The victim was the Kolberg Plant Operator. Employee may have been trying to perform maintenance on the tail pulley or conveyor belt, when employee became entangled in the conveyor system, causing fatal injuries. The operator is continuing to investigate the root cause(s) of this accident.
G S Materials Inc operator
Controlled by
Ronnie G Kirkpatrick Jr
MSHA operator ID: L12757
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 51
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
578
citations
208
significant & substantial
$669,161
proposed penalties
$428,170
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 9 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
2
2022
2
2021
1
2018
1
2017
3 (1f)
2016
1
2014
1
2012
1 (1f)
2011
1
2010
4
2009
3
2008
3
2007
2
2006
4
2005
3
2003
5
2002
1
2001
4
2000
8
Mines on record
- Lemon Springs NC
- Emery Pit NC
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
September 5, 2017
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
G S MATERIALS INC
· Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
April 11, 2012
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
G S Materials Inc
· Fall to the walkway or working surface
Miners were removing a counterweight from an excavator, standing side-by-side, when the counter-weight dropped unexpectedly to the ground.The victim stumbled backwards,fell landed on the back of his head on the shop floor. He was unresponsive during CPR. The autopsy report concludes the proximate cause of death as"commotio cerebri"noting also cardiac arrest.