Atlanta Sand and Supply Co.
· Contact with electrical current
Employee was working in a de-energized 4160 volt GFCI controller in an attempt to reverse the polarity of the wires when it somehow became energized.
Atlanta Sand and Supply Co Inc operator
Controlled by
Melville A Jamison II; Jeff Avant
MSHA operator ID: L30576
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 29
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
165
citations
39
significant & substantial
$113,575
proposed penalties
$94,730
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2023
2
2021
1
2020
2 (1f)
2019
1
2016
1 (1f)
2011
2
2008
2
2007
4
2006
7
2005
3
2001
2
2000
1
Mines on record
- Roberta Mine GA
- Hudson Sand Mine GA
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
December 19, 2016
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
washer operator, sizing operator
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Atlanta Sand and Supply Co Inc
· Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Wash plant operator was operating a front-end loader during the overnight shift as normal. EE exited the loader and entered the hopper filled with sand the EE had just dumped. EE was fatally injured when they were engulfed in the sand, as it vibrated to the bottom of the hopper. EE may have entered the hopper to try to retrieve two pieces of metal inadvertently dumped into hopper.