Mining Incidents

David W Dye; Randy K Smith controller

MSHA controller ID: 0075715

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2014–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
70
citations
27
significant & substantial
$174,493
proposed penalties
$121,693
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2021
3 (1f)
2014
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
July 28, 2021 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Echols Mill Quarries LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE is believed to have been either chipping away several inches of top layer of brownish colored granite or drilling a chain hole through the granite near end of the block on the open face so block could be lifted using a chain. Granite block being worked on was approx. 5'x12'x30'. Additional submitted details on file.