North Ridge Quarry has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1988–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
58
citations
27
significant & substantial
$27,978
proposed penalties
$21,536
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,442 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: 572 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
North Ridge Quarry has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16 outstanding across 6 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$16
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-20.
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.
17citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 65%
Stood as issued
3 · 18%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 18%
83%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $3K 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 2009-09-11.
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: 2009-08-04, 17 years ago
60%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz53 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.32
0.54
2.44
Jackhammer Operator
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.15
0.6
1.92
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2001-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.68
0.48
1.42
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2009-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.48
0.67
Jackhammer Operator
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.82
0.15
Tractor Operator
2004-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2004-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2002-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
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.
North Ridge Quarry recorded 7.90 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
7.90
total case rate
7.90
days-away rate
7.897
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.29 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.
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
2009
9
2008
12
2007
8
2006
1
2005
7
2004
4
2003
6
2002
15
2001
12
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
North Ridge Quarry sits in Elbert County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Elbert County, Georgia · Population 19,725
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$49,727
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
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
5,509
1
1
181.5
2009 Q2
1,657
4
1
2414.0
2009 Q1
4,220
5
2
1184.8
2008 Q4
4,389
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,782
3
0
627.4
2008 Q2
5,865
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,484
12
4
2676.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4
3,648
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,336
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,158
5
1
2317.0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
567
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,827
2
0
1094.7
2005 Q3
2,817
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,722
2
1
537.3
2005 Q1
2,830
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,926
2
1
1038.4
2004 Q3
2,653
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,689
1
0
592.1
2004 Q1
1,145
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
879
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,130
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,060
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,286
1
0
437.4
2002 Q4
5,240
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,283
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,334
6
5
818.1
2002 Q1
6,470
8
8
1236.5
2001 Q4
6,870
1
1
145.6
2001 Q3
3,788
4
2
1056.0
2001 Q2
4,324
1
0
231.3
2001 Q1
3,338
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,499
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,768
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,481
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,565
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
January 14, 2002GA · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerFatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LEDGE FOREMAN AND HIS LEDGE CREW WERE REMOVING STONE & DEBRIS FROM A BENCH LEVEL AT THE QUARRY SITE. THEY HAD REMOVED THE RAILING AND APPROXIMATELY HALF THE BENCH LEVEL AT THE TIME HE FELL 28 ' TO THE FLOOR BELOW THEM. HE PASSED AWAY 2/1/02.
Reportable incidents
10 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2009 · 1 incident
September 26, 2009GA · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanMACHINERY
HE WAS GOING TO MOVE A LITTLE PIPE BESIDE THE RADIATOR WHILE THE MOTOR ON THE WELDER WAS RUNNING. THE FAN ON THE WELDER CAUGHT HIS HAND AND INJURED SOME FINGERS.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS LOADING A ROCK WHEN HE JUMPED OFF THE TRUCK AND JARRED HIS SHOULDER. THE OTHERS AT THE QUARRY DID NOT SEE IT HAPPEN. THE DR SAID TO STAY OUT OF WORK WED. JULY 24TH THRU FRI DAY JULY 26, HE RETURNED TO WORK AROUND 1000 AM MONDAY, JULY 29TH BUT THEY DID NOT NEED HIM SO HE LEFT.
HE WAS HELPING CLEAN UP AT A QUARRY WHEN HE PICKED UP A ROCK AND HURT HIS BACK.HE WAS ALREADY HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH HIS BACK.HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR 02-28-91 AND THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD A BAD PULLED MUSCLES AND SENT HIM FOR THERAPY TREATMENTS AND SAID NOT TO LIFT ANYTHING TOO HEAVY.HE WENT BACK TO WORK 03-04-91.THE DOCTOR RELEASED HIM 03-11-91.
HOOKING A DOG INTO ROCK,MASHED RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.HAPPENED ON 13TH,REPORTED IT 15TH.CAME BY OFFICE FOR ACCIDENT SLIP,WENT TO DR,WENT BACK TO WORK NOON,MISSED 2 HRS WORK.
HE WAS PULLING A DOG AND HURT HIS BACK HE CONTINUED WORKING AND DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 10/18 HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT 10/18 AND WAS OUT OF WORK ONLY THAT DAY