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Clariant Corporation Georgia Mines: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Clariant AG
Attapulgus, Decatur County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901068

Clariant Corporation Georgia Mines has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $706 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
43
citations
12
significant & substantial
$20,663
proposed penalties
$19,823
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $840 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Clariant Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
683
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: 683 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Clariant Corporation Georgia Mines has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $706 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$706
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $535 in penalties contested before the Commission, $401 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-11.
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.
27.9%
significant & substantial
32.6%
high negligence or reckless
27.9%
reasonably likely or greater
34.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.3% low, 58.1% moderate, 32.6% 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 · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
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%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$535 proposed, $401 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 2024-10-30.
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 2025-0010 Settlement McCarthy 2025 $535 → $401
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: 2017-02-23, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2017-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 2.39 0.14 Bulldozer Operator
2011-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2004-01-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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.

Clariant Corporation Georgia Mines recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ 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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.97 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 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. Floridin Company 1992 to 1997
  2. BASF Catalysts LLC Quincy Operations 1997 to 2011
  3. BASF Corporation Quincy Operations 2011 to 2022
  4. Clariant Corporation 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 4
2007 5
2006 9
2005 8
2004 9
2003 10
2002 10
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Clariant Corporation Georgia Mines sits in Decatur County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Decatur County, Georgia · Population 29,118
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,485
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 704 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 704 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 720 8 0 11111.1
2024 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 640 1 1 1562.5
2016 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 960 1 0 1041.7
2014 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,024 1 0 976.6
2012 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,048 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,048 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,575 1 1 634.9
2010 Q4 1,399 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 810 1 0 1234.6
2010 Q1 810 2 0 2469.1
2009 Q4 643 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,469 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,657 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,875 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,355 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,631 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,663 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,207 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,328 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,095 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,343 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,647 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,815 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,914 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,886 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,742 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,597 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,989 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,950 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,725 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,294 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,637 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,162 1 0 193.7
2003 Q2 6,377 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,740 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,309 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,415 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,990 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,306 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,032 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,152 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,991 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,593 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,032 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,406 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,032 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,143 1 0 466.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

April 30, 2015 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
BASF Corporation Quincy Operations · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Incident occurred with an employee operating machinery in the mine. He felt ill, got off the machine. The foreman immediately began questioning the opr and discovered he had forgotten to take his meds. Paramedics were called and found blood pressure high. They recommended air flight which transported to hospital. He was treated and released after controlling the personal concern.

2008 · 1 incident

August 20, 2008 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BASF Catalysts LLC Quincy Operations · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking down a slipped concrete surface to pick up a safe work permit that the wind had blown down. He slipped in some mud on the concrete surface. He turned to catch himself, his hard hat fell off and he fell on the hard hat liner and cut his forehead above his left eye and 1" long. 5 stitches.

2003 · 1 incident

September 25, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
BASF Catalysts LLC Quincy Operations · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC PUTTING TEETH IN BUCKET OF BACKHOE, HITTING PINS WITH HAMMER AND METAL SHATTERED WITH A SLIVER HITTING HIM IN THE FRONT MID NECK AREA. STITCHES REQUIRED.