Mining Incidents

Walton Co. Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Monroe GA, Walton County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901175

Walton Co. Quarry has $91K in proposed MSHA penalties and $579 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2014–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
77
citations
23
significant & substantial
$90,956
proposed penalties
$64,496
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,460 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
51
inspections on record
828
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: 828 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Walton Co. Quarry has $91K in proposed MSHA penalties and $579 outstanding across 8 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.
$91K
proposed penalties
$65K
current assessed
$64K
paid to date
$579
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-29.
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 3,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,984 3 2 753.0
2025 Q2 3,864 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,268 2 0 468.6
2024 Q4 4,386 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,348 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,272 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,321 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,960 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,082 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,793 1 0 263.6
2023 Q1 3,495 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,720 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,541 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,821 1 1 92.4
2022 Q1 7,216 1 0 138.6
2021 Q4 3,745 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,753 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,496 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,246 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,183 13 3 5955.1
2020 Q3 2,072 4 0 1930.5
2020 Q2 2,179 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,844 2 0 703.2
2019 Q4 2,600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,736 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,620 3 1 1145.0
2019 Q1 2,497 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,377 3 0 1262.1
2018 Q3 2,619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,781 1 1 561.5
2018 Q1 1,685 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,025 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,349 1 0 425.7
2017 Q2 2,333 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,803 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,353 3 2 1275.0
2016 Q3 2,650 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,317 2 1 863.2
2016 Q1 2,396 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,249 1 0 444.6
2015 Q3 2,674 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,250 2 0 888.9
2015 Q1 2,256 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,247 3 2 1335.1
2014 Q3 2,197 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,300 1 0 434.8
2014 Q1 2,872 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,877 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,914 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,484 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,706 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,168 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,047 2 0 977.0
2012 Q1 1,599 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,216 6 1 2707.6
2011 Q3 2,680 1 0 373.1
2011 Q2 1,627 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,815 1 0 551.0
2010 Q4 1,960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,739 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,519 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,812 1 1 355.6
2009 Q4 2,919 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,418 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,218 5 5 1553.8
2009 Q1 3,455 4 1 1157.7
2008 Q4 3,043 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,209 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,244 1 0 308.3
2008 Q1 3,813 4 1 1049.0
2007 Q4 3,530 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,318 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,589 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,645 4 1 2431.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

December 29, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman POWERED HAULAGE
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Plant was shutdown to address problem on #2 screen feed belt. The tail pulley was removed and loaded into the skid steer bucket to be moved out of the way. While backing and turning to the right an employee walked into a blind spot causing the skid steer bucket to make contact with EE's left knee.

February 18, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reported intermittent left knee soreness at the end of shift, but couldn't think of any incident or event that could have caused it and didn't think that it was work related. The employee sought medical care when the issue didn't resolve, and was advised that it could be related to repetitive pushing of the clutch pedal on the site's front end loader.

2024 · 1 incident

July 23, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tightening the head nut on a Telsmith cone crusher with a large hammer. The employee placed their left hand in the line of fire between the hammer and the head nut. Their left pinky was struck when the hammer deflected, breaking the finger.

2023 · 1 incident

November 7, 2023 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg, LLC · Struck by flying object

In process of removing cheek plate from jaw that was binded (jammed) up for removal, attached crane to cheek plate and applied pressure and cheek plate popped out and swung 5 feet and caught welder fabricator in face and knocked EE backwards. Worker got bloody nose and 5 stitches. Went to doctors and told to take day off.

2022 · 1 incident

March 19, 2022 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee was exiting a 980H front end loader and preparing to descend the ladder. As the operator turned to begin descent, lost grip on the handrails, missed the first step and fell to the ground. Treated and released until further medical evaluation. Further medical evaluation the following week recommended restrictions until next evaluation

2014 · 1 incident

September 13, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A pry bar slipped while changing out a roller on a wash screen SP38 feed conveyor and hit the right wrist.

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