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: 831 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Highpoint Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 50%
Stood as issued
1 · 25%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
61%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$492 proposed, $190 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2007-05-07.
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: 2026-02-19
22%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
34
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz122 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg22
Show the individual readings (34)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
0.57
1.42
Utility Man
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
0.43
1.67
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2026-02-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Utility Man
2026-02-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2026-02-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2026-02-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Overhead Crane Operator
2025-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2025-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2025-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Overhead Crane Operator
2023-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Overhead Crane Operator
2023-11-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
1.89
0.31
Utility Man
2023-11-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.69
0.22
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-07-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-07-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-07-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mobile Crane Operator
2022-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mobile Crane Operator
2022-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Utility Man
2021-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
0.55
0.89
Utility Man
2021-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mobile Crane Operator
2021-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.6
0.47
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.54
0.87
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jackhammer Operator
2004-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mobile Crane Operator
2004-05-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.69
0.19
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.44
0.75
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jet Piercing Chan. Operator
2003-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2002-09-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Skip Dumper, Toploader, Tipple Operator
2002-09-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.
Highpoint 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 Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.20 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
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
16.27
8.14
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
13
2025
14
2024
15
2023
14
2022
12
2021
9
2020
7
2019
7
2018
7
2017
5
2016
5
2015
5
2010
7
2009
7
2008
8
2007
8
2006
11
2005
11
2004
10
2003
10
2002
11
2001
12
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Highpoint Quarry sits in Elbert County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Elbert County, Georgia · Population 19,725
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$49,727
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
6,547
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,695
2
0
351.2
2025 Q4
7,374
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
6,840
2
0
292.4
2025 Q2
6,442
2
1
310.5
2025 Q1
6,491
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
8,582
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,351
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,394
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,113
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
8,385
1
0
119.3
2023 Q3
6,543
1
0
152.8
2023 Q2
6,647
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
6,962
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,871
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,424
10
5
1556.7
2022 Q2
6,620
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,667
1
0
176.5
2021 Q4
4,789
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,816
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,611
2
0
433.7
2021 Q1
4,272
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,394
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,400
1
0
294.1
2020 Q2
3,789
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,103
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,919
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,304
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,537
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,806
2
0
525.5
2018 Q4
3,500
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,978
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
4,222
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,988
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,296
1
0
435.5
2017 Q3
2,766
1
0
361.5
2017 Q2
2,377
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,742
1
0
364.7
2016 Q4
1,805
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,498
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,382
1
0
419.8
2016 Q1
2,466
2
1
811.0
2015 Q4
2,113
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,341
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,375
2
0
842.1
2010 Q1
2,265
1
1
441.5
2009 Q4
2,426
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,988
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,036
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,818
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,787
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,509
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,016
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,409
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,474
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,600
1
0
277.8
2007 Q2
3,908
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,125
1
0
242.4
2006 Q4
4,268
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,911
2
0
407.2
2006 Q2
5,234
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,215
2
0
383.5
2005 Q4
4,703
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,051
2
0
396.0
2005 Q2
5,304
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,876
2
0
410.2
2004 Q4
4,533
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,648
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,375
2
1
372.1
2004 Q1
4,358
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,535
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,934
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,624
6
0
1297.6
2003 Q1
4,376
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,259
3
0
704.4
2002 Q3
5,117
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,259
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,876
4
1
820.3
2001 Q4
5,033
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,431
3
1
552.4
2001 Q2
5,106
6
0
1175.1
2001 Q1
4,364
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,694
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,470
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,736
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,412
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2024 · 1 incident
February 19, 2024GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
Star Granite Co. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee body discovered at approx. 7:30AM. Employee had not clocked in. Death due to suicide - see attached coroners and sheriff deputy report.
2022 · 2 incidents
June 21, 2022GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was standing on scaffold which was on the ground. The cable on the crane caught the corner of the DTH drill when the scaffold was being raised. When the 4 way cables were being raised this is when the DTH drill rolled over onto employees right leg. Employee had a bruised leg from accident.
Employee was leaning on a piece of steel, when the steel broke the jack hammer fell about two feet and landed on employee's right foot. Employee went to Elbert Industrial Medicine for treatment. Injury resulted in the foot being very bruised and swollen. Employee is on light duty work at the quarry until foot is healed.
I.NAME WAS LOOKING AWAY FROM HIS WORK. HE DIDNT CLOSE UP THE SQUEEZE TO PREVENT SLABS FROM FALLING A SAW BACK SLAB APPROX 3-0 LONG 2-0 HIGH 2" TO 3" THICK FELL, I.NAME LOOKING AWAY WAS YELLED AT BY I.NAME, I.NAME WHILE TURNING TO MOVE AWAY - FELL - THE SLAB PIECE FELL ON HIS ANKLE. CRACKING A BONE IN HIS ANKLE