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.
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.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-10-12.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.
Of $72K in penalties contested before the Commission, $46K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-29.
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.
14citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 71%
Stood as issued
2 · 14%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 14%
89%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
36%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$72K proposed, $46K 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 2016-12-19.
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: 2026-01-29
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz121 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Show the individual readings (26)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.48
0.7
2.11
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2026-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-01-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2025-08-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.79
0.19
Truck Driver
2025-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Building Repair/Maint.
2024-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2024-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2024-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2023-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
0.97
0.57
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1
0.32
Utility Man
2022-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.6
0.63
Utility Man
2022-03-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
0.92
0.88
Truck Driver
2015-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.84
0.21
Utility Man
2011-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.85
0.15
Truck Driver
2011-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.69
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.78
0.32
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-01-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-03-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.8
0.20
Backhoe Operator
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.
Walton Co. Quarry recorded 7.07 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ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.
7.07
total case rate
7.07
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.32 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.
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
8
2025
8
2024
7
2023
6
2022
10
2021
6
2020
6
2019
5
2018
5
2017
5
2016
5
2015
6
2014
6
2013
10
2012
8
2011
8
2010
11
2009
9
2008
9
2007
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Walton Co. Quarry sits in Walton County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Walton County, Georgia · Population 100,361
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,381
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
4,409
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
4,581
1
0
218.3
2025 Q4
3,022
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,984
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,864
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,268
1
0
234.3
2024 Q4
4,386
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,348
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,272
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,321
0
0
0.0
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
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
7,216
0
0
0.0
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
3
1
1374.3
2020 Q3
2,072
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,179
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,844
1
0
351.6
2019 Q4
2,600
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,736
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,620
1
1
381.7
2019 Q1
2,497
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,377
1
0
420.7
2018 Q3
2,619
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,781
0
0
0.0
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
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,650
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,317
0
0
0.0
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
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,256
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,247
0
0
0.0
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
1
0
488.5
2012 Q1
1,599
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,216
2
0
902.5
2011 Q3
2,680
0
0
0.0
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
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,919
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,418
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,218
1
1
310.8
2009 Q1
3,455
3
1
868.3
2008 Q4
3,043
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,209
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,244
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,813
0
0
0.0
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
1
0
607.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2025 · 2 incidents
December 29, 2025GA · Metal/Non-Metalgroundman, yardmanPOWERED HAULAGE
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, 2025GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
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, 2024GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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, 2023GA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (non-shop)POWERED HAULAGE
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, 2022GA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP 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, 2014GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)