Mining Incidents

IVEY SAND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Valerie Carnes
Gordon, Baldwin County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900815

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
183
citations
62
significant & substantial
$74,566
proposed penalties
$66,707
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 7,571 1 0 132.1
2025 Q3 7,171 4 2 557.8
2024 Q4 7,516 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,556 1 1 116.9
2024 Q2 7,485 2 0 267.2
2024 Q1 5,410 3 1 554.5
2023 Q4 9,500 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,448 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 9, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees were cleaning out the creek drainpipe. While attempting to remove a tree, part of the tree or a mud pile swung and hit the employee on the left side by EE's ear.

2021 · 1 incident

March 26, 2021 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Fall down stairs

At the end of the shift, employee locked the scale house up to leave for the day, a cat ran under employee's foot and tripped them up and they fell down the scale house stairs.

2020 · 1 incident

July 21, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Standard Sand & Silica Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shortly after starting shift, employee called the scale house operator complaining about chest pains. Scale house operator called 911 and MSHA. Employee was diagnosed with costochondritis, basically sore ribs - usually from stress.

2018 · 1 incident

April 14, 2018 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator benching in pit and high wall slipped and trapped operator in the cab of the excavator for approximately 10-15 minutes. Operator was alert the whole time and once dug out walked away from the scene. There were visible cuts on the operator. Operator was taken to the hospital for an examination and observation.

2016 · 1 incident

January 4, 2016 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee climbed on excavator and operated it for approx 3 hrs & when EE climbed off EE felt pain in lower center to right of back. EE thought it was just stiff from operation of excavator but has gotten worse over the last 3 days.

2007 · 1 incident

September 11, 2007 GA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Struck against stationary object

EE was exiting the cab of the PC 300 Komatsu Trackhoe, when he struck his head on the door frame as he was standing up.

2001 · 1 incident

June 4, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand & Silica Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING ROLLER BEARING ON CONVEYER WHEN THE BEARING SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO HIT METAL PART OF CONVEYER.