Mining Incidents

St. Marys Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Saint George, Charlton County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901199

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
50
citations
7
significant & substantial
$9,210
proposed penalties
$9,210
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 4,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 744 1 0 1344.1
2025 Q2 4,540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,424 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,697 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,353 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 917 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 954 2 0 2096.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

2016 · 1 incident

June 22, 2016 GA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person OTHER
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was washing out around the scale when EE felt discomfort on right leg above the ankle near the top of where EE's pull on boots came too. The area looked red and a little festered so EE was sent to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed it as an abscess and prescribed an antibiotic. the employee returned to work at full duty.

2011 · 1 incident

April 4, 2011 GA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winona Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE's were replacing the head pulley on a conveyor belt. The roller and shaft are conn. to a housing with an electric motor. When the last bolt was removed the housing rotated down, it impacted the EE on the upper thigh and calf on his right leg. The weight of the housing impacting his leg caused a puncture to his calf and the bolt hit his femur.