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Blue Sky Quarry #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Massoud Besharat

Vesta, Oglethorpe County, GA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0901147

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2010–2023
Latest incident: Mar 2023

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

184

citations

significant & substantial

$159,421

proposed penalties

$127,416

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	1	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	5,742	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	9,079	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	9,846	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	15	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	15	5	1	333333.3
2023 Q1	15	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	8,266	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 20, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Cracked stone fell and crushed employee. Employee didn't follow procedure. Employee's lanyard wasn't tied off and the employee was using a foot wedge and jackhammer with 1 1/4" bit. Employee should have been using 3/4" plug drill and 5" tether and wedge. The employee was drilling from the base and should have been drilling at the top.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2023 · 1 incident

March 24, 2023 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shift on baseline audiometric testing. Hearing loss. Re-tested on 12/06/2023 shows no substantial hearing loss. EE will be retested again on May 7, 2024.

2013 · 1 incident

August 29, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY

Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ground wet/damp from rain

2011 · 1 incident

April 9, 2011 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was working on the ledge. He slipped and came down on his knee it had rained the night before making the rock wet.

2010 · 1 incident

September 8, 2010 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting drill steel out of hole when he pulled muscle in back. Proper lifting practices probably would have prevented accident. Impairment - ee was out of work 2 days unable to lift objects.