Mining Incidents

Harrison Chester White Quarry: 182 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Hiawassee, Towns County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901046

Harrison Chester White Quarry has $60K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
182
citations
75
significant & substantial
$60,396
proposed penalties
$60,396
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
59
inspections on record
871
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: 871 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: 2019-06-10.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Harrison Chester White Quarry has $60K 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.
$60K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
179 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-03.
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.
41.9%
significant & substantial
22.9%
high negligence or reckless
42.5%
reasonably likely or greater
63.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 72.6% moderate, 21.2% high, 1.7% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2020-07-21, 6 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz71 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Fibers, >5um1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.36 1.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.53 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.46 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2019-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.34 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2007-03-15 Fibers, >5um 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.61 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.38 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Chester White Construction Company 1990 to 2020
  2. Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Atlantic Inc. 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 10
2020 8
2019 7
2018 7
2017 7
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 7
2012 7
2011 7
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 8
2006 8
2005 7
2004 7
2003 7
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Harrison Chester White Quarry sits in Towns County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Towns County, Georgia · Population 12,739
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$58,400
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
2021 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,351 1 0 186.9
2020 Q4 6,083 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,565 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,202 3 1 2495.8
2020 Q1 4,207 4 2 950.8
2019 Q4 3,865 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 4,125 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,941 5 2 1700.1
2018 Q4 3,415 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,576 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,399 1 0 294.2
2018 Q1 3,156 2 0 633.7
2017 Q4 3,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,525 6 2 1702.1
2017 Q2 3,597 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,158 14 5 4433.2
2016 Q4 3,341 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,179 3 0 943.7
2016 Q2 3,472 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,165 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,442 5 0 1452.6
2015 Q3 3,361 2 1 595.1
2015 Q2 3,434 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,923 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,985 4 4 1340.0
2014 Q3 3,456 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,458 3 2 867.6
2014 Q1 2,849 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,382 3 2 887.0
2013 Q3 3,978 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,992 4 2 1336.9
2013 Q1 3,117 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,533 5 4 1415.2
2012 Q3 3,227 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,158 4 0 1266.6
2012 Q1 3,624 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,420 4 1 1169.6
2011 Q3 3,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,180 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,840 5 3 1302.1
2010 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,120 4 2 1282.1
2010 Q1 2,820 1 0 354.6
2009 Q4 2,600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,300 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,300 10 5 3030.3
2009 Q1 4,920 2 0 406.5
2008 Q4 3,600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,600 1 0 277.8
2008 Q2 3,600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,349 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,380 10 8 2283.1
2006 Q4 4,380 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,800 9 2 1875.0
2005 Q4 4,200 1 0 238.1
2005 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,800 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,280 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,408 27 13 11212.6
2004 Q3 2,322 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,980 10 3 5050.5
2004 Q1 2,408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,527 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 347 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,603 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,880 4 0 1388.9
2002 Q3 2,702 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,880 4 4 2127.7
2002 Q1 3,990 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,046 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,968 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,376 6 1 2525.3
2001 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,360 7 3 2083.3
2000 Q1 480 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.