A polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) holding tank and pipelines were being flushed. Investigation shows that the employee was standing on a flange 2 ft. off ground to adjust an overhead valve. EE's foot slipped and turned a ground level valve that sprayed a mixture of 99% water and 1% PVA at a temperature of 210 F onto EE's left inner calf resulting in second-degree burns.
Millen Plant Metal/Non-Metal
US Silica Company
· Facility
Controlled by
USS Holdings Inc
Millen,
Jenkins County,
GA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901232
Millen Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $246 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2020
- Latest incident
- Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,157
proposed penalties
$2,911
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $246 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
19
inspections on record
325
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: 325 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Millen Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $246 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.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$246
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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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 | 12,161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 17,867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 16,411 | 1 | 0 | 60.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 17,652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 16,209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 20,962 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 22,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 23,424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 23,034 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 23,909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 23,394 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 24,558 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 24,906 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 24,915 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 21,484 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 22,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 20,827 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 22,972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 22,035 | 3 | 0 | 136.1 |
| 2021 Q1 | 20,875 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 15,325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 14,891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 12,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 17,676 | 3 | 0 | 169.7 |
| 2019 Q4 | 9,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 9,450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 7,792 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 13,290 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 33,834 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 12,772 | 1 | 0 | 78.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 26,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 28,586 | 16 | 3 | 559.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 9,387 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2020 · 1 incident
February 23, 2020
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
US Silica Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
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