Mining Incidents

Junction City Sand Metal/Non-Metal

SRM Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Michael Hollingshead
Junction City, Talbot County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900265

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
319
citations
117
significant & substantial
$431,648
proposed penalties
$304,771
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 8,328 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 525 2 1 3809.5
2025 Q1 5,391 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,015 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,969 3 0 430.5
2024 Q1 6,433 1 0 155.4
2023 Q4 7,754 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 13, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Brown Brothers Sand Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Employee was standing on a ditch bank when it collapsed. He fell into the ditch and was covered/crushed by falling material

Reportable incidents

10 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 1 incident

April 14, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
SRM Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

planning and communication issues contributed to the injury.

2022 · 2 incidents

July 13, 2022 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Brown Brothers Sand LLC · Struck by flying object

Got sand in EE's eye from wind swilling around. EE was wearing safety glasses

June 8, 2022 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Brothers Sand LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was moving water cannon and strained shoulder.

2020 · 2 incidents

December 9, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Brothers Sand LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Moving cannon direction. Sprain of left shoulder

February 17, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Brown Brothers Sand LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting metal with a side grinder with a cutting disk when it grabbed the metal and kicked back hitting employee in the upper thigh cutting leg requiring stitches.

2018 · 2 incidents

April 19, 2018 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brown Brothers Sand LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Impact fracturing right ankle.

January 9, 2018 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Brown Brothers Sand LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using a cutting torch to cut a piece of pipe. The pipe shifted, knocking the torch toward employee's left hand and setting glove on fire. Employee suffered 1st degree burns on left thumb and hand.

2017 · 1 incident

August 24, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Brown Brothers Sand Company · Struck by falling object

Employee sat an excavator tooth on a handle of water cannon. Employee moved handle causing tooth to fall on top of head. Employee had removed hard hat for unknown reasons. Employee received a cut that required a couple of stitches.

2002 · 1 incident

March 20, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Brown Brothers Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING EQUIPMENT TOO CLOSE TO EMBANKMENT WAS NOT WATCHING EMBANKMENT COLLAPSED ALLOWING DIRT TO SURROUND MACHINE EE SUFFERED BROKEN LEG.

2001 · 1 incident

May 15, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Brown Brothers Sand Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING MACHINE TOO CLOSE TO EMBANKMENT. THE EE WAS NOT WATCHING EMBANKMENT WH IT COLLAPSED ONTO MACHINE. EE WAS PINNED TEMPORARILY BY HIS FEET. EE THEN DISEMBANKED MACHINE AND WAS TA KEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HEWAS TREATED FOR BRUISE AND RELEASED.