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Butler Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Rogers Group Inc

Butler, Taylor County, GA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0900267

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 11
Years on record: 2008–2025
Latest incident: Jul 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

157

citations

significant & substantial

$19,867

proposed penalties

$17,473

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	15,674	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	18,358	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	17,248	3	0	173.9
2025 Q1	15,705	2	0	127.3
2024 Q4	15,452	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	3,008	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	14,755	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	16,445	3	1	182.4

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

July 14, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Rogers Group Inc. · Fall from machine

An employee fell while dismounting their loader. The employee landed on their back in a sand pile. The employee's initial pain was a 3/10. After a week of self-care treatment, the employee was not improving, so EE was seen at a clinic on 7/21. X-rays indicate that the employee has a compression fracture on their L2 vertebrae.

April 14, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Rogers Group Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE stated they fell injuring a shoulder but when asked could not state how they fell, over a chalk ball or their own feet. There where employees within 100 feet of them at that time that did not see them fall. Once taken to the clinic the clinic informed them the issues with their shoulder from birth and not work related.

March 6, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE

Rogers Group Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was walking a man lift down a pit road when the tires hit a 3-4 inch deep washed out rut caused by rain while traveling 2-3 feet off the ground. The rut caused the basket to bounce causing EE to be lifted into the air, when EE came down EE's right foot landed on the throttle assembly causing EE's right knee to twist.

2024 · 1 incident

April 1, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Butler Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was opening the main gate to the Butler Mine and injured right hand (two fingers). When the employee went to pick up the gate and move it aside and place the gate post in the holder, that gate slipped out of employee's hand and two fingers were pinched/injured.

2017 · 2 incidents

August 17, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Butler Sand Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to drive a pin into a set of rails when a piece of the hammer fragmented into three small slivers and lodged into left upper thigh.

July 5, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING

Butler Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee started work shift at 4:00 a.m. 7/5/17. EE had went to do ee walk around and plant area checks. EE was walking between the Greens Mix tank and the Concrete Screw. EE hit head on a cross brace. Reported the injury to another ee who works in the same area with ee. Then reported to Safety Director@8:00a.m. EE was taken to the emergency room for evaluation for head injury.

2014 · 2 incidents

July 30, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Butler Sand Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping move an 8" HDPE Pipe and strained his back.

April 14, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Butler Sand Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting metal on 04/14/2014. Slag went into left ear. Employee seen on 04/17/2014. Otitis externa, Otitis, serous (Inner Ear infection) diagnosis. Continued to have problems with the ear. Workmans Comp set up appointment 06/13/2014 with ENT. ENT showed ear drum had been penetrated and surgery scheduled. Awaiting date for the surgery. No work missed.

2010 · 1 incident

April 8, 2010 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Butler Sand Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was working the gates in the tunnels when the injury occured. He was hitting the gates to loosen the sand and make it come out on to the belt. Was swinging a 2lb hammer that caused the problem in his left shoulder.

2009 · 1 incident

September 11, 2009 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Butler Sand Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was removing a water gate at the Plant/Bins. When he pulled the board there was "a bee sting like feeling", in his right shoulder. He reported this to P.K. (supervisior). At the time he thought that he could "just work through it." He finished Friday and worked on Sat. Reported the injury to the safety director on 09/17/09 @ 10:10 a.m.

2008 · 1 incident

June 19, 2008 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Butler Sand Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing a jack shaft when chain slipped and caught his finger.