Mining Incidents

GMA Garnet (USA) Corp Metal/Non-Metal

GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Facility
Controlled by GMA Garnet Group
Coos Bay, Coos County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503896

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2020–2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
45
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,446
proposed penalties
$6,446
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 8,068 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,052 2 0 220.9
2025 Q1 7,233 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,500 3 2 352.9
2024 Q3 8,044 3 0 372.9
2024 Q2 9,432 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,530 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

3 on file

2021 · 1 incident

January 6, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was walking on the sump floor grading and it started to bend under EE. EE stepped off but EE's right foot was stuck and EE twisted EE's ankle.

2020 · 2 incidents

February 14, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee of contractor was selecting a piece of steel from the scrap year when EE tripped over an I beam and fell, breaking left wrist.

February 7, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was using a box cutter to open paper bags instead of the provided Safe T cutters. Someone called out to EE while using EE's knife and it slipped, cutting a small portion of skin of the top side of EE's left index finger. First aid was provided and the employee returned to work on EE's request.