Mining Incidents

Filler Products Grinding Plant S: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Carmeuse Holding SA
Chatsworth, Murray County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901054

Filler Products Grinding Plant S has $849 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1991–1996
Latest incident
Aug 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$849
proposed penalties
$849
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
125
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: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Filler Products Grinding Plant S has $849 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$849
proposed penalties
$849
current assessed
$849
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-04.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
63.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 90.9% 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: 2004-08-05, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-08-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.43 10 0.14 Bagging Operator
2004-08-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.67 10 0.07 Forklift Operator
2003-02-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.54 10 0.25 Bagging Operator
2003-02-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.36 3.24 0.42 Bagging 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.

Filler Products Grinding Plant S recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
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 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.29 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
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 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. Filler Products Inc 1990 to 1998
  2. O-N Minerals (Filler Products) Company 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 0
2004 4
2003 6
2002 13
2001 22
2000 28
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Filler Products Grinding Plant S sits in Murray 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.
Murray County, Georgia · Population 40,282
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$67,880
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
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 2,394 1 0 417.7
2004 Q2 2,546 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,572 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,442 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,334 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 2,439 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,349 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,968 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,786 3 0 1076.8
2002 Q2 6,658 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,897 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,152 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,414 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10,743 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,963 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,984 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,206 7 1 685.9
2000 Q1 10,089 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1996 · 1 incident

August 2, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HOOD OVER ON TRUCK, CLAIMED HE INJURED BACK OR PULLED MUSCLE.

1995 · 1 incident

March 30, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR & METAL BRACE WHILE TRYING TO GET ROCK LOOSE IN ROCK BINHAD LACERATIONS TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

1994 · 1 incident

June 22, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE DROPPED OIL COOLER ON RIGHT HAND WHILE REMOVING FROM AIR COMPRESSOR.

1993 · 2 incidents

June 11, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Filler Products Inc · Fall from ladders

DRIVER SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP ON FUEL TANK.

April 19, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING DIRT OUT OF SIDE OF AIRLOCK WAS REMOVING CLOD FROM AIRLOCK AND GOT FINGER IN TO FAR.

1992 · 1 incident

July 27, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Filler Products Inc · Fall from machine

31970STRAP WAS HUNG ON TRAILER, DRIVER CLIMBED ONTO TRAILER HOLDING ONTO STRAP. STRAP CAME LOOSE DRIVER FELL.

1991 · 3 incidents

October 24, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Filler Products Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER STARTED TO GET IN TRUCK FOOT SLIPPED OFF TOP STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL & LAND ON BACK IN PARKING LOT/

August 12, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Filler Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK WAS STUCK IN DUMP PIT. EE WAS TRYING TO PRY ROCK LOOSE AND STRAINED BACK.

January 16, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Filler Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FLEW UP UNDER EYE PROTECTION AND BRUISED RIGHT EYE.