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.
95 citations across 1,045 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-06-13.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Boyd has $241K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 13 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.
$241K
proposed penalties
$144K
current assessed
$139K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
Of $224K in penalties contested before the Commission, $127K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-29.
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.
31citations taken to the federal commission · 33% of citations on record
Settled
19 · 61%
Stood as issued
12 · 39%
94%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 17 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$224K proposed, $127K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2022-11-22.
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: 2009-10-20, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-10-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.66
0.35
Drill Helper
2002-07-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Drill Helper
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
0
2025
0
2024
0
2023
2
2022
6
2021
6
2020
8
2017
1
2016
2
2015
3
2014
4
2013
5
2012
6
2011
7
2010
6
2009
7
2008
7
2007
7
2006
7
2005
7
2004
6
2003
9
2002
9
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Boyd sits in Elbert County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Elbert County, Georgia · Population 19,725
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$49,727
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
EE is believed to have been either chipping away several inches of top layer of brownish colored granite or drilling a chain hole through the granite near end of the block on the open face so block could be lifted using a chain. Granite block being worked on was approx. 5'x12'x30'. Additional submitted details on file.
Employee was emptying dump truck when stone inside the truck bed hung up. When it released, the truck wheels jarred the ground with employee inside the cab.
2009 · 1 incident
April 8, 2009GA · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manMACHINERY
Employee failed to recognize the saw block tipping over, which was very out of normal. The method used was the same as all routine extractions. He was able to distance himself enough to avoid serious injury, but was hit by the drill and dogs, knocking him down and causing hip fracture and arm lacerations.
EE WAS RIDING DOGS HOOKS AND CHAIN IN QUARRY WHEN HE WAS INSTRUCTURED HOT TO BY FLAGMAN AT HIS INSISTANCE, FLAGMAN INSTRUCTED DEMICK OPERATOR TO MOVE EE WHEN HE BUMPED INTO BLOCK AND FELL APPR OX. 4 FEET.
EMPL WAS HELPING WORK ON OVERHEAD CRANE COMPLETED REPAIR THEN OPERATOR ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED HOIST CATCHING RIGHT HEEL OF EMPL IHOIST DRIVE SRPOCKET, THEN OPERATOR REVERSED HOIST FREEING EMPL' S HEEL. EMPL WAS ABLE TO DESCEND FROM CRANE UNDER HIS OWN POWER WAS TAKEN FOR X-RAYS & RECEIVED 2 STITCHES.
A PIECE OF STONE-APPROX 1 TON-LYING ON THE UPPER END OF AN 8\ SLOPE WAS LOOSENED BY WM. SOUTHER & PAT BERI. THE STONE SLID DOWN THE SLOPE, FOLLOWING THE 2 WORKERS, SEPERATED INTO 2 PIECES WH EN IT HIT THE BOTTOM. THE SMALLER PIECE-APPROX 700#- SEVERLY MASHED THE LEFT FOOT OF WM. SOUTHER.
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