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.
46 citations across 1,082 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bartow Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-22.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-01-04.
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.
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: 2026-03-18
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz101 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (27)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-01-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.29
1.41
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.51
0.63
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-05-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.7
0.33
Utility Man
2023-05-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-05-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.75
0.19
Utility Man
2023-05-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
1.47
0.33
Utility Man
2018-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2018-06-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2016-11-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.56
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2010-11-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.56
0.93
Mechanic
2010-11-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2009-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2009-10-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2007-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2007-07-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.99
2.18
0.45
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.47
0.43
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.81
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.58
0.74
Lab Technician
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
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.
Bartow 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
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 *
5.82
5.82
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
30
2025
27
2024
30
2023
28
2022
20
2021
14
2020
17
2019
20
2018
17
2017
11
2016
14
2015
12
2014
12
2013
12
2012
14
2011
17
2010
22
2009
16
2008
16
2007
24
2006
25
2005
24
2004
22
2003
23
2002
25
2001
25
2000
24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bartow Quarry sits in Bartow 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.
Bartow County, Georgia · Population 111,153
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,431
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
While cutting tube with a box knife the driller cut self with the knife and EE left the quarry without telling anyone what happened. Once EE arrived home, EE realized it was more than EE could take care of so drove self to a medical facility receiving 4 stitches to inner calf on EE's right leg. EE was released back to work with no restrictions.
2020 · 1 incident
October 21, 2020GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While changing a drill bit, the wrench would not grip the drill hammer. Using a 3lb sledgehammer to tighten the wrench, the employee swung the hammer which ricocheted off the frame of the boom. Which caused EE to strike left hand that was holding the wrench.
2015 · 1 incident
March 21, 2015GA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The employee was attaching a tooth on the bucket of 990 loader. When striking the locking pin on the loader tooth, a piece of metal broke off and penetrated the employees front upper thigh.
2010 · 1 incident
July 20, 2010GA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
EE was working on concrete forms. He was driving concrete forming stakes with a jack hammer. When pulling the jack hammer off the stake he tripped & pinched his finger between the jack hammer handle & a concrete stake. He was sent to the hospital for evaluating. He had a cut to the finger requiring stitches & bandaging.
2005 · 1 incident
November 15, 2005GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LIFTING A 300 LB METAL BOX TO BE INSTALLED IN CHUTE WITH BACK HOE BUCKET & CHAIN. BOX WAS NOT HANGING STRAIGHT AFTER PICKING IT UP 3 FT., ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN BOX WHEN THE BACK END CAME LOO SE, BOX SLID DOWN LEG & STRUCK TOP OF RIGHT FOOT, BREAKING 1 BONE & CHIPPING ANOTHER.
April 10, 2002GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING ONE INCH THICK STEEL PLATE WHEN TORCH POPPED. AT THIS MOMENT THE EMPLOYEE JERKED HIS HEAD BACK AND WHEN HE DID, THE TORCH FELL ACCROSS HIS ARM, CAUSING BURN.
BED SLIPPED OFF OF TRUCK FRAME. TRIED TO READJUST BED. FELL FOWARD COMPARTMENT DOOR SWING OPEN STRIKING EE IN RT EAR.
2000 · 1 incident
March 16, 2000GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS