Mining Incidents

Harbin: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Rome, Floyd County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900117

Harbin has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,192
proposed penalties
$2,092
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
245
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: 245 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Harbin has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-06.
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.
17.4%
significant & substantial
21.7%
high negligence or reckless
17.4%
reasonably likely or greater
39.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.7% low, 69.6% moderate, 21.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2007-07-20.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2007-337M Dismissal Bulluck 2008 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2007-05-09, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.57 0.18 Road Grader Operator
2007-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.52 0.27 Scraper Operator
2004-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer 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.
Ownership history
  1. Chattahoochee Brick Company Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. D M S Construction Company Inc 1979 to 1994
  3. Chattahoochee Brick Company Inc 1994 to 2002
  4. General Shale Brick, Inc 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Harbin sits in Floyd County, Georgia, 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.
Floyd County, Georgia · Population 98,985
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$62,540
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
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 304 1 0 3289.5
2009 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 600 1 0 1666.7
2009 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 556 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 20 1 0 50000.0
2007 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 130 1 0 7692.3
2005 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 463 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 253 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,043 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 938 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,510 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 740 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,495 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,196 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 360 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.