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McIntyre Plant: 115 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by J Lee Powell
McIntyre, Wilkinson County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901218

McIntyre Plant has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2019
Latest incident
Nov 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
115
citations
38
significant & substantial
$77,594
proposed penalties
$70,918
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,676 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Old Hickory Clay Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
42
inspections on record
670
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: 670 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

McIntyre Plant has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$71K
current assessed
$71K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $49K in penalties contested before the Commission, $43K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-17.
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.
33.0%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
33.0%
reasonably likely or greater
51.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.6% low, 93.9% moderate, 3.5% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$49K proposed, $43K 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 2014-09-30.
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 2014-0497 Settlement McCarthy 2015 $25K → $18K
SE 2014-0512 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $19K → $19K
SE 2014-0282 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $6K → $5K
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: 2026-08-20
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz82 over
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-08-29 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 32.06 10 3.21 Forklift Operator
2023-08-29 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 18.11 10 1.81 Bagging Operator
2026-08-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 5.79 10 0.58 Utility Man
2026-08-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.87 10 0.19 Bagging Operator
2026-08-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 3.94 10 0.39 Bagging Operator
2026-08-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.85 10 0.09 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-10-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.2 10 0.22 Forklift Operator
2023-10-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.33 10 0.43 Bagging Operator
2023-08-29 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.29 10 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Hammer Mill Operator
2021-07-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2018-11-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2018-11-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.92 Bagging Operator
2018-11-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.72 Bagging Operator
2018-02-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.78 10 0.18 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-02-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.25 10 0.13 Bagging Operator
2018-02-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 3.03 10 0.30 Bagging Operator
2017-03-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.29 10 0.23 Bagging Operator
2015-08-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Hammer Mill Operator
2015-08-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.68 10 0.07 Hammer Mill Operator
2015-08-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.47 10 0.05 Bagging 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.

McIntyre Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.26 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 8.03 8.03 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Old Hickory Clay Company 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 8
2023 10
2022 11
2021 11
2020 11
2019 11
2018 12
2017 12
2016 10
2015 11
2014 10
2013 12
2012 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

McIntyre Plant sits in Wilkinson County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Wilkinson County, Georgia · Population 8,795
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,673
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
2026 Q2 5,557 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,966 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,777 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,956 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,940 1 0 202.4
2025 Q1 5,182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,892 1 0 204.4
2024 Q3 5,170 4 2 773.7
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,881 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,862 1 0 205.7
2023 Q4 5,000 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,835 14 1 2399.3
2023 Q2 5,907 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,005 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,370 7 1 1303.5
2022 Q3 5,996 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,558 1 0 152.5
2022 Q1 6,381 2 1 313.4
2021 Q4 5,873 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,392 4 0 741.8
2021 Q2 6,025 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,814 5 1 860.0
2020 Q4 6,211 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,733 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,478 3 1 547.6
2020 Q1 6,220 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,032 7 3 1160.5
2019 Q3 5,776 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,551 6 2 915.9
2019 Q1 6,558 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,045 3 0 496.3
2018 Q3 6,688 1 1 149.5
2018 Q2 7,158 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,000 3 0 428.6
2017 Q4 6,618 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,679 4 2 598.9
2017 Q2 5,995 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,951 2 0 336.1
2016 Q4 4,701 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,745 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,181 3 1 579.0
2016 Q1 5,217 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,085 4 1 786.6
2015 Q3 5,669 1 0 176.4
2015 Q2 5,413 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,888 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,800 2 2 416.7
2014 Q3 5,303 2 0 377.1
2014 Q2 5,443 8 5 1469.8
2014 Q1 5,322 11 4 2066.9
2013 Q4 4,878 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,016 6 4 997.3
2013 Q2 5,363 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,370 4 3 744.9
2012 Q4 5,294 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,022 5 3 995.6
2012 Q2 4,490 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

November 12, 2019 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Old Hickory Clay Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The employee climbed over into a Gleason Clay Shredder to remove a piece of metal without locking the machine out. EE only killed the power. Another employee came by and started the machine. EE lost part of EE's left leg.

2014 · 1 incident

January 13, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent ELECTRICAL
Old Hickory Clay Company · Flash burns (electric)

Was disconnecting wiring from an auger that was no longer in use. Checked for voltage with pocket type voltage detector and no voltage was detected. I reached into the box to remove wires from disconnect and two of the wires touched and caused arc flash from where the wires were still energized. The arc flash caused 1st & 2nd degree burns to left hand & inner forearm.