Mining Incidents

Talona Mountain MIne Metal/Non-Metal

Carmeuse Lime · Facility
Controlled by Carmeuse Holding SA
Ellijay, Gilmer County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901228

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
84
citations
13
significant & substantial
$34,303
proposed penalties
$34,301
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
2023 Q3 293 1 0 3413.0
2023 Q2 9,625 5 1 519.5
2023 Q1 9,999 2 0 200.0
2022 Q4 10,007 12 2 1199.2
2022 Q2 9,498 11 4 1158.1
2022 Q1 16,081 2 0 124.4
2021 Q4 3,535 4 0 1131.5
2021 Q3 4,747 2 0 421.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

October 8, 2019 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carmeuse Lime · Fall onto or against objects

EE was getting into the cab of the drill when EE tripped. EE swung an arm upward to regain balance and struck the door pin area cutting arm, requiring 7 staples. EE did not maintain 3 points of contact and did not use the hand hold provide.