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.
28 citations across 1,127 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
ELLIJAY QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $217 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-29.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$217 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-09-23.
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: 2026-03-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (22)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2026-03-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.77
0.16
Drill Operator, Rotary
2024-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Building Repair/Maint.
2017-01-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2010-07-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.55
Mechanic
2010-07-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.45
0.96
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2004-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.38
0.10
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.36
0.69
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
ELLIJAY QUARRY recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
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.
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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
4.49
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
5.71
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
18
2025
18
2024
18
2023
20
2022
21
2021
18
2020
18
2019
16
2018
16
2017
14
2016
14
2015
14
2014
13
2013
15
2012
16
2011
15
2010
18
2009
17
2008
18
2007
19
2006
19
2005
20
2004
19
2003
18
2002
19
2001
22
2000
21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ELLIJAY QUARRY sits in Gilmer 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.
Gilmer County, Georgia · Population 31,976
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,542
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
10,736
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
9,714
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
9,774
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
10,265
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
9,381
1
0
106.6
2025 Q1
10,008
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,260
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
9,813
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,149
1
0
98.5
2024 Q1
10,258
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
11,146
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
12,310
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
11,705
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
11,875
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,800
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
12,545
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,741
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
10,443
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
10,286
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
11,164
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
10,412
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
10,048
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,685
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
9,320
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
8,039
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
8,969
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,693
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
9,451
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,158
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,200
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
7,681
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,436
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
8,788
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
8,296
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
8,248
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,473
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
9,059
2
0
220.8
2017 Q1
7,580
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,619
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,162
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
9,190
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
7,505
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,692
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,613
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
8,908
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
7,042
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,025
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,187
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
8,446
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,833
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
7,607
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
7,396
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,006
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,926
1
0
168.7
2012 Q4
7,012
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,447
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,630
1
0
131.1
2012 Q1
7,316
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,708
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
7,626
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,772
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
6,812
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,237
1
0
160.3
2010 Q3
9,110
1
1
109.8
2010 Q2
7,385
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
7,782
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,616
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,071
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
8,316
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,853
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,926
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,016
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,468
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
9,352
1
0
106.9
2007 Q4
10,056
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
11,876
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
12,166
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
11,865
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
11,070
3
1
271.0
2006 Q3
12,794
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,552
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
11,788
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
11,654
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
11,230
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
10,798
1
0
92.6
2005 Q1
12,284
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
11,562
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
12,360
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
10,995
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
12,026
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
9,808
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
12,579
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
11,356
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
11,835
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
11,523
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
11,536
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
11,716
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
12,057
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
13,147
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
15,980
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
15,741
2
1
127.1
2001 Q1
14,402
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
14,583
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
13,382
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
13,895
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
15,995
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2022 · 1 incident
October 20, 2022GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using a chisel and hammer to remove wear plates on a loader bucket. The chisel dislodged striking employee in the lip causing laceration to the lip.
2020 · 1 incident
December 31, 2020GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A 3/4 RATCHET WRENCH. THE DIRECTION INDICATOR WAS NOT ALL THE WAY IN THE TIGHTENING DIRECTION. THE WRENCH SKIPPED A TOOTH AND THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK. **DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL JULY. NO PRESCRIPTIONS OR PHYSICAL THERAPY WERE GIVEN UNTIL LATER AT WHICH TIME IT BACAME REPORTABLE.
2002 · 2 incidents
May 30, 2002GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A DRILL BIT ENTERED THE CRUSHING CAVITY OF A SYMONS CRUSHER AND LOCKED THE CRUSHER DOWN. WE USED10'BURNING BARS TO BURN THE BIT OUT. AFTER WE FINISHED BURNING THE EE BEGAN REMOVING THE SMALL PIECES OF THE DRILL BIT THAT WAS LEFT. HE HAD THICK WELDING GLOVES AND WAS THROWING HANDFULLS ATA TIME OUT AS HE WAS THROWING THE TOP OF HIS LT.HAND STRUCK THE CHUTE ABOVE CUTTING HIS LT. HAND
EMPLOYEE WENT TO PIT WELD ON HYD HAMMER ON EX 400 TRACKMACHING. HE WENT TO THE OPERATOR AND ASKED HIM TO MOVE MACHINE AWAY FROM WORK AREA. THE EMPLOYEE WALKED BACK TO THE WELDING TRUCK WHICH W AS 50FT AWAY. WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED TO WALK THE MACHING A SLIVER OF METAL SHOT FROM THE TRACK AREA AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY AT HOSPITAL.
May 30, 2001GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE WAS WEARING CUTTING GLASSES WHICH LEFT OPEN AREAS FOR FOREIGN MATERIALS TO GET BEHIND THEM. THE EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH CUTTING A SHANK OFF OF A BUCKET. THE SLAG POPPED AND A SMALL PIE CVE OF SLAG GOT BEHIND HIS CUTTING GLASSES AND GOT TO HIS EYE. WE TOOK THE EE TO THE ER AND THE DR. REMOVED IT AND SENT HIM BACK TO WORK.
EE WAS DIGGING LEFT CENTER OF SHOT IN FLOOR. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BOULDER ABOUT 4' UP INTO THE SHOT. WHEN IT MOVED, A SMALL ROCK CAME FROM BEHIND IT AND WENT THRU THE WINDSHIELD. AS THE ROCK CAME THRU HE PUT HIS HANDS UP AND DIRECTED IT TOWARDS THE FLOOR OF THE LOADER. THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON HIS SHINS AND CUT HIS RIGHT SHIN. IT TOOK 9 STITCHES TO SEW IT UP.
1999 · 1 incident
September 27, 1999GA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3TUNNEL WORKING,A ROCK GOT HUNG ON BELT OF CRUSHER AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT,MORE ROCKS FELL OFF BELT AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.
1984 · 1 incident
January 28, 1984GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON