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Lithonia Quarry: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

APAC Mid-South Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Atlanta, De Kalb County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901169

Lithonia Quarry has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$20,952
proposed penalties
$16,721
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,231 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See APAC Mid-South Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
8
inspections on record
149
inspection hours
n/a
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: 149 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lithonia Quarry has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-11-10.
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.
23.7%
significant & substantial
42.1%
high negligence or reckless
23.7%
reasonably likely or greater
68.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.4% low, 39.5% moderate, 42.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
27 citations taken to the federal commission · 71% of citations on record
  • Settled 14 · 52%
  • Stood as issued 11 · 41%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 7%
80%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $15K 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 2009-12-29.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2008-396M Settlement Barbour 2011 $8K → $5K
SE 2008-399M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $6K → $6K
SE 2008-236M Dismissal Bulluck 2011 $3K → $2K
SE 2008-227M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $2K → $2K
SE 2008-237M Dismissal Bulluck 2011 $300 → $300
SE 2008-556M Settlement Barbour 2009 $207 → $186
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2009-11-10, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2009-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.53 0.55 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.24 0.54 Backhoe Operator
2007-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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.
Ownership history
  1. APAC Mid-South Inc 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 5
2006 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lithonia Quarry sits in DeKalb 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.
DeKalb County, Georgia · Population 762,105
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,683
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
2010 Q4 836 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 994 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,035 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 957 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,213 3 0 2473.2
2009 Q3 1,555 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 927 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 986 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 988 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,932 1 0 517.6
2007 Q4 3,013 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,323 8 3 2407.5
2007 Q2 4,183 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,722 1 0 268.7
2006 Q4 3,013 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 956 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.