Little River Metal/Non-Metal
Blankinship Sand Co LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Milton O Blankenship
Woodstock,
Cherokee County,
GA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901252
Little River has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
25
citations
9
significant & substantial
$12,270
proposed penalties
$12,119
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
20
inspections on record
182
inspection hours
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: 182 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Little River has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 3,524 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 960 | 3 | 2 | 3125.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 510 | 3 | 1 | 5882.4 |
| 2019 Q4 | 858 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,345 | 18 | 6 | 13382.9 |
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.
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