Star Granite Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
Drilling rock, jack hammer kicked back on chest and caused employee to fall on rock causing minor scrapes
Wilkes County Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Star Granite Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
F L (Rusty) Adams
Tignall,
Wilkes County,
GA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900946
Wilkes County Quarry has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2018
- Latest incident
- Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
147
citations
37
significant & substantial
$21,023
proposed penalties
$21,023
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
74
inspections on record
858
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: 858 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wilkes County Quarry has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
147 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,039 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 869 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 639 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,506 | 1 | 0 | 664.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,866 | 2 | 0 | 1071.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,668 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,117 | 4 | 0 | 1889.5 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,697 | 3 | 0 | 1112.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,884 | 2 | 1 | 693.5 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,236 | 1 | 0 | 447.2 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,731 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,368 | 10 | 0 | 4223.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,030 | 5 | 1 | 2463.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,966 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,653 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,701 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,303 | 1 | 0 | 767.5 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,948 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,911 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,267 | 3 | 1 | 1323.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,809 | 4 | 0 | 1424.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,091 | 2 | 0 | 956.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,527 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,413 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,892 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,623 | 2 | 0 | 762.5 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,648 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,093 | 5 | 2 | 2388.9 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,009 | 4 | 4 | 1991.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,841 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,411 | 7 | 3 | 2052.2 |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,026 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,131 | 2 | 2 | 638.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 2,550 | 4 | 2 | 1568.6 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,703 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,733 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,090 | 4 | 1 | 1294.5 |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,492 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,301 | 4 | 0 | 1211.8 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,447 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,694 | 3 | 0 | 1113.6 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,149 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,864 | 1 | 0 | 349.2 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 3,046 | 5 | 0 | 1641.5 |
| 2010 Q3 | 3,073 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 3,447 | 2 | 1 | 580.2 |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,998 | 2 | 2 | 667.1 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,239 | 2 | 1 | 617.5 |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,118 | 3 | 0 | 962.2 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,886 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,899 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,719 | 2 | 0 | 735.6 |
| 2008 Q1 | 2,889 | 4 | 2 | 1384.6 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,992 | 6 | 2 | 2005.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 3,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,274 | 3 | 0 | 1319.3 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,079 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,263 | 6 | 1 | 2651.3 |
| 2006 Q1 | 2,296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,024 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,118 | 3 | 0 | 1416.4 |
| 2005 Q1 | 2,139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 2,125 | 5 | 3 | 2352.9 |
| 2004 Q3 | 2,078 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 2,371 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,019 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 2,035 | 2 | 1 | 982.8 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 2,192 | 3 | 0 | 1368.6 |
| 2003 Q1 | 2,032 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 2,323 | 1 | 1 | 430.5 |
| 2002 Q3 | 2,257 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 2,399 | 7 | 4 | 2917.9 |
| 2002 Q1 | 2,033 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,932 | 2 | 0 | 1035.2 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,947 | 2 | 0 | 1027.2 |
| 2001 Q2 | 2,441 | 9 | 1 | 3687.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 2,716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 2,899 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 2,539 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 3,344 | 2 | 1 | 598.1 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
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