Mining Incidents

Offerman Mineral Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by The Chemours Company
Offerman, Pierce County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901236

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2015–2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
22
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,764
proposed penalties
$2,764
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
29
inspections on record
577
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: 577 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Offerman Mineral Sand Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 18,574 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,637 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,515 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,632 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 18,064 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 20,904 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 21,648 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 21,354 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 20,317 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 21,915 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 23,481 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 24,887 1 0 40.2
2022 Q4 22,677 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 23,370 2 0 85.6
2022 Q2 23,469 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 23,619 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 23,194 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 22,605 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 22,491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 18,915 2 0 105.7
2020 Q4 17,379 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 15,925 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 16,393 3 0 183.0
2020 Q1 20,932 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 19,438 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 23,891 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 22,694 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 26,482 2 1 75.5
2018 Q4 28,119 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 26,352 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 24,289 1 0 41.2
2018 Q1 21,922 1 0 45.6
2017 Q4 21,141 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 20,841 2 0 96.0
2017 Q2 20,981 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 20,985 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 19,127 2 0 104.6
2016 Q3 18,277 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 17,540 1 0 57.0
2016 Q1 17,999 1 0 55.6
2015 Q4 18,517 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 19,754 2 0 101.2
2015 Q2 12,752 1 0 78.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2022 · 1 incident

June 23, 2022 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was descending stairway between 3rd and 2nd floor of the calciner bay. Employee's boot caught the next to last step causing employee to fall, striking left knee on the grating of the stair landing. The fall caused a laceration to the left knee that required 8 stitches to close.

2020 · 1 incident

September 3, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic was asked to bolt pipe to sump which is a routine task. Employee was attempting to position the 6" diameter piece of rubber flex hose to valve when they felt pain in right shoulder.

2018 · 2 incidents

August 21, 2018 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While replacing an elevator belt on a locked out conveyor, the employee was pulling the drive belt by hand to advance the new belt. The new belt began moving on its own and 2 of the employee's fingers were caught between the pulley and belt.

August 16, 2018 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Two employees went to grease a conveyor tail pulley. As the first was greasing, the second employee was investigating the source of a loud screeching noise. As second employee was walking behind the first employee, second employee stumbled and attempted to catch self on the tail pulley guard. Left arm contacted a roller and was discharged against the conveyor frame.

2017 · 1 incident

September 8, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC · Struck by falling object

Lab Technician was opening a cabinet to get a rain coat and the cabinet fell over on the Technician's leg. Cabinet had been moved from its original position by a contractor and was not re-secured to the wall.

2015 · 1 incident

May 6, 2015 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ball/rod/pebble/hand/limestone/dry mill operator, roller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Following the grand opening ceremony for this facility, which has not been commissioned, an employee lacerated his left thumb while removing a banner from a wire fence located outside of the dry mill property. The employee received stitches to close the wound.

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