Mining Incidents

Talona Mountain MIne Metal/Non-Metal

Carmeuse Lime · Facility
Controlled by Carmeuse Holding SA
Ellijay, Gilmer County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901228

Talona Mountain MIne has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
84
citations
13
significant & substantial
$34,303
proposed penalties
$34,301
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
64
inspections on record
975
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: 975 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Talona Mountain MIne has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-15.
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
2023 Q3 3,702 1 0 270.1
2023 Q2 10,632 5 1 470.3
2023 Q1 16,263 2 0 123.0
2022 Q4 15,238 12 2 787.5
2022 Q3 17,592 2 0 113.7
2022 Q2 17,494 11 4 628.8
2022 Q1 25,760 2 0 77.6
2021 Q4 13,789 4 0 290.1
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 19,560 2 0 102.2
2021 Q2 18,712 1 0 53.4
2021 Q1 16,530 1 1 60.5
2020 Q4 12,848 4 0 311.3
2020 Q3 14,169 17 1 1199.8
2020 Q2 10,972 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 16,924 2 1 118.2
2019 Q4 19,111 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,324 4 1 546.1
2019 Q2 18,332 6 1 327.3
2019 Q1 3,230 2 0 619.2
2018 Q4 7,661 1 0 130.5
2018 Q3 7,985 1 0 125.2
2018 Q2 6,040 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,729 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,937 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,374 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,125 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,855 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,711 1 0 212.3
2016 Q3 5,406 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,331 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,889 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,600 2 0 357.1
2015 Q3 3,145 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,457 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 309 1 1 3236.2
2014 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

October 8, 2019 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carmeuse Lime · Fall onto or against objects

EE was getting into the cab of the drill when EE tripped. EE swung an arm upward to regain balance and struck the door pin area cutting arm, requiring 7 staples. EE did not maintain 3 points of contact and did not use the hand hold provide.

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