Mining Incidents

Tate /Cherokee Marble Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walter Davis
Nelson, Pickens County, GA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0901229

Tate /Cherokee Marble Mine has $125 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2021
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$125
proposed penalties
$125
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
22
inspections on record
182
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: 182 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tate /Cherokee Marble Mine has $125 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$125
proposed penalties
$125
current assessed
$125
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-30.
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 12 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 38 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8 1 0 125000.0
2021 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 720 0 0 0.0

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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