Mining Incidents

Fountain Stone Company LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lynn Fountain
Fairmount, Pickens County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900587

Fountain Stone Company LLC has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2002
23
citations
6
significant & substantial
$16,084
proposed penalties
$4,334
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,750 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
389
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: 389 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fountain Stone Company LLC has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-03.
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
2018 Q3 913 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,579 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,384 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,561 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,442 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,494 1 0 669.3
2016 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 1,626 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,160 2 0 925.9
2016 Q1 1,629 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,911 2 1 1046.6
2015 Q3 2,274 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,742 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,077 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,336 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,386 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,397 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,355 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,000 1 0 1000.0
2012 Q4 962 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,446 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,222 1 0 818.3
2012 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 794 1 0 1259.4
2011 Q3 1,610 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,776 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 887 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,905 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,069 1 0 483.3
2010 Q1 681 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 824 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,224 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 802 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,043 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,800 2 0 1111.1
2007 Q2 2,236 7 2 3130.6
2007 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,440 1 1 694.4
2005 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,930 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,480 1 0 403.2
2003 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 40 3 2 75000.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 160 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.

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