Mining Incidents

GMA Garnet (USA) Corp Metal/Non-Metal

GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Facility
Controlled by GMA Garnet Group
Coos Bay, Coos County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503896

GMA Garnet (USA) Corp has $6K 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
3
Years on record
2020–2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
45
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,446
proposed penalties
$6,446
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
16
inspections on record
361
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: 361 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GMA Garnet (USA) Corp has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
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 Q4 8,068 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,052 2 0 220.9
2025 Q1 7,233 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,500 3 2 352.9
2024 Q3 8,044 3 0 372.9
2024 Q2 9,432 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,530 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 10,545 2 0 189.7
2023 Q3 8,044 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,218 4 3 486.7
2023 Q1 11,083 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,210 4 1 391.8
2022 Q3 12,874 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 13,302 2 0 150.4
2022 Q1 8,664 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,200 1 0 138.9
2021 Q3 7,200 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,975 4 0 501.6
2021 Q1 7,975 3 0 376.2
2020 Q4 8,520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,240 4 1 641.0
2020 Q1 9,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,200 4 0 555.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2021 · 1 incident

January 6, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was walking on the sump floor grading and it started to bend under EE. EE stepped off but EE's right foot was stuck and EE twisted EE's ankle.

2020 · 2 incidents

February 14, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee of contractor was selecting a piece of steel from the scrap year when EE tripped over an I beam and fell, breaking left wrist.

February 7, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
GMA Garnet (USA) Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was using a box cutter to open paper bags instead of the provided Safe T cutters. Someone called out to EE while using EE's knife and it slipped, cutting a small portion of skin of the top side of EE's left index finger. First aid was provided and the employee returned to work on EE's request.

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