Mining Incidents

Sample Metal/Non-Metal

Sample & Son Inc · Surface
Controlled by Brian Mark Sample
Grovetown, Columbia County, GA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0901209

Sample has $839 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$839
proposed penalties
$808
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
22
inspections on record
137
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: 137 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sample has $839 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$839
proposed penalties
$808
current assessed
$808
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-01-27.
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 528 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 575 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 532 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 495 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 479 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 473 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 421 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 555 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 519 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 515 2 0 3883.5
2020 Q4 538 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 403 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 376 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 259 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 314 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 427 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 357 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 286 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 285 3 1 10526.3
2017 Q3 399 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 303 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 236 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 151 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 107 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 173 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 16 2 0 125000.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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