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Ringgold Quarry: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Midsouth Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Ringold, Catoosa County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901039

Ringgold Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1989–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,990
proposed penalties
$8,641
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $349 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Midsouth Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,100
inspection hours
4.5
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.
49 citations across 1,100 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ringgold Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $834 in penalties contested before the Commission, $485 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-16.
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.
16.3%
significant & substantial
8.2%
high negligence or reckless
16.3%
reasonably likely or greater
49.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.2% low, 79.6% moderate, 8.2% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$834 proposed, $485 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 2010-05-26.
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 2010-329M Settlement Zielinski 2011 $634 → $285
SE 2010-813M Settlement Melick 2011 $200 → $200
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: 2026-03-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.21 0.31 Lab Technician
2026-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Utility Man
2024-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.94 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.12 0.21 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2007-09-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.97 0.48 Utility Man
2003-11-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 Truck Driver
2003-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.85 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.02 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Truck Driver
2000-08-09 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.

Ringgold Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.42 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 9.88 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 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. Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc 1989 to 2002
  2. Hanson Aggregates Stoneman, Inc. 2002 to 2003
  3. Midsouth Aggregates 2003 to 2020
  4. Midsouth Aggregates 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 11
2024 11
2023 11
2022 13
2021 12
2020 13
2019 9
2018 10
2017 9
2016 10
2015 10
2014 9
2013 9
2012 13
2011 8
2010 6
2009 9
2008 15
2007 12
2006 13
2005 13
2004 14
2003 14
2002 13
2001 18
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ringgold Quarry sits in Catoosa 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.
Catoosa County, Georgia · Population 68,356
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,425
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 4,891 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,042 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,775 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,825 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,682 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,731 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,085 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,603 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,527 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,975 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,344 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,162 1 0 316.3
2023 Q2 4,555 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,555 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,107 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,824 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,004 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,555 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,958 1 0 201.7
2021 Q3 4,612 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,261 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,490 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,194 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,522 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,947 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,917 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,528 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,847 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,026 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,704 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,701 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,006 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,331 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,042 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,465 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,473 1 0 182.7
2017 Q2 4,888 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,337 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,165 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,895 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,364 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,090 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,695 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,827 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,613 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,015 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,741 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,326 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,084 1 0 196.7
2014 Q1 2,172 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,876 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,573 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,791 1 0 208.7
2013 Q1 5,997 2 1 333.5
2012 Q4 6,069 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,983 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,619 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,213 1 0 191.8
2011 Q4 3,913 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,931 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,570 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,504 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,147 1 0 465.8
2010 Q3 3,990 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,401 4 1 1666.0
2010 Q1 1,632 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,668 1 1 599.5
2009 Q3 4,158 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,774 1 1 209.5
2009 Q1 5,897 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,771 1 0 147.7
2008 Q3 8,595 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,276 2 0 241.7
2008 Q1 8,214 2 0 243.5
2007 Q4 7,710 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,467 3 0 316.9
2007 Q2 9,135 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,863 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,191 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,158 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,876 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,310 2 1 273.6
2005 Q4 7,559 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,317 1 0 120.2
2005 Q2 8,051 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,588 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,184 1 0 122.2
2004 Q3 7,434 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,549 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,172 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,431 1 0 87.5
2003 Q3 6,937 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,425 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,454 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,425 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,411 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,302 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,187 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,698 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,136 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,891 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,772 6 0 684.0
2000 Q4 9,223 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,114 1 0 90.0
2000 Q2 10,832 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 11,604 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 28, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midsouth Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

Employee fell while entering a skidsteer. EE lost balance and fell with arms stretched out. X-rays confirmed EE had broken EE's elbows and physical therapy was prescribed on 06/17/2024. At first, PT was prescribed for degenerative non-work-related issues with shoulder, but after investigation, the doctor stated PT was needed for elbows. Might be over reporting here.

2023 · 1 incident

April 5, 2023 GA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Midsouth Aggregates · Struck by flying object

Employee was operating a trackhoe moving boulders around when are large section of rock broke off and went through the windshield. Employee threw the rock out as soon as it happened.

2013 · 1 incident

June 21, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Midsouth Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

Employee was attempting to park the Kawasaki Mule at end of shift. Employee was turning the Mule as the pathway, which was flat, changed from gravel to asphalt and the Mule turned over on its side. Injuries were scraped left forearm, broken finger tips to left ring finger and left middle finger. Left palm required 3 stitches and the left index finger required 6 stitches.

2004 · 1 incident

January 24, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midsouth Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CRUSHER TOP HAD BEEN SET ON THE GROUND BECAUSE WE WERE DOING SOME MAINTENANCE INSIDE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF THE BUILD-UP ON THE CRUSHER TOP WHEN THE CRUSHER TOP SLIPPED INTO TW O PIECES. (WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS 2 PIECES) AND CUT HIS RIGHT THIGH REQUIRING 24 STITCHES & A HIARLINE FRACTURE IN RIGHT ANKLE.

2002 · 1 incident

October 7, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Hanson Aggregates Stoneman, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITIVE MOTION DUE TO CHANGING SCREEN INTO AND OUT OF SHAKER IN LAB DURING SAMPLING ACTIVITIES.

1997 · 1 incident

1991 · 5 incidents

October 21, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHAING HAMMERS EE WAS HITTING BAR THAT HOLDS IN HAMMERS, WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED FROM THE BAR AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT ARM.

May 30, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck against stationary object

LABORER WAS CLEANING AROUND JAW CRUSHER HE WALKED AROUND BOBCAT & WALKED INTO CAGE OF BOBCAT BUMPING CHEST.

May 15, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO EMPLS WERE PICKING UP HAMMERS FOR HAMMER MILL. ONE EMPL STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 27, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck by flying object

A LOAD OF STONE WAS DUMPED IN JAW CRUSHER, SOME OF IT SHATTERED BREAKING EMPLOYEE'S GLASSES. JAW CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS STANDING IN THE OPEN DOORWAY.

February 25, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck by flying object

OBJECT BLEW IN RIGHT EYE.

1990 · 7 incidents

November 14, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CHANGING SCREENS, CLIMBING DOWN LADDER FELL BUMPED KNEE ON LADDER BRUISING KNEE

September 25, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING UNDER CONVEYOR SQUATED DOWN AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

June 28, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND TAIL PULLEY WITH BOBCAT. ROCK FELL OFF JAW CRUSHER HIT THE TOP OF BOB CAT BOUNCED OFF AND HIT EE IN THE FACE BRUISING CHEEK.

March 26, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING QUARRY LOADER IN PIT WHILE BACKING UP HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK ABOUT 4FT IN DIAMETER THE JAR CAUSED HIS TEETH TO HIT TOGETHER BREAKING TWO JAW TEETH ONE ON EACH SIDE OF HI S MOUTH

March 8, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BREAKER BAR IN HAMMERMILL. THE COME-A-LONG HOLDING BREAKER BAR BROKE, CAUSING THE BREAKER TO FALL AND HIT IS INDEX FINGER, FRACTURING IT.

March 7, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE OLD HAMMERS OUT OF IMPACTOR. THE HAMMER CHIPPED, CHIP HIT AND SHATTERED HIS SAFETY GLASSES, GLASS WENT IN HIS EYE. FACE SCRATCHED & SWOLLEN AROUND E YE.

1989 · 1 incident

April 6, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midsouth Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

DISMOUNTING DOZER LEFT FOOT SLIPPED THEREBY CUTTING SHIN ON ARM LEADING TO CUTTING BLADE.