Mining Incidents

WALKER COUNTY QUARRY: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Lafayett, Walker County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900317

WALKER COUNTY QUARRY has $275 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
6
Years on record
1985–2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$275
proposed penalties
$275
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
257
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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WALKER COUNTY QUARRY has $275 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.
$275
proposed penalties
$275
current assessed
$275
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-11-14.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2007-11-15, 18 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-11-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Utility Man
2004-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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.

WALKER COUNTY QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.91 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Patton Rock Products Corp 1950 to 1999
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 5
2008 12
2007 13
2006 13
2005 12
2004 11
2003 12
2002 12
2001 12
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WALKER COUNTY QUARRY sits in Walker 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.
Walker County, Georgia · Population 68,449
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,887
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
2009 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,043 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,131 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,807 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,389 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,636 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,695 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,806 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 6,862 1 0 145.7
2007 Q3 7,562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,935 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,684 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,745 1 0 102.6
2006 Q2 8,445 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,592 1 0 116.4
2005 Q4 7,795 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,352 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,570 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,553 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,236 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,077 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,324 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,880 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,776 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,845 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,953 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,222 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,973 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,239 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,433 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,252 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,887 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,425 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,671 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,792 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,144 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,467 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,031 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

August 15, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING AN ARTICUIATED DUMP TRUCK. THE HOOD FELL, STRIKING HIS LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.

1991 · 1 incident

January 14, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Patton Rock Products Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

ACCIDENTAL CONTACT WITH CUTTING TORCH, CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON LEFT LEG.

1988 · 1 incident

January 22, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Patton Rock Products Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT SELF IN KNEE WITH HAMMER

1987 · 1 incident

May 9, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patton Rock Products Corp · Fall from piled material

ROLLED DOWN STOCK PILE AND HIT BEAM WITH RIB CAGE.

1986 · 1 incident

March 30, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Patton Rock Products Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING WIT2 A SLEDGE HAMMER AT THE PLANT AND AS IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND IT HIS HIS RIGHT KNEE., HE SAID IT AGGRAVATED ANOLD INJURY. HE DIDNT GO TO A DR UNTIL AS 4-25-86. THIS REPORT HA S BEEN FILED PR9VIOUSLY

1985 · 1 incident

November 16, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Rock Products Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING A H6DRAULIC CONTROL VALVE WHEN INJURED AS LIFT-ARM ON THE LOADER RAISED THE HYDRAULIC LINE CAUGHT HIS KNEE