KAOLIN MINE
Metal/Non-Metal
Richmond County,
GA
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901071
KAOLIN MINE has $110 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 1993–1997
- Latest incident
- Oct 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 9 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KAOLIN MINE has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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.
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 |
| 2000 Q3 |
8,386 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
7,802 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
9,627 |
2 |
0 |
207.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
1997 · 1 incident
October 17, 1997
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Albion Kaolin Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PUMP. HE HAD PLACED CHAIN AROUND THE PUMP AND WAS LOOPING THE CHAIN AROUND BUCKET TEETH OF THE BACKHOE BACKHOE OEPRATOR LIFTED PUMP TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
1995 · 1 incident
May 22, 1995
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Albion Kaolin Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF A TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HEEL.
1994 · 2 incidents
May 10, 1994
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Albion Kaolin Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO A PORTABLE SHREDDER HE LEANED FROM TO LIFT A TAKE UP BEARING & FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK & DOWN HIS LEG
March 25, 1994
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Albion Kaolin Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON BLIND SIDE OF 14 DJB TO INSTALL BOLTS TO SECURE SHIELD TO DUMP BODY. SHIELDS COME LOOSE AND SWUNG DOWN HITTING THE EE ON BACK OF HEAD.
1993 · 1 incident
May 17, 1993
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Albion Kaolin Company · Struck against a moving object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING 102E PIT IN 988B CAT LOADER. CROSSED ROUGH SPOT IN HAUL ROAD THAT STARTED MACHINE ROCKING BACK & FORTH. BUCKET FELL FORWARD AND "STUCK" IN THE HAUL ROAD, BRINGING MACH INE TO AN ABRUPT HALT.
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