Mining Incidents

Georgia Blue Stone Metal/Non-Metal

Elberton, Elbert County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900996

Georgia Blue Stone has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 6 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
82
citations
27
significant & substantial
$30,611
proposed penalties
$16,591
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,020 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
595
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: 595 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Georgia Blue Stone has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 6 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-09.
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
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 160 6 2 37500.0
2024 Q2 963 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 1,140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 940 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,014 3 2 2958.6
2013 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,012 1 0 988.1
2013 Q1 890 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,104 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 983 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,013 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,060 2 0 1886.8
2011 Q1 1,008 9 3 8928.6
2010 Q4 1,140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 985 1 1 1015.2
2010 Q1 1,008 4 1 3968.3
2009 Q4 966 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,210 5 1 4132.2
2009 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 810 3 1 3703.7
2008 Q4 890 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 970 4 0 4123.7
2008 Q2 1,312 1 1 762.2
2008 Q1 1,211 7 4 5780.3
2007 Q4 1,210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,302 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,317 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,299 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,320 4 2 3030.3
2006 Q2 1,410 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,370 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,395 6 2 4301.1
2005 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,376 5 0 3633.7
2005 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,410 1 0 709.2
2004 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,294 2 0 1545.6
2004 Q1 1,330 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,312 3 2 2286.6
2003 Q2 1,295 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,290 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,250 2 1 1600.0
2002 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,870 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,996 7 3 3507.0
2001 Q2 2,019 2 1 990.6
2001 Q1 1,911 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,907 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,995 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,826 4 0 2190.6

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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