Mining Incidents

ATLAS SAND & GRAVEL MINE: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ronald R Arnold
Eden, Effingham County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900902

ATLAS SAND & GRAVEL MINE has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,619
proposed penalties
$335
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,284 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
101
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: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ATLAS SAND & GRAVEL MINE has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 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
$335
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-12-20.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
76.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 76.7% moderate, 6.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Atlas Sand & Gravel Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 4
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ATLAS SAND & GRAVEL MINE sits in Effingham 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.
Effingham County, Georgia · Population 67,265
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,465
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1,963 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,334 2 1 856.9
2001 Q3 5,069 2 0 394.6
2001 Q2 5,203 4 1 768.8
2001 Q1 4,960 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 5,052 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,062 7 1 1723.3
2000 Q2 3,827 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,163 15 7 4742.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

June 1, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Atlas Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE FACE PLATE ON A PUMP, WHEN THE BAR HOLDING THE PUMP UP SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE HAD 12 STITCHES TO SEW UP CUT.

1984 · 1 incident

July 17, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Atlas Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WAS INSTOPPING PIPELINE SLIPPED AND FELL IN TROUGH LANDED IN TROUGH INJURING BACK FROM SHOULDER TO BACKSIDE.