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Morgan County Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Buckhead, Morgan County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901126

Morgan County Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
110
citations
32
significant & substantial
$18,785
proposed penalties
$17,467
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,318 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,048
inspection hours
10.5
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.
110 citations across 1,048 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Morgan County Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $20 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-04.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
7.3%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
56.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.6% low, 77.1% moderate, 7.3% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
80%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $20 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 2011-08-22.
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 2011-791M Settlement Moran 2012 $100 → $20
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: 2026-02-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
44
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz19
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Cristobalite, respirable2
Show the individual readings (44)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2024-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.01 0.31 Scraper Operator
2024-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2024-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.83 0.20 Utility Man
2024-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.88 0.58 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.5 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2022-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.49 0.90 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Utility Man
2020-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2019-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2019-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-08-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.43 0.72 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.19 0.18 Truck Driver
2011-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.15 0.14 Lab Technician
2011-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.29 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Utility Man
2011-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.59 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 2.66 0.29 Truck Driver
2010-08-31 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-31 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.05 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.79 0.23 Cleanup Man
2005-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.74 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.55 0.42 Cleanup Man
2002-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-04-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-10 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.

Morgan County Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.20 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 8.52 8.52 8.519
2023 * 8.81 8.81 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 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. Blue Circle Aggregates Inc 1999 to 2001
  2. Lafarge Aggregates Southeast 2001 to 2010
  3. Lafarge Building Materials 2011 to 2013
  4. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 11
2024 10
2023 9
2022 9
2021 9
2020 10
2019 11
2018 8
2017 8
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 8
2012 10
2011 8
2010 5
2009 5
2008 8
2007 18
2006 20
2005 18
2004 16
2003 15
2002 12
2001 12
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Morgan County Quarry sits in Morgan County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Morgan County, Georgia · Population 20,614
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,692
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 6,002 1 0 166.6
2026 Q1 6,210 1 0 161.0
2025 Q4 5,582 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,306 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,774 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,025 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,046 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,882 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,318 1 0 188.0
2024 Q1 6,231 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,910 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,716 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,464 1 0 183.0
2022 Q4 4,932 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,942 4 1 809.4
2022 Q2 4,743 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,163 2 1 387.4
2021 Q4 6,542 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,061 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,812 4 1 831.3
2021 Q1 4,106 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,606 3 0 535.1
2020 Q3 5,182 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,300 1 0 188.7
2020 Q1 5,288 3 1 567.3
2019 Q4 5,883 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,303 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,678 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,729 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,545 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,445 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,629 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,745 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,730 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,296 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,048 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,065 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,609 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,945 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,783 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,463 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,121 1 1 242.7
2015 Q1 4,065 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,649 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,397 3 0 555.9
2014 Q2 7,564 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,295 2 0 465.7
2013 Q4 3,985 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,735 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,824 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,268 2 2 1577.3
2012 Q3 2,459 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,928 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,664 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,977 3 0 501.9
2011 Q3 7,213 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,277 2 0 318.6
2011 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 647 2 0 3091.2
2010 Q3 2,623 2 0 762.5
2010 Q2 4,710 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,749 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,014 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,529 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,498 6 2 1715.3
2009 Q1 2,317 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,254 2 0 614.6
2008 Q3 2,797 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,514 2 0 307.0
2008 Q1 3,301 3 0 908.8
2007 Q4 9,145 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,378 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,716 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 14,691 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 14,193 2 2 140.9
2006 Q3 16,560 7 3 422.7
2006 Q2 11,282 6 3 531.8
2006 Q1 9,841 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10,594 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 14,095 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,465 6 2 481.3
2005 Q1 11,565 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,527 1 0 86.8
2004 Q3 10,275 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,934 1 0 83.8
2004 Q1 10,707 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,466 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,964 2 0 167.2
2003 Q2 12,651 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,188 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,436 3 0 403.4
2002 Q3 8,052 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,078 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,184 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,683 2 0 260.3
2001 Q3 8,341 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,885 2 0 253.6
2001 Q1 9,114 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,192 13 5 1586.9
2000 Q3 6,862 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,288 5 3 686.1
2000 Q1 5,236 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 13, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · OTHER
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Drowning

Based on investigation to date, employee suffered a personal medical event (cardiac arrest). "Per Prelim: After washing a concrete pad, a miner drowned in a two-foot-deep pool of water."

Reportable incidents

16 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2023 · 1 incident

2017 · 1 incident

September 22, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was changing screens in plant when left knee bumped j-bolt and twisted slightly, causing discomfort. Did not visit dr initially. Worked with no issues until treated for knee swelling/pain on 3/13/2018.

2005 · 4 incidents

April 9, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Fall from machine

Employee was washing rollers, attempted to climb onto a belt and slipped and fell approximately 6 feet. Employee did not follow fall protection procedures.

April 8, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee struck a lace breaker with a 4 lb. hammer and the hammer bounced off the point he was hitting, striking him on the center of his right kneecap. Deep bone bruise - modified duty.

March 17, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee strained back while using sledgehammer. After persistent pain, the next day (Mar 18) employee decided to seek medical treatment.

February 7, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Fall from machine

Employee states that while climbing the ladder on a haul truck he missed stepping down on the top step and fell to the ground. Nobbody witnessed the fall, and the ladder was not broken or bent.

2004 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down the steps of a haul truck and on bottom step slipped and fell to the ground. The distance of fall was 23 inches.

May 14, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Fall from ladders

Employee was standing on the bottom rung of the ladder for a loader trying to find an oil leak, slipped and fell landing on his left elbow resulting in a contusion to his left elbow.

2003 · 1 incident

December 3, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REMOVING THE ROCK BOX, THE CORNER OF THE CATWALK STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES LEG RESULTING IN AN INCH AND A HALF LACERATION REQUIRING 8 STITCHES.

2002 · 1 incident

February 4, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SMALL PIECE OF CONVEYOR. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO DO THIS TASK USINGIMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES. THIS CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 19, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD OUT A CUSTOMER TRUCK WITH FILL DIRT. WHEN HE STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE LOADOUT PILE, IT SLID. HE HAD HIS BUCKET ABOUT3 - 4 FT OFF THE GROUND, CAUSING JARRING.

August 6, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING TO CARRY AN OXYGEN BOTTLE, AFTER SETTING IT DOWN HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLE CRAMPED AND STARTED TO HURT.

2000 · 4 incidents

August 23, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Circle Aggregates Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNJAM A ROCK IN THE ROCK BOX USING A PRY BAR.. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS THE ROCK FELL THRU INJURING EE'S RIGHT ARM & ELBOW

August 9, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Blue Circle Aggregates Inc · Contact with heat

EE WAS WORKING ON THE ROCK BREAKER WHEN HE BECAME OVER HEATED. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOOSE CONTIOUSNESS.

August 3, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Circle Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE GENERATOR TRAILER TO CHECK THE FUEL WHEN THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND BANGED HIS KNEE.

March 30, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Circle Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A 35 LB BELT CLAMP TO START LACING A BELT. HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE CLAMP IMPROPERLY AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.