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AMERICAN BLUE: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dale T Willis
Vesta, Oglethorpe County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900889

AMERICAN BLUE has $450 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
citations
0
significant & substantial
$450
proposed penalties
$450
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Willis Dimension Stone Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
90
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 90 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AMERICAN BLUE has $450 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$450
proposed penalties
$450
current assessed
$450
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 20020077M Default Barbour 2002 $55 → $55
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2001-11-20, 24 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Galaxy Granite Company 1979 to 1983
  2. Granite Panelwall Company 1983 to 1991
  3. Willis Dimension Stone Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 5
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

AMERICAN BLUE sits in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Oglethorpe County, Georgia · Population 15,221
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,784
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,046 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,872 2 0 1068.4
2003 Q3 2,272 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,847 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,182 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 2,710 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,167 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,410 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,715 1 0 368.3
2001 Q3 2,721 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,825 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,333 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,154 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,711 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,529 5 0 1977.1
2000 Q1 3,097 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 7, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · MACHINERY
Granite Panelwall Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRAKE ADJUSTMEN7 BOLT BROKE CAUSING BOOM TO FALL.VICTIM WAS EITHER PUSHED OR FELL INTO QUARRY PIT.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 1 incident

September 3, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Willis Dimension Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING DOG STONE. THE CRANE DOGS HIT HIM ON THE LEFT PART OF HIS HEAD CAUSING LACERATION A GAUZE WAS PLACED ON HIS HEAD UNTIL HE REACHED EMERGENCY.