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Appling Quarry: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Groveton, Columbia County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901083

Appling Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1995–2015
Latest incident
Feb 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,739
proposed penalties
$5,535
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $204 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
929
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: 929 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Appling Quarry has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $259 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-21.
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.
19.2%
significant & substantial
5.8%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
57.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 86.5% moderate, 5.8% 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 20010015M Settlement Barbour 2001 $259 → $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: 2024-10-17
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz132 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg18
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-01-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.42 1.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 0.53 1.49 Supervisor, Co. Official
2024-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2024-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.65 0.62 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-01-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.71 0.54 Truck Driver
2022-01-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-10-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.82 10 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.09 0.17 Truck Driver
2014-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.75 0.09 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.47 0.43 Cleanup Man
2009-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2007-01-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2007-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.99 0.13 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.6 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.34 0.41 Utility Man
2005-01-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.36 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

Appling Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.20 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1994 to 2005
  2. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 12
2024 13
2023 13
2022 14
2021 14
2020 14
2019 16
2018 17
2017 17
2016 16
2015 14
2014 12
2013 13
2012 14
2011 14
2010 14
2009 15
2008 15
2007 15
2006 14
2005 12
2004 10
2003 8
2002 5
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Appling Quarry sits in Columbia County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Columbia County, Georgia · Population 159,638
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$96,122
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
2026 Q2 6,134 1 0 163.0
2026 Q1 5,647 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,409 1 0 184.9
2025 Q3 5,628 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,416 1 0 155.9
2025 Q1 6,762 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,730 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,414 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,898 1 0 126.6
2024 Q1 8,907 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,042 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,539 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,775 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,186 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,461 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,368 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,194 1 0 122.0
2022 Q1 8,311 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,439 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,514 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 9,170 1 0 109.1
2020 Q4 10,076 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,967 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,709 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,734 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,401 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,638 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 9,880 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,002 1 0 100.0
2018 Q3 10,914 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,583 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 9,274 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,961 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 10,693 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,288 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 9,258 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,816 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,917 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8,963 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,225 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 9,548 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,802 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10,063 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,344 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10,238 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 9,056 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,252 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,019 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,476 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,381 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,967 3 0 430.6
2013 Q1 6,890 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,928 3 0 433.0
2012 Q3 6,944 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,531 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,353 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,597 1 0 131.6
2011 Q3 8,076 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,079 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,607 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,925 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,502 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,867 2 1 254.2
2010 Q1 7,152 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,058 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,149 1 0 109.3
2009 Q2 8,731 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,836 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,249 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,105 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,272 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,171 3 0 367.2
2007 Q4 9,009 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,873 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,090 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,845 1 0 113.1
2006 Q4 9,055 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,650 2 0 231.2
2006 Q2 7,510 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,407 1 0 135.0
2005 Q4 6,263 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,892 1 0 145.1
2005 Q2 7,050 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,905 2 1 289.6
2004 Q4 8,055 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,765 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,972 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,590 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,580 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,992 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,843 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,285 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,182 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,475 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,070 1 0 325.7
2002 Q1 2,625 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,717 2 0 736.1
2001 Q3 2,745 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,123 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,448 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,671 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,704 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,998 4 1 2002.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2015 · 1 incident

February 27, 2015 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was observing track-hoe work at the sand-screw drain line. A piece of Metal that was pinched in the track-hoe track was thrown and struck the employee on the cheek approximately 1 inch under the Safety glasses causing a cut requiring stitches and removal of a piece of metal approx. 10X8mm and 3mm thick.

2014 · 1 incident

May 8, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Fall from ladders

Employee was climbing down from a ladder that was on un-level ground when he fell to the ground. He braced his fall with his left arm causing pain in his left shoulder. The orthopedic doctor finally did a MRI and let us know there was a rotor cuff tear the end of August.

2008 · 1 incident

January 8, 2008 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While exiting the oil containment structure, the employee slipped and fell, dislocating the little finger on his right hand.

2005 · 1 incident

January 21, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

EE CLAIMS BACK INJURY WHILE OPERATING AN R-35 HAUL TRUCK IN THE PIT. WHILE DRIVING INTO THE PIT, THE TRUCK STRUCK A POT HOLE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO RISE AND FALL SUDDENLY, RESULTING IN THE INJURY.

2004 · 3 incidents

December 22, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While moving some sections of screen cloth, the employee's thumb was pinched between the sections, bruising the nail. The employee experienced significant pain and the nail was drilled to relieve the pressure.

August 19, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LADDER WAS PLACED ON LOOSE MATERIAL & BECAME UNSTABLE CAUSING A FALL. REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT WAS WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT & CAME OFF DURRING FALL ALLOWING THE UNBOLTED GRILL OF THE TRACTOR THAT THE EE TRIED TO GRAB FOR TO COME OFF & IT STRUCK & CUT HIS HEAD.

August 16, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving off road truck. She said while being loaded a rock fell in the back of the truck and bounced her up. When she came down she hurt her back and is having numbness from hip to knee on the left side. She went to a doctor on the 17th. She is still out of work.

1997 · 1 incident

September 9, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PREHEATING A BRASS BUSHING TO TRY AND EXPAND IT TO FIT OVER A SCREEN SHAFT BY USING HOT DIESEL FUEL. THE FUEL IN THE CAN WAS KNOCKED OVER AND THE FIRE IGNITED HIS LEFT ARM CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS ARM.

1995 · 2 incidents

March 28, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EE AS GREASING THE PLANT AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHILE EE WAS WALKING HE RAN INTO THE CONVEYOR BOX. HIS HARD HAT IS WHAT ACTUALLY HIT THE BOX. EE SUFFERED FROM A STIFF NECK. HE WAS GIVEN A PRES CRIPTION, GIVEN MOIST HEAD AND MASSAGE AS TREATMENT, AND RETURNS FOR THE SAME TREATMENT ON 4-6-95.

February 2, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RECLING A EUCLID BED. WHILE EE WAS PULLING OLD LINERS OUT, TOO MUCH PRESSURE WAS PUT ON CRANE AND WHEN LINER CAME LOOSE, THE LINER JUMPED OFF HOOKS STRIKING EE ON HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM. E E WAS KNOCKED TO BED OF TRUCK. HE SUFFERED FROM A BROKEN RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW.