Mining Incidents

DIG: 13 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Z A Adams Construction Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Adrian Adams
Bainbridge, Decatur County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900982

DIG has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $551 outstanding across 0 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 2010
13
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,618
proposed penalties
$1,067
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $551 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
163
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: 163 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DIG has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $551 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$551
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-03.
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.
46.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
46.2%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2010-04-29, 16 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-04-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Washer Operator
2003-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Z A Adams Construction Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DIG 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
2012 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 137 2 1 14598.5
2011 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 28 4 2 142857.1
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 28 3 1 107142.9
2010 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 68 0 0 0.0

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.