Broad River Quarries LLC has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2008–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
135
citations
34
significant & substantial
$41,612
proposed penalties
$35,755
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,857 gap.
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.
135 citations across 1,055 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: 2017-12-12.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Broad River Quarries LLC has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 3 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$400
outstanding
132 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $28K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-09.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 36%
Stood as issued
6 · 55%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 9%
60%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
64%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$28K proposed, $10K 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 2018-03-27.
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: 2023-09-27
8
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2023-09-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-03-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Cutting Mach Operator
2016-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2016-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cutting Mach Operator
2007-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2007-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Broad River Quarries LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.26 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.
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
8
2025
6
2024
8
2023
9
2022
6
2021
6
2020
8
2019
7
2018
6
2017
6
2016
4
2015
6
2014
8
2013
7
2012
6
2011
5
2010
5
2009
4
2008
4
2007
4
2006
4
2005
4
2004
5
2003
3
2002
0
2001
0
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Broad River Quarries LLC sits in DeKalb County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
DeKalb County, Georgia · Population 762,105
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,683
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 was setting the electronic equipment to detect the centering of the holes to be drilled with the 3" diameter drill. EE mistakenly leaned on a rod of the hole finder equipment and fell. EE, two days later on the phone, told me that EE had broken EE's wrist and ankle.
2019 · 2 incidents
October 16, 2019GA · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manELECTRICAL
The worker was working with our technician at the power cabin at the quarry. When our technician was not present in the cabin the worker did a non-authorized procedure in the power cabin and gets shocked. The skin on the worker's hands was burned.
February 1, 2019GA · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
2 weeks ago, employee informed me that EE reported a finger pain to the previous Quarry Manager in February. EE didn't know of a specific task or event that caused the pain, but felt repetitive work tasks may have been a factor. EE was taken to the hospital for treatment. This injury was never reported MSHA because I discovered this only 2 week ago.
Two employee were carring a long piece of steel. When setting and be drillrod down it picked 1 finger as the rod flapped a the finger was between the steel rod and rock. This caused an injury to 1 finger that required stitches.
2008 · 2 incidents
March 3, 2008GA · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necPOWERED HAULAGE
The victims ( previous owners) were on my property attemping to start a retired loader. The engine fired causing the loader to lunge in reverse running over the two victims.
March 3, 2008GA · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necPOWERED HAULAGE
The victims ( previous owners) were on my property attemping to start a retired loader. The engine fired causing the loader to lunge in reverse running over the two victims.