Atlanta Sand and Supply Co. · Contact with electrical current
Employee was working in a de-energized 4160 volt GFCI controller in an attempt to reverse the polarity of the wires when it somehow became energized.
Atlanta Sand and Supply Co Inc operator
Controlled by
Melville A Jamison II; Jeff Avant
MSHA operator ID: L30576
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
165
citations
39
significant & substantial
$113,575
proposed penalties
$94,730
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,845 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
124
inspections on record
2,165
inspection hours
7.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.165 citations across 2,165 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$114K
proposed penalties
$95K
current assessed
$95K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
160 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 13 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2023
2
2021
1
2020
2 (1f)
2019
1
2016
1 (1f)
2011
2
2008
2
2007
4
2006
7
2005
3
2001
2
2000
1
1999
1
1998
1
1997
2
1996
13
1995
1
1993
1
1990
1
1989
1
1988
2
Mines on record
- Roberta Mine GA
- Hudson Sand Mine GA
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
December 19, 2016
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
washer operator, sizing operator
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Atlanta Sand and Supply Co Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Wash plant operator was operating a front-end loader during the overnight shift as normal. EE exited the loader and entered the hopper filled with sand the EE had just dumped. EE was fatally injured when they were engulfed in the sand, as it vibrated to the bottom of the hopper. EE may have entered the hopper to try to retrieve two pieces of metal inadvertently dumped into hopper.
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