Mining Incidents

Blankinship Sand Co LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Milton O Blankenship
Hoschton, Jackson County, GA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0901087

Blankinship Sand Co LLC has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
74
citations
24
significant & substantial
$15,411
proposed penalties
$15,260
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
434
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: 434 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blankinship Sand Co LLC has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,985 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,089 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,175 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,075 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,025 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 960 17 8 17708.3
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 960 6 3 6250.0
2021 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 1,320 2 0 1515.2
2020 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,300 3 2 2307.7
2019 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 600 3 0 5000.0
2016 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 250 3 1 12000.0
2016 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 702 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 440 2 0 4545.5
2015 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 924 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 880 4 0 4545.5
2014 Q3 910 3 0 3296.7
2014 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 910 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 780 1 0 1282.1
2013 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 100 3 0 30000.0
2008 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 934 4 0 4282.7
2008 Q1 1,034 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,055 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 1,302 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,187 3 0 2527.4
2006 Q3 1,305 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,303 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,222 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,248 2 1 1602.6
2005 Q3 1,265 14 8 11067.2
2005 Q2 1,421 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,424 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,283 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,354 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,253 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,273 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1,097 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 200 2 0 10000.0
2001 Q4 1,425 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,489 1 0 671.6
2001 Q2 1,575 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,599 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,590 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,577 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,699 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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