Mining Incidents

DIAMOND BLUE QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Diamond Blue Quarry · Surface
Controlled by John Dye
Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901111

DIAMOND BLUE QUARRY has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $548 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
14
significant & substantial
$3,490
proposed penalties
$1,782
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,708 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
103
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: 103 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DIAMOND BLUE QUARRY has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $548 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$548
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2002 Q3 1,029 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,260 16 9 12698.4
2002 Q1 1,034 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4 4 2 1000000.0
2001 Q3 1,124 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,430 2 1 1398.6
2001 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,184 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 944 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,240 5 2 4032.3
2000 Q1 1,291 6 0 4647.6

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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