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Silver Cloud Quarry: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Antonio C Ramos
Conyers, Rockdale County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901060

Silver Cloud Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $794 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1991–2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
48
citations
20
significant & substantial
$6,420
proposed penalties
$5,277
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Georgia Stone Industries, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
344
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: 344 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Silver Cloud Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $794 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$794
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-12-03.
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.
41.7%
significant & substantial
47.9%
high negligence or reckless
41.7%
reasonably likely or greater
60.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 43.8% moderate, 45.8% high, 2.1% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 100%
89%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2007-01-31.
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 2007-151M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $1K → $1K
SE 2005-40M Settlement Lesnick 2005 $825 → $476
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: 2013-06-25, 13 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-12-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.23 0.45 2.73 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2013-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.6 0.40 Cutting Mach Operator
2013-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.63 0.16 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2013-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.39 0.27 Cutting Mach Operator
2005-07-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.22 0.68 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2005-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jet Piercing Chan. Operator
2003-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
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.
Ownership history
  1. Silver Cloud Granite Inc 1991 to 1997
  2. Acme Granite Company Inc 1997 to 2002
  3. Fletcher Granite Company of Georgia LLC 2002 to 2010
  4. Georgia Stone Industries, Inc. 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 1
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 1
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 0
2007 1
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Silver Cloud Quarry sits in Rockdale 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.
Rockdale County, Georgia · Population 94,293
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,349
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 136 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 914 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 876 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 937 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,293 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,571 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 494 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,170 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,092 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 955 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,632 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,674 2 0 1194.7
2013 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 720 1 0 1388.9
2013 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 2 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 608 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,856 5 1 2694.0
2006 Q3 1,888 2 1 1059.3
2006 Q2 2,016 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,897 2 0 1054.3
2005 Q3 1,956 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,117 1 0 472.4
2005 Q1 1,986 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,814 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,014 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,194 2 2 911.6
2004 Q1 2,732 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,982 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,916 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,099 1 0 476.4
2003 Q1 1,795 1 0 557.1
2002 Q4 1,880 2 0 1063.8
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,068 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,086 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 926 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 826 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,346 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 932 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2014 · 1 incident

1993 · 2 incidents

March 11, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DISCONNECTED AIR HOSE WHILE IT WAS STILL PRESSURIZED HOSE GOT LOOSE & FITTING STRUCK HIM IN THE HED CUTTING HIS SCALP REWQUIRED 3 STITCHES

1992 · 5 incidents

December 21, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOEYE GASHED FINGER ON PIECE OF STEEL.

August 25, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED WORK RELATED STRAINED BACK AND WAS TREATED BY A DR.

July 29, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Struck by flying object

FRAGMENT OF WRENCH STRUCK AND CUT EMPLOYEE IN THIGH.

June 26, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SLASHED SIDE OF HAND ON JAGGE DPIECE OF STEEL WHILE RUNNING DRILL RIG.

June 22, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT FINGER IN PNEUMATIC CLAMP OF DRILL STEEL SHARPENER.

1991 · 2 incidents

July 15, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver Cloud Granite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BROKEN ROCK BOUNCED UPWARD & STRUCK FOREHEAD 8 STAPLES USED FOR SKIN NO FRACTURE OR LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.