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Crystal Blue Quarries Inc: 175 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Edwin C Williams
Elberton, Elbert County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900994

Crystal Blue Quarries Inc has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–2001
Latest incident
Feb 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
175
citations
50
significant & substantial
$87,230
proposed penalties
$41,794
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,437 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Crystal Blue Quarry Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
92
inspections on record
1,445
inspection hours
12.1
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.
175 citations across 1,445 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crystal Blue Quarries Inc has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 14 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
172 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
Of $74K in penalties contested before the Commission, $28K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-10.
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.
28.9%
significant & substantial
9.2%
high negligence or reckless
29.5%
reasonably likely or greater
60.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 86.7% moderate, 9.2% 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.
77 citations taken to the federal commission · 44% of citations on record
  • Settled 76 · 99%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 1%
88%
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 24 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
62%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$74K proposed, $28K 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 2011-06-16.
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 2009-919M Settlement Feldman 2013 $35K → $15K
SE 2010-1158M Settlement Bulluck 2012 $18K → $2K
SE 2010-761M Settlement Bulluck 2012 $4K → $2K
SE 2011-607M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $3K → $112
SE 2008-854M Settlement Barbour 2009 $2K → $1K
SE 2009-418M Settlement Miller 2010 $2K → $2K
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: 2024-02-20
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
40
samples
27
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz309 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Show the individual readings (40)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.45 0.54 4.54 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2016-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.62 0.55 2.95 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2016-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.2 0.55 4.00 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2011-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 0.61 1.30 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2009-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.54 1.06 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.84 0.51 1.65 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.17 0.55 5.76 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.31 0.44 2.98 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.47 0.6 2.45 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2024-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Drill Helper
2018-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.84 0.36 Drill Helper
2017-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.2 0.12 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-01-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.64 0.33 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-01-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.61 0.51 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.18 0.14 Jet Piercing Chan. Operator
2014-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.9 0.18 Ground Control/Timberman
2014-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.27 0.28 Mobile Crane Operator
2014-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.92 0.32 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.62 0.56 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2011-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.59 0.41 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2011-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.57 0.68 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2011-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.34 0.19 Jet Piercing Chan. Operator
2009-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.57 0.26 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.85 0.32 Jet Piercing Chan. Operator
2009-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.96 0.38 Jet Piercing Chan. Operator
2006-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.58 0.22 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2006-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.85 0.87 0.98 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.67 0.49 Jet Piercing Chan. 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.

Crystal Blue Quarries Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ 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 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.48 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
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 7.48 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Crystal Blue Quarry Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 8
2024 8
2023 8
2022 7
2021 10
2020 9
2019 9
2018 9
2017 9
2016 8
2015 8
2014 9
2013 9
2012 9
2011 9
2010 9
2009 7
2008 10
2007 13
2006 13
2005 12
2004 15
2003 20
2002 22
2001 23
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crystal Blue Quarries Inc 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 3,196 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,973 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,579 2 0 775.5
2025 Q2 3,591 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,294 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,469 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,070 3 2 737.1
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,922 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,535 1 0 282.9
2023 Q4 3,083 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,272 2 0 611.2
2023 Q2 3,719 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,694 2 0 541.4
2022 Q4 3,215 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,628 5 0 1378.2
2022 Q2 3,375 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,096 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,121 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,594 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,923 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,029 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,044 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,003 1 0 249.8
2020 Q1 3,491 3 0 859.4
2019 Q4 3,943 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,283 2 1 467.0
2019 Q2 4,343 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,810 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,815 3 0 786.4
2018 Q3 4,347 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,418 2 0 452.7
2018 Q1 3,835 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,959 2 0 505.2
2017 Q3 4,399 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,295 4 2 931.3
2017 Q1 3,658 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,499 2 1 571.6
2016 Q3 4,706 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,668 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,704 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,901 2 2 512.7
2015 Q2 3,426 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,398 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,552 2 1 563.1
2014 Q3 3,695 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,902 2 1 408.0
2014 Q1 3,693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,855 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,643 1 1 215.4
2013 Q2 4,722 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,290 1 1 233.1
2012 Q4 4,451 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,338 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,710 4 0 1078.2
2012 Q1 3,996 4 0 1001.0
2011 Q4 4,013 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,530 5 0 1103.8
2011 Q2 4,230 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,229 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,096 1 0 244.1
2010 Q3 4,185 1 0 238.9
2010 Q2 4,465 3 0 671.9
2010 Q1 3,277 9 2 2746.4
2009 Q4 2,957 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,893 1 1 256.9
2009 Q2 3,721 7 5 1881.2
2009 Q1 2,636 4 3 1517.5
2008 Q4 3,353 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,802 5 1 1041.2
2008 Q2 3,353 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,697 39 7 10549.1
2007 Q4 4,830 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,537 15 3 3306.1
2007 Q2 5,925 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,423 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,654 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,081 3 0 735.1
2006 Q2 4,970 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,180 6 3 1886.8
2005 Q4 3,297 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,090 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,683 4 1 1086.1
2005 Q1 4,041 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,876 4 1 680.7
2004 Q3 6,397 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,010 1 1 199.6
2004 Q1 3,470 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,824 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,269 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,377 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,412 2 1 311.9
2002 Q4 6,596 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,317 1 0 136.7
2002 Q2 7,974 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,117 4 4 653.9
2001 Q4 6,684 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,114 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,976 5 3 716.7
2001 Q1 5,959 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,182 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,818 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,856 5 2 853.8
2000 Q1 6,125 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 1 incident

February 15, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Blue Quarry Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING CHANNEL OUT. SCRAPED HAND ON SHARP ROCK & CUT IT.

1995 · 1 incident

May 12, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Crystal Blue Quarry Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

MAN WAS LIGHTING BURNER AND LET IT BACKFIRE AND FLAMES BURNED HIS ABDOMINAL AREA.

1987 · 2 incidents

May 11, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crystal Blue Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

WAS STANDING ON3RUNNING BOARD OF DUMP TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOOSED-FELL OFF & HIT SHOULDER.

January 8, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Blue Quarry Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS HOOKING WIR9 TO BATTERY ON CRANE.BUMPED HEAD ON COVER AND CUT HEAD- 6 STITCES REQUIRED. .WORKED 2 1/2 H9S. AND LEFT WITHOUT NOTICE.