Mining Incidents

Brunswick Plant: 83 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Platinum Equity LLC
Brunswick, Glynn County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901185

Brunswick Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $294 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2009–2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
83
citations
18
significant & substantial
$18,590
proposed penalties
$18,296
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $294 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
46
inspections on record
633
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: 633 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brunswick Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $294 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$294
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.4% low, 89.2% moderate, 2.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2012-12-07.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2013-137M Settlement Lewis 2013 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2024-11-06
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-01-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-10-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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.

Brunswick Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.

Injury rate, 2021
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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.69 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 9.79 9.79 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. S & B Industrial Minerals N A Inc 2008 to 2015
  2. Imerys Perlite USA Inc. 2015 to 2017
  3. Imerys Minerals USA, Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 7
2024 6
2023 6
2022 10
2021 9
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 8
2016 9
2015 9
2014 9
2013 8
2012 7
2011 6
2010 6
2009 5
2008 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brunswick Plant sits in Glynn 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.
Glynn County, Georgia · Population 84,987
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,546
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 1,533 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,989 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,257 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,061 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,278 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,019 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,582 1 0 279.2
2024 Q3 3,355 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,198 1 0 312.7
2024 Q1 3,155 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,155 4 0 1267.8
2023 Q3 3,041 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,136 1 0 318.9
2023 Q1 2,849 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,002 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,089 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,931 2 0 337.2
2022 Q1 5,811 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,341 4 0 748.9
2021 Q3 5,241 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,994 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,633 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,597 4 1 870.1
2020 Q3 3,656 1 1 273.5
2020 Q2 3,962 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,152 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,663 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,611 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,801 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,401 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,628 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,612 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,708 1 1 269.7
2018 Q1 4,315 1 1 231.7
2017 Q4 4,119 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,821 5 0 1308.6
2017 Q2 4,900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,817 2 0 415.2
2016 Q4 4,701 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,105 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,697 3 1 526.6
2016 Q1 1,781 1 0 561.5
2015 Q4 3,415 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,275 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,950 2 0 404.0
2015 Q1 4,573 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,125 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,417 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,221 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,380 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,662 3 0 529.8
2013 Q3 5,731 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,707 2 1 424.9
2013 Q1 4,334 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,537 1 0 220.4
2012 Q3 4,607 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,112 1 0 243.2
2012 Q1 4,229 2 1 472.9
2011 Q4 4,181 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,006 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,630 3 2 826.4
2011 Q1 3,752 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,146 4 2 1271.5
2010 Q3 3,413 3 1 879.0
2010 Q2 3,664 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,228 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,500 4 0 1600.0
2009 Q3 2,428 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,304 6 2 2604.2
2009 Q1 3,023 6 3 1984.8
2008 Q4 3,893 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,753 3 0 799.4
2008 Q2 4,264 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,021 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

October 28, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Imerys Minerals USA, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Cut off wheel on grinder exploded and a piece of the disk went into the hand through the glove. Required 3 stitches .

2022 · 1 incident

October 17, 2022 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imerys Minerals USA, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE was opening a discharge valve on Silo 17 when the right pinky finger struck the handle on an access door resulting in a fracture of the pinky finger.

2017 · 1 incident

April 20, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Imerys Minerals USA, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

On 4/20/2017 an employee was walking on a sidewalk on the ports property and misstepped and fell. On 5/26/2017 the employee reported they were having discomfort with the knee and went to the doctor. On 8/10/2017 the doctor determined that the discomfort was caused by the fall. Physical Therapy has been prescribed. This did not happen at the Mine site.

2013 · 1 incident

November 6, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & B Industrial Minerals N A Inc · Fall from machine

This accident did not happen on the mine site. Contributing Factors were: Rough walking surface (Grating) Worker stumbled on grating while desending railcar. Injuries: 3 Fractures on right foot. Involved railcar NAHX 60563

2009 · 1 incident

January 27, 2009 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & B Industrial Minerals N A Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing into the cab of the truck to clean the inside of the windshield, when he felt something pull in his groin area.