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Andersonville Plant Metal/Non-Metal

FBX Ceramics Holdings nka US Ceramics, LLC · Facility

Controlled by First Bauxite LLC

Andersonville, Macon County, GA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0900684

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 12
Years on record: 2000–2023
Latest incident: Apr 2023

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$17,535

proposed penalties

$14,058

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	Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2	964	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,004	0	0.0
2023 Q4	792	0	0.0
2023 Q2	11,567	0	0.0
2023 Q1	4,560	0	0.0
2022 Q3	80	0	0.0
2022 Q2	0	0
2015 Q1	25,781	1	38.8

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 25, 2023 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

FBX Ceramics Holdings nka US Ceramics, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working with a group of other employees to unstop the blower line from Silo 6 to Silo 7. Pipe was being supported by a come-along. The pipe was cleared and employee reached for the elbow of the pipe to position it for reattachment. During this motion the employee felt a pull in EE's back.

2014 · 1 incident

July 25, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting 3/4 inch rubber hose with pocket knife when knife slipped cutting thumb on right hand requiring 4 stitches.

2013 · 3 incidents

November 20, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc · Struck by flying object

A mechanic was removing a bearing from the ball mill discharge auger shaft with a hammer and a shard of metal stuck another mechanics right arm.

May 28, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding on a pipe when some metal filings struck his eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses and a full face shield.

February 23, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing screens on screening tower and felt a pain in arm while pushing screen into position.

2012 · 1 incident

April 13, 2012 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Mullite Company Of America · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A Maintenance employee was walking down a stairway carrying a grease gun in his left hand and had his right hand on the handrail and mis-stepped placing his right foot in an awkward position and twisting his right knee.

2011 · 1 incident

August 30, 2011 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY

Mullite Company Of America · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was removing angle iron framing and wood from a MCC building. The employee used methods of drilling and cutting during the task, and all work was above the employee's head. The employee was wearing a pair of safety glasses at the time of the incident. A piece of debris flew in-between the employee's safety glasses and forehead and lodged in his (R) eye.

2008 · 2 incidents

December 19, 2008 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE

Mullite Company Of America · Struck by flying object

Employee was moving moving railcars, when the bracket on the railcar that the cable is attached to broke and struck the employee in the face, causing a laceration on his right cheek.

May 22, 2008 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Mullite Company Of America · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing an air exhaust muffler from a compressed air dryer system.After releasing the residual air from the air tank and line the EE unscrewed the valve not realizing there was still some stored pressure inside the line which blew small desiccant beads out striking the back of both hands and the back of both legs.

2004 · 1 incident

March 4, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Mullite Company Of America · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CUT FOREARM WITH RAZOR OPENING A BOX OF PAPERBAGS.

2002 · 1 incident

May 28, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Mullite Company Of America · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WASS RETRIEVING SAMPLE BUCKET FROM WORK PLATFORM WHEN THE PLATFORM BROKE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL. EMPLOYEE SPRAINED BOTH ANKLES.

2000 · 1 incident

June 19, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Mullite Company Of America · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WAS CLEANING A DUST COLLECTION PIPE (BY HITTING PIPE WITH A HAMMER) WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE EE REACHED INTO THE DOOR AND UP APPROX 8 INCHES WHERE HE CAUGHT HIS 3 FINGERS. (INDEX-ABOVE 1ST JOINT, MIDDLE-ABOVE 2ND JOINT, RING-ABOVE 1ST JOINT) EE DOES NOT REMEMBER MUCH OF THE EVENTS.