Mulberry Quarry has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2017
Latest incident
Sep 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
80
citations
10
significant & substantial
$31,893
proposed penalties
$31,591
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
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: 998 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mulberry Quarry has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $336 in penalties contested before the Commission, $118 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 25%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 50%
Still open
1 · 25%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$336 proposed, $118 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2026-05-17.
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.
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: 2026-01-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (31)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-01-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.74
0.22
Utility Man
2026-01-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-01-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-01-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Diamond Drill Operator
2025-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-01-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.93
0.23
Utility Man
2025-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-09-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.05
0.46
Utility Man
2022-09-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Utility Man
2020-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
Utility Man
2020-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2020-12-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2020-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2020-01-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
0.77
0.65
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-01-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
0.65
0.88
Utility Man
2020-01-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
Backhoe Operator
2019-04-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
Mechanic
2019-04-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
Mechanic
2019-04-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Jackhammer Operator
2018-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.65
0.32
Backhoe Operator
2018-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
0.81
0.59
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.21
0.21
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2010-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2010-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-15
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.
Mulberry 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
15
2025
15
2024
14
2023
14
2022
14
2021
14
2020
14
2019
10
2018
15
2017
13
2016
13
2015
9
2014
9
2013
8
2012
9
2011
9
2010
10
2009
10
2008
17
2007
12
2006
7
2005
7
2004
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mulberry Quarry sits in Paulding 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.
Paulding County, Georgia · Population 174,292
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,557
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
9,162
1
0
109.1
2026 Q1
9,203
2
0
217.3
2025 Q4
8,422
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,584
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
8,179
1
0
122.3
2025 Q1
8,448
1
0
118.4
2024 Q4
7,942
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,242
0
0
0.0
Show 82 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,919
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,135
1
0
194.7
2023 Q4
4,904
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,194
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,760
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,760
1
0
173.6
2022 Q4
6,873
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,953
3
0
431.5
2022 Q2
6,783
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,760
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,165
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
6,640
1
0
150.6
2021 Q2
5,683
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,271
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,465
2
0
309.4
2020 Q3
7,598
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
6,519
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,295
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
6,656
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,657
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,088
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,342
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
5,293
1
0
188.9
2018 Q3
5,633
2
0
355.1
2018 Q2
8,213
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
8,472
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
5,778
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,166
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,231
1
0
138.3
2017 Q1
7,916
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
7,742
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,879
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,860
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
6,285
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
5,735
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,141
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,687
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,038
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,257
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,052
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,209
2
0
322.1
2014 Q1
4,925
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,607
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,967
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,818
1
0
207.6
2013 Q1
4,007
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,482
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,213
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4,168
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,831
1
0
261.0
2011 Q4
3,258
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,973
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,544
1
1
220.1
2011 Q1
5,172
3
0
580.0
2010 Q4
5,686
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,809
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,361
1
0
157.2
2010 Q1
4,912
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,938
4
4
810.0
2009 Q3
5,168
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,161
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
7,147
1
0
139.9
2008 Q4
10,258
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
10,373
12
0
1156.8
2008 Q2
9,549
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
10,615
4
0
376.8
2007 Q4
10,425
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
11,074
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,454
7
2
740.4
2007 Q1
7,723
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,813
2
0
344.1
2006 Q3
5,505
2
1
363.3
2006 Q2
5,540
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,572
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,233
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,175
1
0
193.2
2005 Q2
5,184
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,039
2
0
495.2
2004 Q4
5,542
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,474
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,270
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,337
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2017 · 1 incident
September 15, 2017GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Secondary plant chute was brought down to ground level for maintenance on sides. Two temporary legs where attached to lift up. Left leg came unattached causing the chute's right leg to slide off a metal part onto employee's foot. Bottom of temporary leg entered the portion of steel toe boot where steel and boot material meet.
2006 · 2 incidents
September 14, 2006GA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cleaning a dust chute that was clogged. He was poking the buildup with a shovel from the top. When the material gave way, the employee's right wrist came down and hit a piece of angle iron on top of the box. Employee has been instructed to use proper tool in the proper manner for the job.
THE INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING A CO-WORKER IN TRYING TO LOOSEN A TIGHT BOLT ON A 4248 JAW CRUSHER. THEY WERE USING A LONG PUNCH & A HAMMER TO TRY TO DRIVE THE BOLT OUT. THE EE'S HAND SLIPPED JUST AS THE OTHER EE SWUNG THE HAMMER TO HIT THE PUNCH. THE HAMMER STRUCK THE EE'S RT.RING FINGER.
March 31, 2004GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON