VILLA RICA QUARRY has $16K 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
28
Years on record
1984–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
4
significant & substantial
$16,230
proposed penalties
$8,936
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,294 gap.
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.
56 citations across 1,142 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
VILLA RICA QUARRY has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-04.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $3K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-09-07.
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: 2026-08-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
Fibers, >5um2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cager Attendant
2026-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2026-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2021-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Lab Technician
2021-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.61
0.34
Lab Technician
2016-12-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2016-12-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2013-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-02-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-02-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2013-02-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-02-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-06-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2010-06-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-06-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
1.3
0.52
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-27
Fibers, >5um
0.06
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Utility Man
2007-06-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-07
Fibers, >5um
0.06
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.48
0.35
Mechanic
2003-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.98
1.53
0.64
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.69
1.56
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.8
0.55
Mobile Crane Operator
2000-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.78
0.96
0.81
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
VILLA RICA QUARRY recorded 3.13 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
3.13
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.20 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
2025 *
3.13
0.00
0.000
2024 *
3.98
3.98
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
30
2025
27
2024
23
2023
22
2022
18
2021
12
2020
15
2019
17
2018
11
2017
20
2016
13
2015
12
2014
25
2013
19
2012
16
2011
15
2010
25
2009
23
2008
26
2007
32
2006
30
2005
29
2004
28
2003
30
2002
27
2001
29
2000
31
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
VILLA RICA QUARRY sits in Carroll 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.
Carroll County, Georgia · Population 122,187
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,327
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
2026 Q2
15,033
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
17,661
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
16,748
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
17,461
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
16,261
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
13,523
1
0
73.9
2024 Q4
8,480
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
12,723
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
14,899
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
14,143
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
14,811
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
13,124
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
12,656
3
0
237.0
2023 Q1
12,366
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
11,667
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
12,259
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,486
3
0
316.3
2022 Q1
7,846
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,444
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
6,826
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
7,105
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,913
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,900
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
7,155
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
8,722
1
0
114.7
2020 Q1
11,096
2
1
180.2
2019 Q4
9,836
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
10,228
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,271
1
0
107.9
2019 Q1
10,423
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,717
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,356
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,578
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
10,557
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
9,761
1
0
102.4
2017 Q3
12,358
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
13,322
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
11,451
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
10,853
1
0
92.1
2016 Q3
9,686
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,649
1
0
150.4
2016 Q1
8,063
1
0
124.0
2015 Q4
8,070
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,767
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,081
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,566
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
13,798
1
0
72.5
2014 Q3
7,135
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
15,592
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
9,738
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
9,383
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
9,632
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
16,183
1
0
61.8
2013 Q1
6,847
3
1
438.1
2012 Q4
5,577
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
11,736
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,979
1
0
125.3
2012 Q1
8,202
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,684
1
0
149.6
2011 Q3
8,958
1
0
111.6
2011 Q2
8,900
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
8,564
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
8,953
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
16,273
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,665
2
0
230.8
2010 Q1
10,922
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
14,184
1
0
70.5
2009 Q3
13,325
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
12,514
2
1
159.8
2009 Q1
7,116
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
11,511
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
13,245
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
13,008
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
16,432
2
0
121.7
2007 Q4
16,574
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
19,495
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
20,186
1
0
49.5
2007 Q1
19,756
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
18,515
2
0
108.0
2006 Q3
20,481
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
17,947
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
19,245
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
20,258
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
17,682
2
0
113.1
2005 Q2
15,926
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
20,614
2
1
97.0
2004 Q4
16,133
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
15,941
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
18,382
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
19,411
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
19,480
2
0
102.7
2003 Q3
21,614
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
18,120
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
16,521
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
14,357
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
15,299
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
18,270
1
0
54.7
2002 Q1
19,934
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
18,202
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
19,045
4
0
210.0
2001 Q2
19,497
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
20,673
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
18,997
6
0
315.8
2000 Q3
20,599
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
21,321
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
20,975
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
28 on file
2025 · 1 incident
July 16, 2025GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cutting metal when EE tried moving a piece EE felt pain in EE's arm.
2024 · 1 incident
June 25, 2024GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Injured employee was removing the center pin on a Komatsu WA700. The pin came loose and fell injuring the employee's finger resulting in a fracture and laceration.
2016 · 1 incident
December 13, 2016GA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
While another employee was removing rock from a scalping screen, a piece of rock fell approximately 40 feet and struck the injured employee on the right forearm, causing a fracture to the forearm bone just above the wrist.
Loading a shot, getting in & out of a truck, hurt right hand
2006 · 1 incident
September 6, 2006GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was cutting pins out of backstop to release belt after belt got hung up in head pulley. After the 3rd pin, the 4th pin broke, releasing backstop mount. Sudden movement caused EE to jump back and fall, striking his arm on step of head pulley, #2 conveyor.
2002 · 3 incidents
April 18, 2002GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
EE WAS WASHING OFF SCREEN TOWER DECK WHEN HE ASKED ANOTHER EE TO SHUT OFF WATER. OTHER EE MISTAKENLY CUT WATER ON, WATER PRESSURE CAUSE INJURED EE TO FALL AGAINST SCREEN CAUSING BRUISED RIBS.
April 16, 2002GA · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING GUARD ON THE CONTROL HOUSE WINDOW WHEN THE HYDRAULIC HAMMER THAT WAS HOLDING THE GUARD IN PLACE SLIPPED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.
February 8, 2002GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
REMOVING SPRING AND PLUNGER FROM BACKSTOP. PUNCTURE WOUND TO LOWER RIGHT LEG. STITCHES REQUIRED.
1991 · 1 incident
November 14, 1991GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL WAS HELPING TO REMOVE BEARING CAP FROM JAW CRUSHER BOOM TRUCK WAS UNHOOKED TO GET CLOSER TO JOB EMPL WAS CLIMBING DOWN. HE USED BOLT THAT HELP CAP. CAP WAS HUNG ON BOLT. BEARING CAP FELL CATCHING HAND BETWEEN IT & BASE. IT CAUSED CUT THAT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES & BRUISED IT.
1990 · 2 incidents
November 26, 1990GA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CLEAN OUT A STALLED CRUSHER.ROCKS WERE BEING HANDED OUT TO VARIOUS EMPLOYEES ON THE CRUSHER PLATFORM TO THROW OFF THE PLATFORM.EMPLOYEE WAS HANDED A 3-35 LB ROCK AND HE PROCEEDED TO THROW OFF PLATFORM.EMPLOYEE TWISTED ASHE THREW ROCK STRAINING THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
REPLACING RADIATOR ON DROPBALL CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RADIATOR AND SIDE OF CAB.FX LEFT WRIST.
1988 · 2 incidents
September 9, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE WAS PL5CING A PLATE OF METAL ON WELDING TRUCK. HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TRUCK ANDMETAL CAUSING FRACTURED & SEVERE CUT TO RIGHT RING FINGER.
EMPLOYES HAD RE1AIRED BUCKET ON LOADER AND WERE GETTING BACK INTO THEIR TRUCKS. THE LOADER OPERATOR DID NOT KNOW HE WAS MOUNTING HIS TRUCK. HE DUMPED A LOAD INTO TRUCK BED AND BUCKET CAUGHT EY WELDED TO BED F9AME CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK, WHEN TRUCK MOVED INJURED EMP FELL TO GROUND
June 15, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE INJURED WAS3LIFTING METAL PLATE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING STRIKE IT,PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND METAL PLATE,TEARING HIS FINGER NAIL OFF AND CUTTING HIS FINGER REQUIRING 2 STITCHES.
March 2, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME AND II N5ME WERE LIFTING A DJRILL PRESS. TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION WHEN HE FELT PULLING HIS GROIN AREA WAS ORIGINALLY DEEMED A PULLED MUSCLE GROIN AREA WHEN II NAME WENT BACK TO DR FOR FOLLW UP H9 THEN HAD A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY 3-18-87.
1986 · 2 incidents
October 29, 1986GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS