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.
184 citations across 1,224 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
IVEY SAND PLANT has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$75K
proposed penalties
$67K
current assessed
$67K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
180 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
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.
23citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Settled
23 · 100%
94%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 17 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
45%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $9K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2018-06-20.
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.
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: 2026-08-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2018-01-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Backhoe Operator
2018-01-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
10
0.04
Mechanic
2015-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2015-04-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-04-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2009-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2003-05-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Front-end Loader 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.
IVEY SAND PLANT recorded 7.18 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.
7.18
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
7.18
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
6.23
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
7.28
7.28
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
15
2025
13
2024
13
2023
15
2022
15
2021
14
2020
12
2019
12
2018
10
2017
8
2016
6
2015
6
2014
5
2013
4
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
6
2007
6
2006
6
2005
7
2004
7
2003
7
2002
8
2001
8
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
IVEY SAND PLANT sits in Baldwin County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Baldwin County, Georgia · Population 43,669
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$55,413
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
Employees were cleaning out the creek drainpipe. While attempting to remove a tree, part of the tree or a mud pile swung and hit the employee on the left side by EE's ear.
At the end of the shift, employee locked the scale house up to leave for the day, a cat ran under employee's foot and tripped them up and they fell down the scale house stairs.
2020 · 1 incident
July 21, 2020GA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
Shortly after starting shift, employee called the scale house operator complaining about chest pains. Scale house operator called 911 and MSHA. Employee was diagnosed with costochondritis, basically sore ribs - usually from stress.
Operator benching in pit and high wall slipped and trapped operator in the cab of the excavator for approximately 10-15 minutes. Operator was alert the whole time and once dug out walked away from the scene. There were visible cuts on the operator. Operator was taken to the hospital for an examination and observation.
2016 · 1 incident
January 4, 2016GA · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanMACHINERY
Employee climbed on excavator and operated it for approx 3 hrs & when EE climbed off EE felt pain in lower center to right of back. EE thought it was just stiff from operation of excavator but has gotten worse over the last 3 days.
2007 · 1 incident
September 11, 2007GA · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS INSTALLING ROLLER BEARING ON CONVEYER WHEN THE BEARING SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO HIT METAL PART OF CONVEYER.
1991 · 1 incident
October 3, 1991GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
M & W Sand · Contact with hot objects or substances
BEARING IN FAN BLADE WENT BAD CAUSING FAN BELTS TO COME OFF. WHEN EE TURNED ENGINE OFF ON THE POWER UNTI THE RADIATOR HOSE BLEW APART AT THE COUPLING SPRAYING HIS RIGHT SIDE WITH HOTWATER.
1987 · 1 incident
February 27, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A BEARING WAS B9ING REMOVED FROM A SHAFT USING A HAMMER AND A CHISEL. A PIECE OF THE CHISEL SPLINTERED OFF AND HIT THE EMPLOYEES EYE. WE DO NOT EXPECT PERMANENT DAMAGE.
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