Blankinship Sand Company LLC Metal/Non-Metal
Blankinship Sand Company LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Milton O Blankenship
Rockmart,
Cherokee County,
GA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900868
Blankinship Sand Company LLC has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
114
citations
40
significant & substantial
$42,384
proposed penalties
$42,371
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
681
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: 681 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 Company LLC has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 1 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.$42K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$13
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 3,202 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,999 | 3 | 2 | 750.2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,004 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,989 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,400 | 6 | 3 | 2500.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,920 | 1 | 0 | 520.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,080 | 4 | 1 | 1923.1 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,221 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,960 | 1 | 0 | 510.2 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 740 | 2 | 2 | 2702.7 |
| 2020 Q2 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,149 | 12 | 5 | 10443.9 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,295 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 325 | 1 | 0 | 3076.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,000 | 3 | 1 | 1500.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,920 | 2 | 2 | 1041.7 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,000 | 6 | 1 | 6000.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 400 | 5 | 2 | 12500.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,150 | 10 | 4 | 8695.7 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 997 | 2 | 0 | 2006.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,771 | 1 | 0 | 564.7 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,609 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,755 | 2 | 0 | 1139.6 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,969 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,539 | 26 | 9 | 10240.3 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,216 | 3 | 1 | 1353.8 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 980 | 3 | 0 | 3061.2 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,236 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,890 | 10 | 5 | 5291.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,906 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,865 | 5 | 1 | 2681.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,413 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,838 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,586 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,844 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 2,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 2,755 | 1 | 0 | 363.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,385 | 2 | 1 | 1444.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,638 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,644 | 1 | 0 | 608.3 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,588 | 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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