Warren County Quarry has $96K in proposed MSHA penalties and $510 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2011–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
74
citations
17
significant & substantial
$96,230
proposed penalties
$21,920
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $74,310 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.
74 citations across 1,039 inspection hours.
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.
4
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2026-01-29.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Warren County Quarry has $96K in proposed MSHA penalties and $510 outstanding across 3 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.
$96K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$510
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $80K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
92%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$80K proposed, $6K 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 2016-03-01.
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: 2025-05-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (40)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-05-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2025-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
Truck Driver
2024-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.7
0.46
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.53
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.79
0.86
0.92
Utility Man
2023-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
0.79
0.71
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.07
1.22
0.88
Lab Technician
2020-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Mechanic
2020-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2020-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Track Man/Gang
2016-05-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Mechanic
2016-05-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-06-22
Zinc oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Track Man/Gang
2011-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2011-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-22
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Manganese fumes
0
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Magnesium oxide fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Iron oxide fumes
0.02
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Copper fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Welder, etc.
2011-06-22
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2010-10-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
2.56
0.15
Scraper Operator
2010-10-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.53
0.08
Scraper Operator
2010-10-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Scraper Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2024-11-04
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2024-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
SF GENERAL
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.
Warren County Quarry recorded 1.57 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.
1.57
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
1.57
0.00
0.000
2024
3.48
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
2.27
0.00
0.000
2021
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
2.24
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
51
2025
57
2024
39
2023
43
2022
43
2021
45
2020
48
2019
36
2018
38
2017
35
2016
31
2015
28
2014
23
2013
25
2012
20
2011
10
2010
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Warren County Quarry sits in Warren County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Warren County, Georgia · Population 5,175
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$46,776
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
28,917
6
0
207.5
2026 Q1
29,474
2
0
67.9
2025 Q4
30,211
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
30,005
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
33,441
1
0
29.9
2025 Q1
33,642
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
32,444
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
36,428
0
0
0.0
Show 56 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
29,711
3
0
101.0
2024 Q1
16,455
1
0
60.8
2023 Q4
18,332
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
15,986
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
20,663
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
20,663
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
25,447
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
21,356
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
20,483
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
20,663
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
25,148
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
24,210
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
25,153
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
27,049
1
0
37.0
2020 Q4
26,751
1
0
37.4
2020 Q3
25,176
1
0
39.7
2020 Q2
25,821
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
27,294
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
25,795
2
1
77.5
2019 Q3
25,698
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
17,809
1
1
56.2
2019 Q1
20,161
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
18,643
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
18,858
1
0
53.0
2018 Q2
22,251
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
21,995
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
20,975
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
20,459
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
21,769
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
22,399
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
20,641
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
21,356
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
20,593
1
1
48.6
2016 Q1
17,818
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
18,281
1
0
54.7
2015 Q3
17,640
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
17,849
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
17,227
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
14,872
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
15,133
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
13,964
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,532
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
12,447
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
14,221
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
15,500
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
16,890
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
13,784
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
11,548
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
11,596
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
12,801
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
9,686
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,096
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,336
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,271
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,501
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
401
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2026 · 1 incident
April 15, 2026GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cutting a plate off a head box above screen when the metal bounced off catwalk and contacted EE's leg. Employee received 2 stitches.
2025 · 2 incidents
September 21, 2025GA · Metal/Non-Metalplumber, pipefitter, millwrightPOWERED HAULAGE
Midsouth Aggregates · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee got foot caught between a forklift fork and the side of a belt conveyor frame. Employee went to the hospital for care and the plant was notified of the injury. At this time, is is believed that the result is a broken ankle.
September 4, 2025GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was welding picking eyes onto a metal plate in the grizzly feeder/dump box when the metal plate slid onto employees left forearm. X-rays confirmed fracture and employee is set up to see an orthopedist. Employee received a cast for arm.
July 3, 2024GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was returning grease line after greasing equipment when the handle contacted employee's right ring finger. X-rays negative for fractures. Employee receive 4 stitches to the finger, antibiotics, and pain medication. Employee was referred to an Orthopedist. Released to restricted duty.
2022 · 1 incident
November 18, 2022GA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was getting off dozer when they slipped off the tracks. The tracks were full of red clay. When they slipped the left leg buckled and fell on the track of the dozer. Pulled muscle on left leg.
2019 · 2 incidents
September 17, 2019GA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
April 22, 2019GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Midsouth Aggregates · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee's had right hand resting on the side of the feed hopper near the top of it. EE was looking down into the crusher to see if the saddles were worn. As the feed hopper was being lifted EE did not remove their hand. This caused their fingers to get caught between the top of the feed hopper and the support beam the feeder slides back and forth on.
2018 · 1 incident
August 21, 2018GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was in the process of cutting blast hole tubes in half to tube the blast holes that EE had drilled. EE's knife slipped while cutting the tube and cut EE's leg above the knee.
2014 · 1 incident
May 30, 2014GA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
EE was installing a rubber snout on the discharge hopper of C33 to C34. He was using a box knife to trim the rubber when the knife slipped and cut his lower left arm.
Employee was moving a 20 lb water pump for back-hoe to pass. When employee lifted the pump out of the way, his foot slipped in the mud causing him to twist his lower back.