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: 316 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lambert Pit #10 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-10.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-01-23.
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: 2010-11-23, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-11-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.13
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
1
2011
3
2010
3
2009
3
2008
3
2007
3
2006
2
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
3
2001
2
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lambert Pit #10 sits in Newton County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Newton County, Georgia · Population 115,530
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,732
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
2012 Q4
927
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
530
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
525
2
1
3809.5
2012 Q1
494
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,502
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,588
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,867
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,686
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4
1,745
1
1
573.1
2010 Q3
1,925
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,818
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,714
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,784
1
0
560.5
2009 Q3
1,783
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,796
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,408
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
604
1
0
1655.6
2008 Q3
1,898
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,051
3
0
1462.7
2008 Q1
1,338
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,071
15
2
7242.9
2007 Q3
1,644
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,121
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,797
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,563
5
2
3199.0
2006 Q3
1,632
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,403
1
0
712.8
2006 Q1
1,326
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,359
1
0
735.8
2005 Q3
1,301
2
1
1537.3
2005 Q2
1,414
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,372
4
1
2915.5
2004 Q4
1,453
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,487
1
0
672.5
2004 Q2
1,393
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,039
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,530
1
1
653.6
2003 Q3
1,437
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,348
1
0
741.8
2003 Q1
1,370
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,507
1
0
663.6
2002 Q3
1,557
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,215
1
0
451.5
2002 Q1
1,562
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,798
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,386
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
860
1
1
1162.8
2001 Q1
797
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
698
1
0
1432.7
2000 Q3
868
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
910
2
0
2197.8
2000 Q1
837
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
26 on file
1996 · 3 incidents
December 6, 1996GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND A PARKED LOADER CAME TO CLOSE AND BUMPED HIS KNEE. HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS HURT AND WENT ON HOME. OVER THE WEEKEND, THE KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN ON MONDAY EE TOOK EE T O NEWTON CO HOSPITAL TO HAVE HIM CHECKED OUT. IT WAS A MINOR INJURY, THEY GAVE HIM A KNEE BRACK TO WEAR AND SAID HE COULD RETURN TO WORK.
EE WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO AN 8" PLASTIC PIPELINE WHILE IT WAS BEING MOVED. PIPE SLID DOWN LOWER FRONT OF LEG AND MADE A SMALL SCRAPE ON SHIN. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AS A PERCAUTION. HE WA S X RAYED, GIVEN ADVIL, AND RELEASED.
1995 · 1 incident
June 8, 1995GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING OUT CLASSIFIER WITH A 2" HOSE AND WHEN HE WAS MOVING HE TRIED TO WEDGE HOSE IN WALKWAY TO MOVE TO ANOTHER SPOT. THE HOSE WAS NOT SECURE AND CAME BACK UNDER PRESSURE AND ST RUCK VICTIM WITH CONE NOZZLE ON END OF HOSE.
March 29, 1993GA · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS USING PHOSPHORIC ACID AND HYDROFLUORIC ACID TO WASH HIS TANDEM PUMP.HE GOT SOME OF THE ACID ON HIS HANDS.HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAT NIGHT.IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME IF HE FOLLOWED THE POSTED INSTRUCTIONS IN CASE OF SKIN CONTACT.
1989 · 5 incidents
October 18, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handPOWERED HAULAGE
I NAME WAS CLEANING THE NED OF A PIPE ANOTHER PIPE WAS BEING PULLED WITH A LOADER WHILE IN A BEND AS THE PIPE WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE THE TAIL END SWANG TOWARD I NAME STRIKING HIM ON THE TOP AND SIDE OF HIS FOOT
September 6, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS CLIMBING UP THE BANK LEAVING THE RIVER AND HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN A TREE ROOT. HE FELL TWISTING HIS ANKLE AND KNEE AND HUNG UPSIDE DOWN MOMENTARILY UNTIL THE ROOT BROKE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, HURTING HIS SHOULDER.
August 17, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I.NAME ON LADDER PUTTING WATER IN RADIATOR AT TOP OF BOOSTER PUMP.LADDER SLID SIDEWAYS FROM UNDER HIM.HE FELL TO GROUND.COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN KNEE,ARM & CHEST FROM IMPACT WITH GROUND.
June 21, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handPOWERED HAULAGE
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THE SOUTH RIVER WAS AT FLOOD STAGE.WE HAD TO CHECK THE CONDITION OF THE BOOSTER PUMP.SINCE ALL ROADS TO THE BOOSTER WERE FLOODED,THE ON LY WAY TO THE EQUIPMENT WAS BY WATER.WE DECIDED TO USE AN AIR BOAT TO REACH THE BOOSTER.TO GET TO THE BOOSTER WE HAD TO PASS BY THE DREDGE.TO GET PAST THE DREDGE WE HAD TO LET THE WRENCH CABL
1988 · 6 incidents
November 9, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalweighman, scale personOTHER
SEE LETTER ATTCHD:I.NAME INJURED FROM INHALATION OF MERCURY -UNAUTHORIZED BURNING. I.NAME ALONE IN SCALE HOUSE.HAD GONE TO ABANODONED PLANT SITE,COLLECTED POND SEDIMENT,TOOK IT TO SCALE HOUSE AND TRIED TO "COOK OUT" ANY GOLD WITH MERCURY...INJ NOT RELATED TO JOB DESC.NO ONE ELSE WAS AWARE OF HIS ACTIVITIES BEFORE OR DURING INCIDENT. HOSPITALIZED-HIGH FEVER,DIFFICULTY BREATHING.BEI
October 13, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEARING SOME TREE THAT HAD BEEN DISCEASED WHEN A SWARM OF YELLOW JACKET BEE ATTACKED HIM RESULTING IN A NUMBER OF BEE STINGS
May 14, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER