand and Gravel · Struck by flying object

Metal flakes from grinding got on the EEs clothes. Later the EE was dumping a load in the hopper with a haul truck with the window down and the wind blew the metal flakes into his left eye. Went to doctor after work, when it began to bother him, and the doctor remove the metal flakes.

2008 · 1 incident

June 13, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland Sand and Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was changing teeth on CAT 980-G Loader. EE struck top of tooth to free it from the shank, and a piece of metal came from the tooth and cut left arm.