Georgia Stone Spring Hill Quarry has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2018–2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
85
citations
34
significant & substantial
$50,095
proposed penalties
$49,192
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $903 gap.
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: 455 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2026-02-14.
On record since 2026.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Georgia Stone Spring Hill Quarry has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-14.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K 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 2018-07-08.
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: 2025-08-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-08-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-05-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2023-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Hydrating Plant Operator
2023-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2020-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2020-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2020-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-07-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2016-07-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
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.
Georgia Stone Spring Hill 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 Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.33 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
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
8.77
8.77
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
8
2025
16
2024
10
2023
10
2022
12
2021
10
2020
3
2019
2
2018
4
2017
5
2016
6
2015
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Georgia Stone Spring Hill Quarry sits in Pasco County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Pasco County, Florida · Population 588,758
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,384
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
6,471
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
6,459
6
3
928.9
2025 Q4
7,082
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
8,509
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
9,793
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
9,384
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,432
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,878
0
0
0.0
Show 37 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,790
3
0
626.3
2024 Q1
4,820
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,150
1
0
194.2
2023 Q3
4,790
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,460
3
0
672.6
2023 Q1
4,460
1
0
224.2
2022 Q4
7,050
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,720
1
0
148.8
2022 Q2
6,430
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,800
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,370
10
9
1569.9
2021 Q3
5,760
11
8
1909.7
2021 Q2
5,570
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,115
5
1
977.5
2020 Q4
3,580
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
421
8
3
19002.4
2020 Q2
365
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,820
1
1
549.5
2019 Q4
30
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
90
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
106
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
264
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
82
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
500
2
1
4000.0
2018 Q1
1,608
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,038
2
1
981.4
2017 Q3
2,319
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,982
2
0
670.7
2017 Q1
2,868
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,241
5
1
1542.7
2016 Q3
3,259
1
0
306.8
2016 Q2
3,780
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,980
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,267
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,437
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,918
2
1
1042.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2026 · 1 incident
June 30, 2026FL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was unhooking a 3 inch flat water line from the water truck, and the EE stepped back and tripped and fell to ground.
2021 · 1 incident
October 15, 2021FL · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necPOWERED HAULAGE
Lago Verde Mine, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee climbed on belt to clear a clog, EE was not tied off, and EE did not LO/TO. The plant operator started the plant while employee was still on belt. Employee grabbed the drive pully to catch themselves and the belt cut first and second finger. Second finger was repaired in surgery. The first finger was removed from fingernail down during surgery.
2018 · 1 incident
April 26, 2018FL · Metal/Non-Metalrotary bucket excavator operatorMACHINERY
Site inspection on 4/27/18 showed 3" of slightly loose soil conditions under the left track. The right track had solid ground conditions. The excavator was removed from the lake on 4/28/18. Inspection of the excavator showed the bucket to be 3/4 full of shot rock and curled almost up beneath and between the tracks. It appears the operator undermined self.