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.
136 citations across 1,067 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Chatsworth Plant has $99K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$99K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
135 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $65K in penalties contested before the Commission, $25K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 100%
13%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
61%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$65K proposed, $25K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-06-02.
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: 2024-01-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
Ball Mill Operator
2024-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
Bagging Operator
2024-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.7
0.22
Ball Mill Operator
2024-01-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Bagging Operator
2022-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Ball Mill Operator
2022-09-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Packaging Operations Worker
2022-09-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.52
Forklift Operator
2020-02-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-02-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Washer Operator
2020-02-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Warehouse Man
2013-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
2.74
0.19
Ball Mill Operator
2013-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.68
2.04
0.33
Ball Mill Operator
2013-07-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.1
10
0.11
Bagging 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.
Chatsworth Plant recorded 1.32 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
1.32
total case rate
1.32
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.20 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
1.32
1.32
0.000
2024
6.90
1.38
0.000
2023
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021
2.99
1.49
0.000
2020
1.63
1.63
0.000
2019
1.37
0.00
0.000
2018
4.22
1.41
0.000
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
91
2025
82
2024
80
2023
79
2022
71
2021
76
2020
73
2019
87
2018
78
2017
70
2016
55
2015
67
2014
90
2013
109
2012
71
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Chatsworth Plant sits in Murray County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Murray County, Georgia · Population 40,282
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$67,880
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
41,503
3
0
72.3
2026 Q1
40,898
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
39,230
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
38,718
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
36,050
3
0
83.2
2025 Q1
37,286
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
35,432
1
0
28.2
2024 Q3
37,266
3
1
80.5
Show 48 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
36,762
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
35,418
4
2
112.9
2023 Q4
37,476
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
34,973
8
0
228.7
2023 Q2
36,531
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
38,210
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
33,727
5
0
148.2
2022 Q3
38,477
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
32,971
1
0
30.3
2022 Q1
34,678
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
31,781
1
1
31.5
2021 Q3
36,343
7
2
192.6
2021 Q2
34,122
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
31,593
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
31,518
1
0
31.7
2020 Q3
27,580
1
0
36.3
2020 Q2
26,477
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
37,293
2
0
53.6
2019 Q4
36,202
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
35,955
2
1
55.6
2019 Q2
35,817
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
37,898
2
1
52.8
2018 Q4
34,477
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
36,116
2
0
55.4
2018 Q2
36,812
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
34,890
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
34,491
2
0
58.0
2017 Q3
29,614
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
30,679
3
0
97.8
2017 Q1
25,110
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
24,551
5
0
203.7
2016 Q3
26,377
16
5
606.6
2016 Q2
27,119
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
27,501
2
0
72.7
2015 Q4
29,166
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
28,923
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
31,684
1
1
31.6
2015 Q1
34,906
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
38,170
2
0
52.4
2014 Q3
24,869
9
4
361.9
2014 Q2
55,751
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
54,947
5
0
91.0
2013 Q4
54,495
11
6
201.9
2013 Q3
53,492
10
3
186.9
2013 Q2
53,873
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
48,392
23
11
475.3
2012 Q4
39,094
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
37,219
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
31 on file
2026 · 1 incident
April 14, 2026GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The clean out screw auger door fell open on the 66" mill dust collector. EE went to close it while the screw was still running. EE's finger got in the screw, resulting in the tip of EE's finger being cut off.
May 13, 2024GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE stated EE had stepped up on top of 3 pallets to hand a bulk bag on the packer to fill. EE's knee just gave out. EE was unable to walk and the ambulance was called.
2021 · 2 incidents
August 3, 2021GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Employee was walking over a small pile of rocks and some slid out from under employee's foot causing it to bend sideways and pop. Ankle was x-rayed and did not show any broken bones. It was wrapped, employee was given crutches and medication for pain and swelling.
March 24, 2021GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on 50" mill conveyor. Afterwards EE was trying to use a paint spray when it suddenly discharged paint into EE's face. EE wiped their eyes and face with a dirty cloth and then is when EE thinks EE got something in the eye.
2020 · 1 incident
March 31, 2020GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was replacing the bad bearings on the attritor mill shaft. While removing the plate, the shaft moved. The employee's left arm and wrist were pinned against the cone of the attritor mill chamber (between the cone and shaft).
2019 · 1 incident
March 4, 2019GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was working on the crusher conveyor, helping to change the bearings, while swinging the hammer, employee missed and smashed/cut their left ring finger. Employee was wearing PPE gloves.
2018 · 3 incidents
February 8, 2018GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE stated EE was moving a hanging scale and could not see so EE stepped up on the side of the hyster and laid hand on the boom and raised the boom and pinched fingers.
EE was bagging at the silo and a pipe wrench handle fell from above and hit EE in the head while EE was wearing hard hat.
January 17, 2018GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bearing went out on south bag house fan. North bag house was still running causing a draw on the south. Employee tried to stop it with a pipe wrench. Wrench slipped off shaft and struck employee's left arm.
2016 · 3 incidents
October 29, 2016GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee smashed finger in plunger that holds a bag in place.
July 26, 2016GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
According to employee, he was preparing to pull in bleaching agent. When opening safety transfer valve, a hose ruptured spraying chemical on employee's right side (arm/torso/leg).
June 10, 2015GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
October 25, 2014GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE cleaning out silo. When removing valve, it started to fall and EE strained back as he kept his hold on valve.
2013 · 8 incidents
November 15, 2013GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was welding a flange and twisted knee when he stood up
October 28, 2013GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS