Mining Incidents

Imerys Cisco Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Cisco, Murray County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901101

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2005–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
74
citations
9
significant & substantial
$53,370
proposed penalties
$38,365
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 5,088 2 0 393.1
2025 Q2 522 2 0 3831.4
2024 Q4 3,535 1 0 282.9
2024 Q3 2,452 1 1 407.8
2024 Q2 1,373 3 0 2185.0
2023 Q4 1,700 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,935 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,150 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
July 24, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · MACHINERY
Carmeuse L&S · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While loading a face on level 3, NW2, the man basket of the powder truck raised up into the roof of the mine causing a fatal incident. The accident is still under investigation by the operator and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 1 incident

June 30, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Imerys Carbonates USA, INC · Contact with heat

Employee was sick from being dehydrated.

2021 · 1 incident

February 2, 2021 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Carmeuse L&S · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting metal with a hand grinder, grinder jumped forward running across the employee's thumb, cutting the thumb. Employee was not wearing gloves, did not SLAM the task, and wrong tool for the job. The grinder cut the tendon on the thumb, the tendon was repaired and released back to work with restrictions.

2012 · 1 incident

November 6, 2012 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carmeuse L&S · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was placing a new sheet of metal in the bottom of a loader bucket. He welded two pieces of flat bar on each end to hold the sheet of metal in place and keep it from falling through. When he went to unhook the shackle from the metal he placed his left hand on the sheet. It flipped out of place and pinched his arm between the metal and the bucket.

2010 · 1 incident

October 21, 2010 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carmeuse L&S · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Alledgedly hurt his back while loading 10/4 power cable into a p/u truck on 10/21,regularly off 10/22-24,worked 10/25,reported accident 10/26,worked 10/27,10/28 went to workers comp Dr.and was wrote out of work.First day missed 11/1/2010.Witness did not see him get hurt or show signs or was not told that he hurt himself. 11/1 mine idled workers transfered to another location.

2007 · 1 incident

July 24, 2007 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals (Filler Products) Company · Struck by falling object

Removing chunk from rear end of a 35 ton haul truck, when last bolt was removed the chunk fell striking employee in the head. He was taken to the hospital by company vehicle and received 4 stitches in right side of head. Failure to make secure and inattention to job hazard were the causes.

2005 · 1 incident

May 16, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O-N Minerals (Filler Products) Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner Reported his elbow hurting on 5/16 from loading ANFO. He did not go to the Dr. till 5/25 and was diognosed with tendonitis, his arm is in a sling and he is on light duty for 2 weeks. This is a possible repetative motion injury.