What are Hiawassee Quarry's MSHA penalties?

Hiawassee Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $2K currently outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

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Hiawassee Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Western Materials LLC 828-479-3581 · Surface

Controlled by Randy Jordan; Chester Patterson

Hiawassee, Towns County, GA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0900923

Hiawassee Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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: 1997–2002
Latest incident: Sep 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

119

citations

significant & substantial

$18,372

proposed penalties

$15,946

paid to date

87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,426 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

760

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 760 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$18K

proposed penalties

$18K

current assessed

$16K

paid to date

$2K

outstanding

117 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-12.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2019 Q4	1,233	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	4,259	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	3,266	11	5	3368.0
2019 Q1	5,182	10	3	1929.8
2018 Q4	4,916	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	4,160	1	0	240.4
2018 Q2	4,220	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	4,266	1	0	234.4

Show 66 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4	3,455	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	3,806	5	2	1313.7
2017 Q2	3,692	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	3,645	4	0	1097.4
2016 Q4	3,317	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	3,381	3	1	887.3
2016 Q2	3,984	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	4,124	2	0	485.0
2015 Q4	3,115	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	3,934	1	0	254.2
2015 Q2	3,484	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	3,511	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	3,101	3	2	967.4
2014 Q3	2,601	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	82	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	36	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	42	3	1	71428.6
2013 Q3	40	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	62	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	68	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	84	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	126	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	112	3	0	26785.7
2012 Q1	262	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	624	4	2	6410.3
2011 Q3	358	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	310	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	608	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	613	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	1,503	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	1,698	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	996	1	0	1004.0
2009 Q4	1,299	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,850	5	1	2702.7
2009 Q2	1,257	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	1,088	5	0	4595.6
2007 Q2	3,114	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	3,114	4	1	1284.5
2006 Q4	3,273	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	4,213	10	2	2373.6
2006 Q2	2,719	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	1,355	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	0	0	0
2005 Q3	2,203	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	2,243	5	1	2229.2
2005 Q1	1,792	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	2,152	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	1,732	1	0	577.4
2004 Q2	2,286	6	1	2624.7
2004 Q1	2,156	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	0	0	0
2003 Q3	0	0	0
2003 Q2	0	0	0
2003 Q1	1,289	3	0	2327.4
2002 Q4	2,965	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	3,154	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	3,217	7	2	2175.9
2002 Q1	3,559	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	3,703	3	0	810.2
2001 Q3	3,688	5	4	1355.7
2001 Q2	3,752	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	3,495	3	0	858.4
2000 Q4	3,482	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	4,036	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	3,528	6	1	1700.7
2000 Q1	3,602	1	1	277.6

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

September 27, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Long Mountain Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE WERE CLEANING UNDER A CONVEYOR. THE SHOVEL HIT A STONE AND MY LEFT KNEE TWISTED.

1999 · 1 incident

April 21, 1999 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Long Mountain Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTED BY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE A GUARD OUT OF A PIECE OF OLD SAND SCREEN AND HE INFORMED MANAGEMENT THAT HE HURT HIS BACK PICKING UP THE SCREEN.

1997 · 1 incident

September 15, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Long Mountain Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF CONE IN CRUSHER--EE WALKED BEHIND COWORKER JUST AS HE WAS FIXING TO THROW A ROCK OUT. THE ROCK STRUCK EE IN THE FACE BETWEEN HIS EYES--REQUIRED 4-5 STITCHES.

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