Mining Incidents

Blue Ribbon Quarries, Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Larry R Cook
Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901116

Blue Ribbon Quarries, Inc has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $750 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2017–2020
Latest incident
Oct 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
85
citations
31
significant & substantial
$12,591
proposed penalties
$10,929
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,662 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
83
inspections on record
943
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: 943 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Ribbon Quarries, Inc has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $750 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$750
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-05.
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 873 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 708 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,087 1 0 920.0
2024 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 880 1 1 1136.4
2024 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,027 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 449 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 475 2 0 4210.5
2021 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 819 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 200 1 0 5000.0
2020 Q4 1,255 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,371 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,458 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,386 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,445 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,657 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,803 1 0 554.6
2019 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 757 1 0 1321.0
2018 Q3 1,626 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,395 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,419 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,486 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,458 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,639 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,608 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,920 2 0 1041.7
2016 Q2 1,554 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,629 2 0 1227.7
2015 Q4 2,123 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,842 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,285 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,048 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,516 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,309 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,407 1 1 293.5
2014 Q1 2,247 1 0 445.0
2013 Q4 2,974 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,906 1 0 344.1
2013 Q2 2,490 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,131 1 1 469.3
2012 Q4 3,041 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,515 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,594 1 0 278.2
2012 Q1 3,744 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,639 2 0 549.6
2011 Q3 3,422 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,374 2 0 592.8
2011 Q1 2,921 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,132 1 1 319.3
2010 Q3 2,743 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,044 2 0 657.0
2010 Q1 2,847 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,807 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,533 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,547 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,349 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,785 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,603 1 0 623.8
2008 Q2 1,994 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,206 10 1 4533.1
2007 Q4 1,834 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,784 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,563 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 698 2 1 2865.3
2006 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,306 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 988 5 3 5060.7
2006 Q1 968 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 687 13 5 18922.9
2005 Q3 1,194 8 6 6700.2
2005 Q2 1,327 1 0 753.6
2005 Q1 1,392 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,769 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,933 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,516 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,437 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,506 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,289 10 6 4368.7
2003 Q2 2,523 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,838 4 2 2176.3
2002 Q3 0 3 2
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 1 1
2001 Q4 1,545 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,096 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,707 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,649 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,639 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,822 2 0 1097.7
2000 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,200 2 0 1666.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2020 · 1 incident

October 22, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman OTHER
Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee was feeling dizzy while preparing for daily work. This resulted in the Supervisor calling an ambulance. Employee was sent to the hospital for evaluation for high heart rate. Employee was released and sent home with no loss time.

2017 · 1 incident

November 15, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was drilling with a drill press and glove was caught in drill causing twisting of left hand.

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