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: 540 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
ROCKMART QUARRY has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $945 in penalties contested before the Commission, $800 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-01-23.
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 · 10% 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$945 proposed, $800 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-03-07.
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: 2010-04-28, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2010-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.79
10
0.08
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2002-06-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2002-06-20
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.
ROCKMART QUARRY recorded 8.84 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ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.
8.84
total case rate
8.84
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.23 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
2012 *
8.84
8.84
0.000
2011 *
7.11
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
3.64
0.00
0.000
2005 *
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
2014
6
2013
8
2012
14
2011
18
2010
19
2009
23
2008
25
2007
25
2006
24
2005
24
2004
25
2003
25
2002
26
2001
28
2000
27
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ROCKMART QUARRY sits in Polk County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Polk County, Georgia · Population 43,365
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,308
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
2014 Q2
2,481
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,590
1
0
386.1
2013 Q4
3,562
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,827
1
0
261.3
2013 Q2
3,213
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,611
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,518
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,629
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2
6,459
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
6,028
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,758
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
7,079
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
8,323
2
0
240.3
2011 Q1
5,985
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
7,750
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,968
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,208
1
1
121.8
2010 Q1
7,014
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,501
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
8,307
2
1
240.8
2009 Q2
9,664
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
7,985
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
11,251
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
13,066
2
1
153.1
2008 Q2
14,220
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
12,950
1
0
77.2
2007 Q4
14,358
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
15,700
1
0
63.7
2007 Q2
15,847
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
14,282
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
13,629
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
15,426
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
14,141
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
11,739
4
1
340.7
2005 Q4
13,426
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
13,868
2
0
144.2
2005 Q2
12,802
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
13,147
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
14,994
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
14,142
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
13,651
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
13,034
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
14,607
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
15,778
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
15,326
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
13,464
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
14,117
4
1
283.3
2002 Q3
15,912
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
15,409
1
0
64.9
2002 Q1
16,610
1
1
60.2
2001 Q4
18,569
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
20,033
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
20,322
4
0
196.8
2001 Q1
16,820
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
17,089
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
18,516
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
18,447
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
18,485
2
1
108.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file
2012 · 1 incident
August 16, 2012GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was struck by cable attached to pole being moved by dozer.
2011 · 1 incident
October 19, 2011GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee backed up to propane heater and clothes caught fire burning the back of cover-alls, fleece jacket, denim shirt, and T-shirt and burned back of employee.
EE STATES: WALKING TO GET CAPS FROM DEWATERING TRUCK AND MY ANKLE TWISTED ON LOOSE ROCK.
April 3, 2002GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE TRYING TO OPEN INSPECTION DOORS TO INSPECT WEAR PLATES ON SPOKANE CRUSHER, EE WAS USING A 3' PRYBAR IN HANDLES. PRYBAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN LEFT SIDE OF CHIN.
July 8, 2000GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSEMBLING PORTABLE SCREEN UNIT IN PLANT AREA. A LOADER WAS BEING USED TO LIFT A STEEL SO A LIFTING CHAIN AROUND THE BEAM. BEAM SLIPPED FROM BUCKET OF LOADER ONTO LEFT FOOT OF E MPLOYEE CAUSING LACERATION TO 1ST TWO TOES FROM INSTEP.
A 75-100 POUND ROCK GOT STUCK IN THE GRIZZLEY FEEDER AT MAIN JAW CRUSHER. EE WEARING LEATHER GLOVES INSTRUCTED TO DISLODGE ROCK. WAS STANDING OVER ROCK AND WAS TRYING TO LIFT AND TURN ROCK. SU DDEN MOVEMENT OF ROCK AGAINST FEEDER CAUSED EMPLOYEE'S 4TH DIGIT ON HAND TO BE PINCHED AND LACERATED WHEN ROCK SLIPPED AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN ROCK FEEDER. CAUSED BLEEDING AND CRUSHED NAIL
EE HAD JUST USED LADIES BATHROOM IN OFFICE.SHE LEANED BACK TO OPEN BATHROOM DOOR WHICH IS ON SRING TENSION TO TURN LIGHT OUT. AS SHE WITHDRAW HER ARM, DOOR CLOSED AND CAUGHT WRIST RIGHT ON BON EY PART OF WRIST CAUSING BRUISING AND SWELLING. T
1997 · 1 incident
August 11, 1997GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WENT TO DR ON 8-12-97 AND SAID HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AT WORK ON 8-11-97. EE STATED THAT THIS OCCURRED WHILE DOING EVENING MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER.
1996 · 1 incident
February 7, 1996GA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WHILE HELPING TIRE MAN CHANGE A TIRE ON A REAR DUMP GOT A PIECE OF SMALL METAL IN HIS INDEX FINGER-WENT TO DOCTOR ON 10/29 & 10/30, RETURNED TO WORK ON 10/31.
October 12, 1991GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY