PAULDING QUARRY has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $402 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1998–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
74
citations
14
significant & substantial
$10,408
proposed penalties
$10,006
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $402 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.
74 citations across 1,166 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PAULDING QUARRY has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $402 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$402
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $326 in penalties contested before the Commission, $160 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-09.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 33%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$260 proposed, $160 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2009-04-24.
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: 2025-08-13
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (25)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.11
1.11
1.00
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2019-10-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2018-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-11-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-01-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.73
0.25
Truck Driver
2011-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.51
0.11
Jackhammer Operator
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.64
0.44
Truck Driver
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.85
0.35
Cleanup Man
2001-09-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.38
0.50
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
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.
PAULDING 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 *
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 *
6.62
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
14
2025
14
2024
14
2023
13
2022
14
2021
14
2020
14
2019
13
2018
9
2017
8
2016
7
2015
8
2014
8
2013
9
2012
9
2011
9
2010
10
2009
9
2008
14
2007
17
2006
16
2005
16
2004
17
2003
16
2002
15
2001
21
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PAULDING 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
Employee was removing rock from the bottom side of the #4 conveyor. There were employees digging metal from a loader shank out of the crusher and dropping pieces onto the catwalk below. A softball-sized piece bounced off of the catwalk, fell to the level below and struck employee on the right shoulder blade, causing a small fracture to his scapula.
Ee was under truck removing drive shaft to repair fuel pump in gas tank. Parking brake was engaged but when drive shaft was removed the parking brake released. With the tires not being chocked and parked on a slight grade, the truck began to roll back. Ee is scheduled for consultation on 8/3/04 to have small bruise drained.
March 1, 2004GA · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS OPENING & CLOSING A POCKET KNIFE (NOT PERFORMING A JOB FUNCTION AT THE TIME.) THE KNIFE CLOSED AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND POINTER FINGER. THE CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
1999 · 3 incidents
October 18, 1999GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LARGE ROCK DISLODGED FROM 25' EMBANKMENT WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING BELOW. ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE HILL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LOWER BACK CAUSING BRUISES AND ABRAISIONS. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY FOR LIGHT DUTY.
March 20, 1999GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT STEP FRAME TO REPLACE WITH NEW STEP. AS HE WAS CUTTING, THE SLAG WAS BOUNCING OFF OF THE SIDE OF STEP FRAME, IN DOING SO IT CAUGHT HIS COVERALL'S ON FIRE, BURNING H IS LEG ON THE LEFT CALF.
1998 · 1 incident
August 1, 1998GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)