American Blue Granite Quarry · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Miner jumped off 6' ledge to avoid possible further injury from swinging cables off of the crane. (copy narrative from 220081120058)
American Blue Granite Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
American Blue Granite Quarry
· Surface
Controlled by
Chris Robert Helms
Lexington,
Oglethorpe County,
GA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901163
American Blue Granite Quarry has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $72K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2008
- Latest incident
- Apr 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
19
citations
4
significant & substantial
$74,796
proposed penalties
$3,107
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $71,689 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
14
inspections on record
258
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 258 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 Granite Quarry has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $72K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$75K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$72K
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q2 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 41666.7 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,560 | 3 | 1 | 1923.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 749 | 1 | 0 | 1335.1 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,640 | 4 | 0 | 2439.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,591 | 3 | 0 | 1885.6 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,517 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Q2 | 1,395 | 4 | 0 | 2867.4 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2008 · 2 incidents
American Blue Granite Quarry · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Miner jumped off 6' ledge to avoid possible further injury from swinging cables off of the crane.
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